Brendan Graham Dempsey | Metamodern Spirituality | Embodied Connection in Digital Spaces (w/ Ēlen Awalom) @BrendanGrahamDempsey | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Embodiment practitioner and teacher Ēlen Awalom joins me to talk about the promise and necessity of bringing more embodied wisdom into our world and, especially, our online spaces. We consider some approaches one can use in the context of triggering or polarizing engagements in digital forums in an attempt to return the focus back to the body and lived emotional experience in very disembodied contexts. Finally, we talk in broad terms about the importance of increasing our somatic intelligence in all areas of life, whether that's in response to the meta-crisis or our own interpersonal relationships.

0:00 Introduction
2:00 Bringing More Embodiment to Metamodern Discourse
9:13 Responding with Somatic Intelligence: Step 1. Center Yourself and Feel the Emotion
16:47 Step 2. Respond with Open Questions
20:00 Step 3. Use "I Statements"
23:15 Step 4. Know When to Step Back
31:20 The Challenge of Bypassing
36:19 Intentions for Embodied Leadership
50:19 Conclusion

For more on Ēlen's work, check out elenawalom.com/.