Experiment with ways of Doing Gentle With an Edge in your life, in this series hosted by Helena Roth, giver and receiver of Tankespjärn. In a largely disembodied world, it's all too easy to do gentle on a mental scale, forgetting about the rest. But no more! Let's play around with ways of making gentle…
A headache that’s always been there, warmth in your chest when thinking of a friend, a clench in your jaw when remembering a deadline, or even an unexpected numbness - all of these can be signals from your body. Once you learn to read them, the sense of a body ‘speaking’ can become quite literal.…
I'm Sandra (@sandra_sobanska) and I have recently quit my startup job to explore what would happen if I could devote more energy and attention to the things that move my soul's strings. Still, change is hard and I believe we're not meant to do it all alone. I'm hosting this meetup to connect with more people…
For the fourth Liberties x Interintellect salon, join Katherine C. Epstein and Celeste Marcus for a discussion of Katherine's recent Liberties essay 'Scholarship and the Future of Society.” For the first 30-45 mins of the salon Katherine and Celeste will discuss the essay, and then attendees are invited to ask questions and share their thoughts. Katherine Epstein’s essay “Scholarship and the Future of Society”…
Join this Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session to ask Zelda Poem any questions you have on your mind! Her current focus is helping young hackers, dropouts and founders become socially and emotionally abled. Interintellect Fellow and host Zelda Poem is seeking to make singular educational paths mainstream, and has been speaking to people on the richness and…
We all know the experience of sitting in a particular space and feeling energized, inspired, and refreshed. And we've all tried and failed to be productive in a place that drains our energy and blunts our motivation. So what distinguishes these places? Explore research in cognitive neuroscience and psychology that demonstrate how places are central…
A unique offline Interintellect social where we'll explore Nietzsche's philosophical insights into comedy, tragedy, and life's meaning, framed in engaging discourse. We'll enhance the experience by dancing to Dr. Skye Cleary's DJ set, meticulously crafted and inspired by Nietzsche's philosophy! We invite you to prime yourself with Skye's thought-provoking piece, "Searching for the good life," before…
If you’re feeling a constant level of stress, join the “Tools for Stress Resilience” series. It is hosted by Interintellect host Mariya Hoffman, a somatic mindfulness instructor with a specialty in Focusing and Polyvagal Theory. We all get knocked down by life at some point. A serious health issue might impact us or someone we love.…
Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success. The shift to remote work during the pandemic led some to question the role of work in their lives, and those questions have persisted even as many companies herald a return to the office. In this timely SuperSalon…
In the first salon of this series, host João Mateus will explore the first lesson we must unlearn as adults to become better human beings: confusion. The current educational system promotes it, and we want to design an alternative. Can you help? Come share your own experience and help design a better system! John Taylor…
Join Gina Hafez in Interintellect's Self-Compassion Series is starting again! Gina is a therapist and educator with a history of working in jails, clinics, mental institutions, schools and hospitals but has most recently taken on less "diagnosis" and more open inquiry and enhancing philosophical awareness in her work! In the first of our five part series,…
Our ancestors gathered around a fire to share their wisdom & struggles for millennials. Similarly, Young Hacker/ Founder Circle is a monthly event in which we connect from all sides of the planet to share our challenges, doubts and wins. The problems might not go away, but having a community to face them is a…
