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Reflections on Sea Changes

Category Archives: Water Mimicry

Grief Cry

By Lauralee Alben | Published October 19, 2023

Grief Cry is a poetic immersion into mourning and re-emergence into life. Grief is a liminal space of transformation. It’s where sorrow merges with the sacred and grief and grace co-exist in the same moment.

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What’s at risk? | Part 4: The Salt Doll

By Lauralee Alben | Published August 14, 2016

What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? At the Blue Mind Summit, I heard the mesmerizing call of water in the inspiring talk by retired neurologist Dr. Andrew Stern, Founder of the Lost Bird Project and Smart Fin. He shared a story that embodies Flow, which we define in Sea Change […]

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What’s at risk? | Part 3: In a new light

By Lauralee Alben | Published August 14, 2016

What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? At the Blue Mind Summit, Ben Thwaits showed astonishing photographs taken by the at-risk youth who participate in his innovative art and nature-based therapeutic programs at Northwest Passage. This quote by Joanna Macy came to mind: “A heart that breaks open can hold the universe.”

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What’s at risk? | Part 2: The mother wave

By Lauralee Alben | Published August 14, 2016

What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? In her fast-paced, fun presentation at the Blue Mind Summit, Professor and Early Childhood Educator, Louise Zimanyi declared, “Playing with and in water is evolutionary.” She explained that according to research conducted across many countries by Norwegian Dr. Ellen Sandseter, “risky play” includes great heights; high […]

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What’s at risk? | Part 1: A mythological feat

By Lauralee Alben | Published August 14, 2016

What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? Risk is an essential component of any sea change. At the Sea Change Design Institute, we work with leaders and organizations who are committed to co-creating life-revering transformations. At the Blue Mind Summit, I searched for sea changes in the intriguing presentations by adventurers, […]

Also posted in Humanity, Intention, Nature, Transformation | | Tagged #100DaysOfBlue, Blue Mind, Chris Bertish, Wallace J. Nichols | Comments Off on What’s at risk? | Part 1: A mythological feat

What’s at risk?

By Lauralee Alben | Published June 7, 2016

What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? Risk is an essential component of any sea change. At the Sea Change Design Institute, we work with leaders and organizations who are committed to co-creating life-revering transformations. At the sixth annual Blue Mind Summit, I searched for sea changes in the intriguing presentations by adventurers, […]

Also posted in Evolutionary Potential, Flow, Humanity, Nature, Poetry, Spirituality, Transformation | | Tagged #100DaysOfBlue, Ben Thwaits, Blue Mind, Chris Bertish, Dr. Andrew Stern, Lost Bird Project, Louise Zimanyi, Northwest Passage, PlayFutures, Reggio Children, Toben LaFrancois, Wallace J. Nichols | Comments Off on What’s at risk?

Water blessings

By Lauralee Alben | Published February 19, 2016

Ceremony is essential. It summons us into sacred space and offers us the time to design insightful beginnings and endings. This newborn year is just a few months old, but for many of us, its potential is compromised by days consumed with the driving force of our over-committed lives. Ceremony gives us a chance to […]

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Water’s intention

By Lauralee Alben | Published November 11, 2015

Have you seen this comic: A big fish swims by some younger ones and asks, “How’s the water?” Perplexed, they respond, “What’s water?” Water is the ground of being for fish, whether they are aware of its essential nature to their lives or not. Just like air is for birds and soil is for worms. […]

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