How to envision a world to benefit everyone - with Barbara Love

Dr. Barbara Love speaks about the power of transformation, the pitfalls of helping others, and the plantation’s money box. This week I had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Barbara Love: consultant, coach, author, lecturer, climate change activist, organizational transformation specialist, personal transformation specialist, and Professor Emerita from the University of Massachusetts College of Education and Social Justice Education. Her liberatory consciousness model is compelling, yet simple. Her Framework to Develop a Liberatory Consciousness aptly charts a journey for those seeking a roadmap. The components are awareness, analysis, accountability, and action. Although you may be tempted to treat them as steps, Dr. Love describes them as cyclical. She says: “The awareness component of a liberatory consciousness involves developing the capacity to notice, to give attention to our daily lives, our language, our behaviors, and even our thoughts. It means making the decision to live our lives from a waking position.” There’s much more in this engaging conversation: about how we oppress ourselves, the pitfalls of helping others, befriending the head of the local KKK, and the plantation’s money box. --------------------------------------------------------- Conversations with forward-thinking leaders about patterns that keep us stuck and how the leaders are breaking the mold. Personal reflections on provocative topics and how to level up despite yourself. Get unstuck, change your story, become more effective.  Join us. The ability to lead consciously can open your eyes. Jean Latting is an organizational consultant, inclusive leadership coach, and behavioral scientist.