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Be in the room during conversations with inspiring thought- and action-leaders of our time. Explore life’s big questions in a “slow conversation” setting, reflect on different worldviews, and find connection in a welcoming community.

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Lines of inquiry that expand your worldview

Immerse yourself in a line of thought or inquiry at your own pace—building resilience and sparking new insights.

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Explore the Worldview of Rachel Naomi Remen

One of our most beloved voices, Rachel Naomi Remen, died August 8. We offer this course in honor of her presence, which will be greatly missed. Rachel spent a lifetime at the threshold between medicine and mystery. This course gathers recordings from her decades at Commonweal New School, inviting you to sit with her not as a distant authority but as a companion—someone who spent her life listening closely to what it means to be human.

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Exploring Art and Creativity as a Space for Healing, Connection, and Hope

Throughout our 50 years of work healing people and the Earth, Commonweal has always embraced the power of arts and creativity in bringing inspiration, vision, and healing in our bodies, souls, and communities. In this course, join in our exploration of how art and creativity bring healing, connection, and hope—through conversation, writing, poetry, music and sound, film, visual arts, and more.

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Reclaiming Wildness with Visiting Scholar Jeanine Canty

Jeanine M. Canty is a visionary scholar whose groundbreaking work illuminates the profound connections between consciousness, thought, and our relationship with the natural world. Her teaching weaves together social justice, ecological wisdom, and transformation. By reading her writings and watching or listening to recordings of her time in residence, you can explore how mind and spirit intersect with ecological healing in your own life.

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Explore a Resilient and Earth-Centered Worldview with Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist

As a founder of terrapsychology—the study of how the things of the world live in us—The New School’s Spring 2025 Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist is interested in how imagination, story, and creativity let us tune in on the Greater Conversation unfolding continually around and within us. With the podcasts, videos, writings, and exercises gathered during Craig’s visit, you can join the exploration: growing a more resilient and earth-honoring worldview.

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Conversations for meaningful change

Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care

Mark Renneker, Jen Bires, Dr. Jen Green, Robin Daly, Mark Taylor, Diana Lindsay, Dawn Gross, John Fox, Dale Borglum

On Mind and Education, Part 2

Howard Gardner and Host Michael Lerner

On Mind and Education, Part 1

Howard Gardner and Host Michael Lerner

A Celebration of Sympathetic Strings

Mariah Parker and Matthew Montfort Duo

Words, Worry, Wonder

Rabbi Irwin Keller and Host Michael Lerner

What Do We Know? Exploring Non-Western Approaches to Wisdom

Tara Geer and Host Susan Grelock Yusem

Lines of inquiry that expand your worldview

Explore the Worldview of Rachel Naomi Remen

Exploring Art and Creativity as a Space for Healing, Connection, and Hope

Reclaiming Wildness with Visiting Scholar Jeanine Canty

Explore a Resilient and Earth-Centered Worldview with Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist