Bioneers brings together a very diverse, discerning, engaged and reflective community, and the curated conversations around crucial topics we have been hosting recently (“Conversation Cafes”) have proven highly popular and stimulating. Each session begins with a very brief presentation by one of the conference presenters as a “conversation starter” to frame the topic, followed by structured group discussion. At the end of each session, a “harvester” who has carefully witnessed and “absorbed” what has transpired, offers us a poetic synopsis/recapitulation of the highlights of our time together.

As we embrace this year’s theme of transformation, regeneration, and celebration, we must not neglect our inner state, because to help midwife a flourishing society we need a solid internal foundation to build upon. In this conversation we’ll go on a journey, traversing landscapes of self-love, trauma healing, authenticity, and career manifestation. We’ll explore how to emerge from our conditioning, reactivity, “stuckness” and harmful patterns to move into self-loving alignment, empowerment, mindful compassion, prolific creativity and service. We’ll also learn about how “the four phases of flourishing” relate to the transformation our society needs now. With: Marilyn Cornelius, Ph.D., founder of Alchemus Prime. Facilitated by: Amy Lenzo, weDialogue and the World Café Community Foundation. “Harvester:” Jason Bayani, author, theater performer, Artistic Director, Kearny Street Workshop.