Podcasts from the Center for Courage & Renewal

Leadership and Change

The work we help people do inwardly has consequences in the larger world.  It's true for the teachers, physicians, and clergy who go back to their institutions not only with personally renewed hearts, but with new ways of being in the world which spread renewal to others.  It's also true for leaders, the best of whom are able to bring their own identity and integrity into their public work, those whose inner transformation flows out into a needy world. 

In this podcast, Parker Palmer speaks of the link between inner work and institutional and social transformation.

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In Solitude and Community

This is the second installment of a conversation with Parker Palmer, Marcy Jackson of the Center, and Estrus Tucker, a Courage & Renewal Facilitator from Ft. Worth, Texas.

In this part of the conversation, from a CD included in the new Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Courage to Teach, Parker, Marcy, and Estrus reflect on the impact and the value of Courage to Teach, the retreat series for educators.

"[Courage to Teach] is not just a vacation or a weekend away from home, but the soul-deep support of a chance to have conversations about things that really matter and a chance to grow, from the inside out."

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What do we mean by "The Courage to Teach"?

This podcast is the first in a series of recordings that are included on CD in each new copy of Parker Palmer's The Courage to Teach , Tenth Anniversary Edition.

Marcy Jackson, Co-Director of the Center for Courage & Renewal, and Estrus Tucker, Courage & Renewal Facilitator and President/CEO of Liberation Community Inc. in Ft. Worth, Texas, join Parker Palmer in reflecting on the history of both Courage to Teach, the book celebrating its tenth anniversary, and Courage to Teach, the program for the personal and professional renewal of educators, which is also in its tenth year.

Check back often for more podcasts of the same conversation.

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Standing in the Tragic Gap

What does it mean to stand in the "tragic gap,” the gap between the difficult realities of life and the knowledge of what is possible? In this podcast, Parker Palmer speaks about the tragic gap, and about the importance of having a capacity to stand in it, especially for those who want to help make this a better world.

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Undivided Life

What does it mean to live a divided life, one in which we keep our inner lives separate from our interactions in the world? In this podcast, Parker Palmer speaks about the powerful reasons for us to care about, and work toward, living an undivided life.

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