What is Systemic Flourishing?

All flourishing is mutual.

— Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • How can your body be healthy if there isn’t non-toxic, nutrient-rich soil to grow healthy food for you to eat?

  • How can you feel secure when you know you have neighbors desperate to meet their survival needs?

  • How can you feel like you have each other’s backs when you don’t know your neighbors?

  • How do you shelter yourself if your neighborhood burns or floods?

Trauma = Separation

We all suffer from trauma & inherited trauma.
Separation is built into every part of the way we live.

(You can find a great podcast about our collective trauma here.)

When we believe we are separate from each other…

…we create worlds where we are separated—from each other & the natural world.

 Healing = Wholing

Our word to heal comes from the Proto-Germanic word to make whole.

Giuseppe Nucci .

The hill town of Castropignano, Italy is a lovely example of an old community designed for connection with its people & the natural world.

 Flourishing = Wholeness

Flourishing is the ability to connect meaningfully & lovingly to self,
others, & the natural world in the present moment, most of the time.

Embodied systems of wholing =

Systemic Flourishing

or, Place-Based Healing.

  • A Connected Living World

    flourishing = peace = connected = whole

  • A Disconnected Machine World

    trauma = disconnected = separation