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Shilpa Jain with Host Serena Bian

Beyond Cancel Culture: On Healing, Conflict, and Community

Join Host Serena Bian with community builder, facilitator, and writer Shilpa Jain for a conversation exploring how conflict can bring us into greater clarity, purpose, and alignment.

Susan Kaplan and Host Kristin Schafer

How States Can Lead on Environmental Health

Join Host Kristin Schafer for a conversation with Susan Kaplan, an environmental health lawyer and professor, as we discuss rollbacks in federal regulation of chemicals and how the potential for state action offers hope.

John Paul Lederach with Host Serena Bian

The Art of Peacebuilding: Haiku, Accompaniment, and Courageous Love

Join Host Serena Bian and international peacebuilder John Paul Lederach in exploring questions about how—in a world filled with animosity—we can choose courageous love.

Jeanine Canty and Host Susan Grelock Yusem

Bridging Mind and Nature

During this second event with our visiting scholar Jeanine Canty, we will look at our various notions of self—ecological, multicultural, and transpersonal—and engage in some experiences and reflections that embody this. Meet our visiting scholar, and join the conversation about mind and healing.

Jeanine Canty

Reclaiming Wildness: Integrating Self Through Practice

Within this introductory lecture with our visiting scholar Jeanine Canty, we will dive into the dualities within the western human’s psyche in order to reclaim our ecological and transpersonal identities and to access pathways for healing. Meet our visiting scholar, and join the conversation about mind and healing.

Michelle Jacques and Matt Berkeley

Afternoon of Gospel and Jazz

Join us for an afternoon of Gospel and Jazz the next in our series of sacred music celebrations at Commonweal.

Arthur Colman with Host Michael Lerner

A Life Immersed in the Imaginal

Francis Weller and Anderson Cooper

Tending the Soul in Uncertain Times

Join us along the wild coast of California, for an afternoon of dialogue, community, and ritual with author and soul activist, Francis Weller, and host of the All There Is podcast and CNN commentator, Anderson Cooper. This event was held live in September 2025 as a conversation and community grief ritual.

Christine Tulis

Opening the Gate of the Heart: An Afternoon of Celtic Harp

Join us for a special concert of original sacred music to free your imagination and open your heart to the celestial sounds of the Celtic harp. Christine Tulis shares songs inspired by the poetry of Rumi, other mystical saints, and her personal inner experiences. 

Shodo Harada Roshi, Chisan Storandt, Host Michael Lerner

The Way of the Buddha

Join us for a unique and precious experience of the Buddhist truth, the Buddhist way, and the Buddhist community with Shodo Harada Roshi and Chisan Storandt.

Jeffrey J. Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

The Secret Body (Series)

In this series, Author and Professor Jeffrey J. Kripal talks with Host Michael Lerner about his body of work—more than 13 groundbreaking books about the mystical and the erotic, the relationship of mind and matter, and parapsychological phenomena.

Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher with Host Serena Bian

The Courage to Love: Building Community through the Work that Reconnects

Mind and Spirit

Mend Your Mind and Reinhabit Your Greater Self with Visiting Scholar Jeanine Canty

Jerry Millhon and Host Elin Stebbins Waldal

On a Roll: A Story of Change, Courage, and the Road Still Rising

Join us for a live conversation with Jerry Millhon—father, life partner, friend, educator, and founder of Thriving Communities—as he reflects on the life-changing impact of a devastating bike accident. Together, they reflect on vulnerability, healing, perseverance, and the daily, courageous work of believing in what’s still possible.

Rachel Remen and Host Irwin Keller

Life Wisdom from a Lifelong Healer