Our Vision
Cultivating Psychologically Grounded Systemic Change for a Living Future
We are living through a polycrisis, a convergence of ecological disruption, social fragmentation, and widespread psychological overwhelm. These challenges are not isolated events. They are interconnected reflections of how we relate to ourselves, each other, and the more-than-human world.
We believe that responding to this moment requires more than new technologies, policies, or strategies, as these can only reflect the values and perspectives in which they are deployed. Systemic change requires a transformation in how we understand and experience our own participation in living systems.
A New Paradigm of Psyche and World
The dominant story of the “separate, individual self” underlies many of the crises we now face. This worldview fragments our relationships—with our bodies, communities, and the Earth that sustains us.
At the Center for Living Systems Psychologies, we work toward a different understanding—one that recognizes the psyche as relational, ecological, and co-emergent with the living world.
“We are not separate from the systems we seek to change — we are expressions of them.”
By shifting the way we experience self and world, we open new pathways for healing, collaboration, and systemic transformation.
Our Approach: Transdisciplinary, Embodied, Relational
We aspire towards a co-evolution where psychology, ecology, systems thinking, Indigenous knowledge, the arts, and somatic and relational practice embrace, explore and engage to support:
Living-systems consciousness
Community-rooted learning and dialogue
Practices that regenerate connection with land, body, and one another
Leadership grounded in humility, awareness, and ecological belonging
We design programs and practice labs that cultivate the psychological capacities needed to navigate complexity with presence, intelligence, and care.
Our mission is to support individuals, communities, and organizations committed to psychologically sound systemic change—change that works with, rather than against, the patterns of life itself.
We focus on:
Cultural and ecological reconnection
Relational attunement and systems awareness
Practices for collective resilience and transformation
When we shift from fixing parts to cultivating whole systems, new possibilities emerge.
Our Mission
A Community of Practice for Our Times
We gather not to solve the world alone, but to become the kinds of people who can participate in its healing.
Together, we are developing:
The capacity to stay with complexity
The willingness to listen to the more-than-human world
The resilience to act from connection rather than urgency
We are not simply teaching about living systems — we are learning to live through them.