Holly Woods on Co-Creating the Third Attractor

Across the world, a new conversation is emerging—a conversation about the future of civilization itself.As our existing systems reach their limits, we face an urgent crossroads: one path leads toward collapse, another toward increasing control and centralization. But a growing chorus of thinkers, visionaries, and cultural pioneers are pointing to a third possibility—a conscious, regenerative, and life-affirming future.This series of conversations explores that possibility.While we draw on the term Third Attractor—popularized by Daniel Schmachtenberger—this vision is part of a larger movement of aligned ideas: Regenerative Civilization, Metamodern Society, Game B, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible, Planetary Civilization, The Integral Age, The Great Transition, Symbiotic Civilization, The Noosphere, Civilizational Awakening, and the Second Renaissance.Each points toward a future rooted in wholeness, complexity, interconnection, and evolution.Over the next four months, I’ll be speaking with thought leaders and cultural change-agents who are helping to shape this emerging reality. We’ll explore what must die, what wants to be born, and how we might co-create a path forward that honors the full depth of our humanity and the profound challenges of our time.These conversations are not just about ideas—they are about activating the future, together.Holly Woods, PhD, founder of Emergence Institute and creator of the Living Portal™️ framework, guides visionary leaders and change-makers to reclaim their multidimensional wholeness and bring sourced creations into the world. With a background spanning human development, science, and ancient wisdom traditions, Holly helps individuals and organizations evolve beyond problem-solving toward innovations born from the unified field of being. She is the author of The Golden Thread: Where to Find Purpose in the Stages of Your Life and a lifelong explorer of the intersection of consciousness, creativity, and cosmology.Connect with Holly at https://livingportal.co or https://emergenceinstitute.net  or LinkedIn.Daniela Bomatter, originally from Switzerland, is a former Software Engineer who progressed into various leadership roles, ultimately serving as the CEO of SwissEnergy at the Federal Office of Energy in Switzerland.Daniela Bomatter is the co-founder of Manifest Nirvana (https://www.manifest-nirvana.com) and a senior practitioner of Evolutionary Enlightenment. She was a long-term student of Andrew Cohen and was closely studying, working and living with him from 2016 to 2025. She is also the author of the book "The Viratya Myth begins" (https://viratya.com). She lives in Tiruvannamalai, India, in a Small Sustainable Village (https://www.giamantraglobalvillage.com/) where she runs the Manifest Nirvana Ashram, where the in person - events of Manifest Nirvana happen.