In this salon, debut host Nicola Brown discusses our relationship with money and the emotions it can generate in us. People don’t really talk about money. We have just started talking about emotions. Which is EXACTLY why we should talk about both! Why don’t we feel comfortable talking about our money + emotions? Inspired by her…
Interintellects Vidhika Bansal and Rosano invite you to reflect on the pivotal role technology plays in our lives, the trade-offs of its everpresence, and finding balance in the digital world. — Post-salon update: read takeaways from our conversation. — Nowadays, so many goods, services, and experiences are just a tap or click away. Need a…
Visual artist turned medical educator Alexa Miller (on twitter here) will host this salon centering experiences with visual art as a catalyst for expansion, innovation, connection, bias awareness, and shameless enjoyment. Experience a session of close looking at art using the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) methodology, a facilitation method originally created for K-12 learners and increasingly…
Unwind with Krupali in this salon where we will kick back in our most comfortable spots with our pets and our teas (or coffees) and possibly have a conversation about what the concept of 'rest' means to us individually. Never has the need for rest seemed more important than during this period of the COVID-19…
Hi, my name is Nikolaus Sabathiel. I am a life coach for self-confidence & honest self-expression. Further, I am a software developer for augmented & virtual reality. In this salon we will explore: Why does Overthinking sabotage our Creativity & Performance? Why do people choke under pressure? What creates Flow Experiences? How can we create…
We know that focus is important in improving how we think, but for optimal brain training, we need both focus and unfocus. So, in this salon hosted by Krupali, will encourage us to build unfocus times into our days. We want to use this opportunity to encourage and ensure that we’re not in one continuous…
Join host Rachel Tan as we do a read-through of Dr. Gabor Maté's groundbreaking book, "Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder". Sometimes those with ADHD feel exhilarated that life is full of wonderful ideas & projects, but then often find it hard to struggle to juggle them all. If you relate…
Join Rachel as we explore how the environments of our childhood cause a person to grow up extremely sensitive to the situations and people around them. In addition, we will also discuss attunement and attachment as outlined in this section of the book. In this salon, we will discuss Part 2 of Dr Gabor Maté's…
Psychologist and neuroscientist Marc Lewis, along with drug policy reformer Shaun Shelly, will host a four-part salon series on the nature of addiction and new approaches to treatment and care. These salons will challenge the dominant but misguided disease model of addiction and replace it with progressive approaches that integrate emotional learning, environmental factors (family,…
Come meet up with debut host Liam Duffy and other ii members for conversation and climbing! We'll gather at Vital Rock Gym on Saturday morning (a day pass costs $35), where we'll split our time between a conversation and a freeform hang on the wall. We'll start by going meta - to talk about the…
Part Two of the Understanding Addiction series hosted by psychologist and neuroscientist Marc Lewis, and drug, policy, and intervention researcher and activist Shaun Shelly. In the second salon of the series, Marc presents his learning model of addiction, and co-host Shaun will support the discussion with some examples. Marc unpacks the concept of addiction as learning,…
Louis Bijl de Vroe and Simon Ohler (that's us) are philosophers and brothers in spirit. We are the founders of Spiritual Mischief, a podcast that combines culture, comedy, and ancient wisdom. In this salon series, we offer you a peek into our studies. Based on the I Ching, the Dao De Jing, and the work…
