On Becoming...

What Happened Was...

...I was figuring out how to talk about all the Nazism and I didn't do the best job of figuring that out, lol. This week, more music and levity with greater clarity and boundaries. That's a win-win, so you should listen. I do appreciate you being here and being with. Love yinz. -G

What's Going On?

Marvin Gaye asked a simple question, linguistically, which carried with it the complexities and histories of his and his people's lives and experiences. What's going on? When we think about looking ahead (prognostication) or looking behind (retrognostication), we must consider what's going on in the "Me Now" and the "Here Now." It's a question, and an endeavor, of simultaneously existing now... before... and after. Nazis are all around us. So let's prognosticate, retrognosticate, and breath in the moment as we explore... What's going on? I appreciate you being here! -G

Five Perspectives, Actually

Episode two of my fifty-first season on this globular rock hurtling through time and space with yinz. Pretty miraculous, that. I'm happy to exist with you here and now. My life and your life intersecting during the time of COVID as we navigate this massive paradigm shift out of several hundred years of masculine white supremacy and towards a more feminine-balanced, person-centered, intuitive, trauma-informed, and inclusively human species. The shift is happening, but these jagoffs are going to go out swinging. They always do. No malignant narcissist just walks away having lost, and unfortunately these folks have almost all of the money and all of these tools, gadgets, and weapons of domination. They will not succeed. Which means the whole thing for us is harm reduction, healing, and preservation as we figure this out, moving forward, together. Last week, we talked about a framework of three-perspectives for self and community wellness and nervous system care. Those perspectives are: MeNow (and for us... HereNow), The Time of COVID (and for you... perhaps a different salient timeframe), and MyLife. This week, we begin to contemplate two other important perspectives. Namely, prognostication... or predicting the future; and retrognostication... or achieving the most accurate perspective of events and times before MeNow, before Time of COVID, before MyLife. Plus? Some Driven to Drink room tone shenanigans at the end. For fun. A little levity to balance all this gravity. Love yinz! -G P.S. Yinz is a contraction of "you" and "ones" used by native Pittsburghers and our Scots-Irish and German ancestors, 'n'at.

Three-Points Perspective Framework

Along with several young people I serve, I've begun using a framework of three existential perspectives to create a mindset and setting for existing in 2025. My three points, and the three points that inform this entire endeavor, are: 1. Me Now 2. Time Of Covid 3. My Life Considering the spectrum nature of almost everything, there are finite, but overwhelmingly plentiful moments, experiences, and timeframes wherein I could stop and explore... between Me Now and the beginning of My Life. And then, what of the time before My Life and the time to come after Me Now? Those questions, we'll explore in upcoming episodes. For now, we'll stick with the three perspectives and move from there. Come hang out. You are welcome. -G

D2D3: The Tower Crumbles; The World Emerges

The Tower crumbles, leaving us exposed and raw. Vulnerable. A scab picked too early. And out of the rubble? Emerges the human. A pure expression of The World, or the Universe. Sentient. Reflective. Alive. Season 50 of On Becoming... is done, and season 51 begins soon. Thanks for traveling with me. Hang out. Sit a spell, won't you? You are welcome here. -G