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Brave Space: Say the Unsaid, Lead Anyway | Patrick Frick

Many of us have learned to hold back what we really feel to keep things smooth, to avoid tension. But in doing so, our conversations often stay on the surface, and the real work is left undone. Our guest, Patrick Frick, has spent 25 years bringing leaders together to collaborate on challenges where no one is in charge. In this episode, we explore what it takes to lead in the messy in-between: where no one has formal authority, agendas collide, and contexts can shift from complex to chaotic rather than towards consensus and understanding. A brave space isn't about having the right title or the perfect answer, it's about stepping in anyway: naming the tension rather than managing it, welcoming discomfort rather than smoothing it over, and meeting honesty with care. This conversation helps us get honest about what that actually requires of us - the willingness to show up and act when no one else will, whether around the family table, our most intimate relationships, or in the rooms where our shared future gets decided.

From Punishment to Relationship: A Conversation on Restorative Justice | Patrick Heneghan

What if justice wasn’t about punishment, but about accountability, repair, and our shared humanity? Today we’re around the campfire with Patrick Heneghan, Director of Restorative Justice for Cheshire County, New Hampshire, exploring what it truly means to repair harm with compassion. In this episode, we learn how to make room for restorative healing - whether within the justice system or in our day-to-day relationships. These interrelational tools aren’t something most of us are taught, which is exactly why this conversation matters. Whether you’re curious about criminal justice, community conflict, or navigating challenges in your own life, this dialogue invites you into a different understanding of justice - one rooted in courage, responsibility, and connection. Patrick’s journey bridges adult education, systems change, and deep relational practice. Since creating and leading the Cheshire County Restorative Justice program in 2020, he has worked with victims, those who have caused harm, community members, prosecutors, and correctional institutions to transform how justice is understood and experienced, shifting the focus from punishment to restoration.

The Cyclical Wisdom of Womanhood | Sanna Aulén

What if PMS could be a superpower? We as women are cyclical beings, yet often move as if life was linear. Instead of attuning to natural phases and the wisdom they bring, we tend to adapt to be constantly “likable”, nurturing, and extroverted. And it seems we’re missing out. In this episode, we speak with Sanna Aulén, expert in women’s holistic and postpartum health, somatics and therapeutic bodywork. We explore how listening differently to our body, honouring our emotions (without getting attached to them) and embracing our cyclical wisdom can guide us back to self-discovery, empowerment, more energy and deeper connection. This is also for everyone who has women in their lives, this conversation is an invitation: to celebrate sensitivity (as receptiveness to life around us), reclaim power, and tap into the gifts that being a cyclical being brings to ourselves, our relationships, and our world.

The Economy Is an Invention - Let’s Unmake It, and Make It Again | Prof. Lorenzo Fioramonti

What if the economy isn’t broken but the game we’ve been playing is? Humanity has long played the ‘chimpanzee game’ of competition and extraction, but what if we could learn from the bonobos' collaboration: balance, and thriving together? Today, we sit down with Prof. Lorenzo Fioramonti - Italy’s former Minister of Education, member of the Club of Rome, Academic Director of NATIVA Campus (a new training academy for regenerative leaders), and leading voice in the movement for a wellbeing economy. From New Zealand measuring child well being in its national budget to innovations quietly reshaping production, consumption, and everyday life across the globe, Lorenzo shows us that we already have the tools to design an economy that serves people and planet alike. All that’s missing is the ability to connect the dots and imagine a system designed for life, not just growth.

Talking Pensions to Fuck You Funds: Women Breaking the Money Taboo | Elisabeth Prager

Statistically women invest their money less than men.However, when they do, they outperform men. Why is it then that women invest less? What would it take to ensure women engage more with their financial futures and why is this so important to talk about it? Much of the issue (alongside many historical and structuralfactors) lies in the fact that women talk less about $$$ amongst themselves. It’s for this reason we’re so excited to have Elisabeth Prager around the campfire. With a background in insurance and pensions, private banking, consulting and founding a fintech to close the gender wealth gap, Elisabeth helps women overcome the many barriers that block them from these important conversations. In a time where people live longer and can expect less public pension support ahead, this talk couldn’t be more important. Together we explore how to think about financial futures,how to divide our salaries, how to educate our children to be responsible, how to learn from each other, and more.