Our purpose of the last 11 shows has been to highlight the innovations of social constructionist practice around the world. Our podcast guests have been Taos Institute associates who are contributors to a significant book that brings social constructionist practice to public awareness. Chapters in the book include contributions from researchers, educators, therapists, organization development consultants, healthcare professionals, and community development organizers. The book, The Sage Handbook of Social Constructionist Practice is available October, 2020. Four guests join me in this conver ..read more

Professor Mary Gergen, passed away on the morning of September 22, 2020. Mary was a lively, courageous, and innovative trail blazer of the Taos Institute. I had the pleasure to interview Mary early in 2020 for the Positivity Strategist podcast season collaboration with the Taos Institute. In this one minute recording, I celebrate her life with these memorable words. Mary is quoting herself in her joyful, fun way.  These words are timeless, priceless, and so-like-Mary! If you'd like to hear the entire uplifting conversation with Mary please listen here: Positive Aging through the Lens of ..read more

Professor Mary Gergen, passed away on the morning of September 22, 2020. Mary was a lively, courageous, and innovative trail blazer of the Taos Institute. I had the  honor and pleasure to interview Mary early in 2020 for the Positivity Strategist podcast season collaboration with the Taos Institute. In this 1 minute recording below, I celebrate Mary's life with her very own poignant words. Mary is quoting herself in her joyful, fun way.  These words are timeless, priceless, and so-like-Mary! If you'd like to hear the entire uplifting conversation with Mary please listen here: P ..read more

Our purpose of the last 11 shows has been to highlight the innovations of social constructionist practice around the world. Our podcast guests have been Taos Institute associates who are contributors to a significant book that brings social constructionist practice to public awareness. Chapters in the book include contributions from researchers, educators, therapists, organization development consultants, healthcare professionals, and community development organizers. The book, The Sage Handbook of Social Constructionist Practice is available October, 2020. Four guests join me in this conver ..read more

Helping people move further away from what produces conflict and closer to the relationships they prefer is what narrative mediation seeks to produce. Conflict resolution through the lens of social construction, and framed as narrative mediation, offers that conflict between individuals is usually constructed within a larger community context. Season 5 is a Collaboration with the Taos Institute This season of the Positivity Strategist podcast is a collaboration with the Taos Institute. We’re focusing on the topic of Constructionist Practices as Social Innovation. My guests in this season are ..read more

How can community building practices be done in a way that attend to difference, and are genuinely committed to consider power relations and how they play out when working amidst differences? Community building comes with honor, privilege, and immense responsibility. Most challenging is to respectfully know when and how to show up, when is it useful to step back, create space, or bring someone along. Season 5 is a Collaboration with the Taos Institute This season of the Positivity Strategist podcast is a collaboration with the Taos Institute. We’re focusing on the topic of Constructionist Pr ..read more

Shifting from traditional measurement-based assessment in schools to educational evaluation of the entire school ecosystem can enhance learning processes, students’ engagement and vitality of relationships in primary and secondary classrooms. It flows into the evaluation of teaching and the school as a whole. Featuring collaborative learning, dialogic pedagogy, and flexible curricula, educational evaluation that comes from a relational perspective truly speaks to the demands of a rapidly changing world. Season 5 is a Collaboration with the Taos Institute This season of the Positivity Strateg ..read more

Both addiction and recovering from addiction are by essence relational processes. Addiction’s development, sustainability, and finally its ending are embedded in family community and broader societal context. In order to recover an addict needs to establish new bonds based on trust, respect, and love. And together with others build unique pathways to a sense of belonging. Season 5 is a Collaboration with the Taos Institute This season of the Positivity Strategist podcast is a collaboration with the Taos Institute. We’re focusing on the topic of Constructionist Practices as Social Innovation ..read more

Social therapeutics as a playful, performatory, philosophical methodology for person and community development is the topic explored in this episode. Influenced by three intellectual traditions, it seeks to bring meaning to our relational processes in collaborative and appreciative ways to elevate human connection and bridge cultural divides. Season 5 is a Collaboration with the Taos Institute This season of the Positivity Strategist podcast is a collaboration with the Taos Institute. We’re focusing on the topic of Constructionist Practices as Social Innovation. My guests in this season are ..read more

Transformative community conferencing is an approach to community building or reconciliation. As a narrative practice, it embodies a more reflective orientation to relationships and to systems change. How and when we ask questions helps us think differently. It helps to begin to ask questions such as: “What is the narrative here? What is the story you are telling in relation to that narrative?” Community conferencing enables people to engage and to flourish. When you look at events as stories you can always unpack them to make the narrative more visible to support flourishing for all. Seas ..read more