Phenomenal Conversation #43 The Economies of Living Systems with Damaris Matthijsen

In this conversation, Damaris Matthijsen of Economy Transformers invites us to reimagine the very foundations of economic life. Moving beyond critique, she shares a living practice rooted in four interwoven dimensions:

🌱 Relational Ownership: Stewarding resources as living relationships, not assets for control.

🔁 Peer Governance: Decisions arising from shared purpose, not imposed hierarchies.

🪞 Personal Transformation: Inner work as the ground for economic change.

🌾 New Organisational Structures: Practical models where money flows like water, and ownership becomes care.This is not a future dream—it’s a living reality taking root in communities, schools, and businesses.

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More on Damaris and her organisation Economy Transformers (in Dutch).

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In Phenomenal Conversations #42 Myth as Living Patterns for Renewal and Hope,

Kristina Dryza invites us into a mythic way of seeing and being—where archetypes live within us, myths guide us through chaos, and deep renewal begins in ritual and descent. This dialogue is soulful exploration of embodiment, sacred participation, and what she calls “mythic hope."

Main Themes:

- Archetypes as Energetic Templates: Archetypes are not just story types—they’re living patterns that shape our inner and outer experience long before language emerged.

- Embodiment Over Explanation: True change comes not through understanding alone, but through embodied engagement—through ritual, theatre, and lived experience.

- Mythic Posture, Not Control: We are invited to shift from managing life to participating reverently in its unfolding, listening for deeper invitations within our experiences.

- Collective Descent for Renewal: Our avoidance of darkness—grief, complexity, underworld journeys—feeds modern crisis. Renewal calls for sacred descent in community.

- Myths as Maps for Chaos: Myths are not old stories, but living blueprints—guides that help us navigate this age of upheaval with meaning and soul.

- Myths as Maps for Chaos: Myths are not old stories, but living blueprints—guides that help us navigate this age of upheaval with meaning and soul.

- Mythic Hope: A deep, soulful trust in what is unseen and eternal—not a hope of outcomes, but of alignment with what wants to be born through us.

About Kristina here

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Phenomenal Conversation #41

Part 2 Rewilding the Mind for a Regenerative World with Jessica Boehme - A live co-created podcast In the second part of Eko-Philosophy – Rewilding the Mind for a Regenerative World.

Jessica Boehme, myself and a small group of participants journeyed deeper into a collective inquiry on what it means to live wisely in disrupted times.This shared exploration brought forward core insights about belief, rhythm, and presence: This live conversation exemplifies what it means to be in dialogical and generative enquiry together. Issues explored included;

🔹 Unlearning Modern Beliefs -The group questioned dominant cultural assumptions like human exceptionalism, linear progress, and the pursuit of one truth. What if these inherited beliefs limit our ability to relate regeneratively with the Earth and each other?

🔹 Reclaiming Natural Cycles- Over Linear Goals Instead of always striving forward, participants explored what it means to live by seasonal rhythms. Stories of gardening and presence revealed how surrendering to life’s cycles can reshape how we think, feel, and act.

🔹 Holding Complexity as a PracticeThe group reflected on the courage it takes to live fully into both joy and sorrow, simplicity and uncertainty. Might the art of "being with what is" be a vital regenerative skill?This was not a debate. It was a felt exploration into the heart of living philosophy

Website for ⁠Jessica⁠ https://www.jessicaboehme.com/

Her blog on ⁠Substack⁠: https://jessicaboehme.substack.com/about

Her ⁠Institute for Practical Eko-Philosophy https://www.institute-pep.com/

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Phenomenal Conversations are crafted and curated to expand imagination, ask profound questions and promote generative enquiry in order to embrace the magnitude of the polycrisis and contribute towards a (Re)Generative Worldview

• Connect with Dave Pendle the founder on his website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Generative You