Collapse Club

'Soul-Searching' - with Matthew & David

The relentless flood of bad news challenges our ability to make sense of the world. For those of us who are sensitive to the dissolution of consensus reality, collapse forces us to look inward.  How do we know what we should do? How do we give expression to our yearning for love and community? Where shall we find the courage to go on? ---  At Collapse Club, we offer two 'Emotional Resilience' meetings each week where we share our experience of collapse. If you feel alone with your knowledge of collapse and need people to talk to, please visit our website and sign up for our newsletter. https://www.collapseclub.com [https://www.collapseclub.com]

'Transcendence' - with Matthew & David

In this freewheeling episode, Matthew Painton and David Baum start with the dictionary definition of "transcendence" (to climb to another level), discuss different kinds of transcendence (sacred and mundane), examine the relationship of transcendence to collapse (integrative or bypass), and end up describing how Collapse Club meetings help to transcend despair (relationship and metabolization). ---  At Collapse Club, we offer two 'Emotional Resilience' meetings each week where we share our experience of collapse. If you feel alone with your knowledge of collapse and need people to talk to, please visit our website and sign up for our newsletter. https://www.collapseclub.com [https://www.collapseclub.com]

'Accelerating Collapse' - with Matthew & David

Collapse is accelerating, both in the realm of climate and in politics. The weather is becoming unreliable, and the governments are turning fascist.  David Baum and Matthew Painton, Conveners at Collapse Club, talk about how our "inner work" can still be useful to help us access our wisdom, humanity, and calm, even in the face of increasing threat. ---  At Collapse Club, we offer two 'Emotional Resilience' meetings each week where we share our experience of collapse. If you feel alone with your knowledge of collapse and need people to talk to, please visit our website and sign up for our newsletter. https://www.collapseclub.com [https://www.collapseclub.com]

The Fivefold Path of Collapse Acceptance - with Susan, Matthew, and David

Many of us feel we are living in a fake world. The world of "business-as-usual" cannot last, and yet we are required to live here, even though we see it is collapsing around us. To live in the world but to see beyond the world creates a certain pressure in the mind. In some circles, it's called "cognitive dissonance." In our circle, we call it "collapse awareness." When the pressure becomes too great, we feel we must leave the fake world to find a reality that we recognize. The journey from illusion to reality is: The Fivefold Path of Collapse Acceptance 1. Knowledge: Find out, freak out. (Fear) 2. Feelings: Grieve and metabolize. (Grief) 3. Change: Accept the loss of “normal.” (Stability) 4. Discovery: Watch for new perspectives. (Vision) 5. Love-in-Action: Choose what is yours to do. (Purpose) -- You can read about the benefits of Collapse Acceptance on Karen Perry's Substack [https://open.substack.com/pub/chickenfoot/p/15-benefits-of-collapse-acceptance?r=56p6i5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false]. --  At Collapse Club, we offer two 'Emotional Resilience' meetings each week where we share our experience of collapse. If you feel alone with your knowledge of collapse and need people to talk to, please visit our website and sign up for our newsletter. https://www.collapseclub.com [https://www.collapseclub.com]

'Distress & Enlivenment' - with Matthew and David

Collapse causes acute distress in people who learn how things really are, beyond the world of "business-as-usual." If distress is not "metabolized" in a group process, it can cause us to freeze up or spiral into despair. But if we make connections with others who share our understanding, we can take "wise action" which leads to "enlivenment," even in the shadow of collapse. --  At Collapse Club, we offer two 'Emotional Resilience' meetings each week where we share our experience of collapse. If you feel alone with your knowledge of collapse and need people to talk to, please visit our website and sign up for our newsletter. https://www.collapseclub.com [https://www.collapseclub.com]