Becoming Guides: New Rules for Changing the World
Dr. Renée LertzmanBecoming Guides is a newsletter for people working to tackle our planet's most complex systemic issues, written by the world's leading climate psychologist and existential strategist.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 50 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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Creating the Conditions for Facing Hard Stuff
This is the 3rd in a series, The Psychology of Facing Hard Truths. Part 1, The Desire Not to Know, discusses the psychology of avoiding distressing, painful truths. Part 2, When We Look Away looked at the neuroscience about hard knowledge....
How to Communicate about a Planet in Trouble
The Stockholm Resilience Centre has released a handbook called Planetary Communications.
It is one of the more thoughtful contributions to sustainability communication I’ve read in some time, in that it finally takes emotions (affect) ser...
When We Look Away: The Blind Spot at the Heart of Changemaking
What the psychology of the "desire not to know" unlocks for the frontlines of protecting what's at stake.
This is part 2 of the 3-part Psychology of Facing Hard Truths series. The first can be found here. If you find this work valuable, th...
Why I write Becoming Guides, and why we need a new psychology for changing the world.
If you have landed here, chances are you are working on something that matters to you. It might be climate, social cohesion, food security, supply chain, impact investing, innovating new solutions—or in your organization, community, or some...
The Desire Not to Know
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This is the first of a three-part series, exploring the psychology of avoiding big issues and existential problems in our world. This post is for all subscribers, the next will be for paid subscribers. Thank...
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I'm a psychologist and strategist who believes that people care more deeply about the planet than our actions might suggest. Book forthcoming, "So You Want to Change the World?" (Viking 2027).
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