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Author Archives: Lauralee Alben
What’s at risk? | Part 4: The Salt Doll
What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? At the Blue Mind Summit, I heard the mesmerizing call of water in the inspiring talk by retired neurologist Dr. Andrew Stern, Founder of the Lost Bird Project and Smart Fin. He shared a story that embodies Flow, which we define in Sea Change […]
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Tagged #100DaysOfBlue, Blue Mind, Dr. Andrew Stern, Lost Bird Project, Smart Fin
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What’s at risk? | Part 3: In a new light
What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? At the Blue Mind Summit, Ben Thwaits showed astonishing photographs taken by the at-risk youth who participate in his innovative art and nature-based therapeutic programs at Northwest Passage. This quote by Joanna Macy came to mind: “A heart that breaks open can hold the universe.”
Posted in Design Consciousness, Humanity, Nature, Relationship, Transformation, Water Mimicry
Tagged #100DaysOfBlue, Ben Thwaits, Blue Mind, Northwest Passage, Toben LaFrancois
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What’s at risk? | Part 2: The mother wave
What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? In her fast-paced, fun presentation at the Blue Mind Summit, Professor and Early Childhood Educator, Louise Zimanyi declared, “Playing with and in water is evolutionary.” She explained that according to research conducted across many countries by Norwegian Dr. Ellen Sandseter, “risky play” includes great heights; high […]
Posted in Context, Humanity, Nature, Transformation, Water Mimicry
Tagged #100DaysOfBlue, Blue Mind, Carlina Rinaldi, Louise Zimanyi, PlayFutures, Reggio Children
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What’s at risk? | Part 1: A mythological feat
What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? Risk is an essential component of any sea change. At the Sea Change Design Institute, we work with leaders and organizations who are committed to co-creating life-revering transformations. At the Blue Mind Summit, I searched for sea changes in the intriguing presentations by adventurers, […]
Posted in Humanity, Intention, Nature, Transformation, Water Mimicry
Tagged #100DaysOfBlue, Blue Mind, Chris Bertish, Wallace J. Nichols
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What’s at risk?
What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? Risk is an essential component of any sea change. At the Sea Change Design Institute, we work with leaders and organizations who are committed to co-creating life-revering transformations. At the sixth annual Blue Mind Summit, I searched for sea changes in the intriguing presentations by adventurers, […]
Posted in Evolutionary Potential, Flow, Humanity, Nature, Poetry, Spirituality, Transformation, Water Mimicry
Tagged #100DaysOfBlue, Ben Thwaits, Blue Mind, Chris Bertish, Dr. Andrew Stern, Lost Bird Project, Louise Zimanyi, Northwest Passage, PlayFutures, Reggio Children, Toben LaFrancois, Wallace J. Nichols
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Water blessings
Invoking connection Since 2009, we have been holding water ceremonies to open and close our Sea Change Design workshops. In these ceremonies, we presence the spiritual aspect of our being, the source of our ability to connect, create, care, and choose.
Posted in Humanity, Nature, Spirituality, Water Mimicry
Tagged ceremony, consciousness
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The search for love
Our world is inflamed. We are crazed with grief and fear; held in the grip of conflict, war, and pain. This global scale of unspeakable suffering is reflected in the microcosm of our individual lives. Nearly every person I have coached in Sea Change Design over the past months has been wrestling with some degree of […]
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Water’s intention
Water is the ground of being for fish, whether they are aware of its essential nature to their lives or not. Just like air is for birds and soil is for worms. In Sea Change Design we define intention as a ground of being.
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Why intend?
Intention is universal. It’s not unique to humans. Although for many, an anthropomorphic mindset prevents us from seeing that a great striving to create, to connect, and to evolve is resident within all beings. As I observe more keenly, I perceive intention at work everywhere.