Pledging your efforts in times of uncertainty, and the Work that Reconnects: Lydia Violet Harutoonian

Show notes

Lydia Violet Farshid-Harutoonian is the founder of The School for the Great Turning, and as such she pledged her life to The Work That Reconnects by Joanna Macy. Beyond that, she stands for Love, Grace, Honesty, and Music.

In this inter-view with Julia Neumann, Lydia Violet speaks about the stand that she is, about The Work That Reconnects, about her Love of being a Woman, her Yes to life and jumping in both feet, and her journey of gaining self-confidence, claiming her own, as well as her challenges in life with depression.

It is a lively conversation, from the larger body of The Work that Reconnects to Lydia Violet's personal experiences, and everything in between.

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You can join a course with Lydia Violet through her website https://schoolforthegreatturning.com/.

Find further workshops from The Work That Reconnects here: https://workthatreconnects.org/calendar/ Inna Alex, mentioned in the conversation by Julia, can be found here: https://www.innaevolution.com/ Contents: 00:00 - Introduction 00:54 - About Lydia Violet 04:14 - About The Work that Reconnects 07:12 - Acknowledging despair as care for the world 08:17 - The 3 stories of our time 09:56 - Liberating our truest intentions in the face of uncertainty 12:07 - Coming home to each other 13:01 - The Great Unravelling 14:30 - Women and Men and Queer Gender 17:46 - Why Lydia loves being a Woman 19:55 - Lydia's journey to claiming her own 23:56 - Fear and wounded language 25:23 - The superpower of gumption 27:05 - Discerning an authentic Yes 28:08 - Depression 32:31 - How to find Lydia Violet *** Find more episodes and Radically Alive Women offerings here: www.radicallyalive.com

Julia Neumann can be reached here: www.julia-neumann.com