In this episode, Stephanie Long Canavesio (Presence Embodied) shares what she means by emergence: the willingness to feel what we have pushed down, and the slow liberation from the chains of the mind.

We talk about addiction and recovery, her pivotal meeting with Gabor Mate, nervous system safety, and why peak experiences do not equal healing. Real transformation, she argues, happens through integration, daily practice, and the courage to stay in the body.

We explore how stories form as survival strategies, how trauma identities can quietly replace old roles, and how to recognize the narratives shaping us before we get trapped in new ones. We also examine the rebalancing of feminine and masculine energies, relational healing, and Stephanie’s vision for Difuso in Ibiza: a long-term, community-based approach to embodied transformation.

If you are navigating change, questioning old identities, or rebuilding your relationship with your body, this conversation offers both perspective and grounded practices.

Guest: Stephanie Long Canavesio
Presence Embodied: https://www.presenceembodied.com/

Hosted by Alex de Carvalho and Rudy de Waele, Voices of Emergence brings together thinkers, builders, and creators exploring how new systems of meaning, leadership, and regeneration are emerging through us: voicesofemergence.com

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Track: Journey Live 5
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What the Kogi teach us about balance, guardianship, and the living world

We sit with Lucas Buchholz, author of A Book of Balance and founder of the Timeless Wisdom Academy and the nonprofit Sacred Future.

Lucas spent around ten years in relationship with the indigenous Kogi people of Colombia, a living lineage carrying a pre-industrial cosmovision rooted in balance, reciprocity, and deep attunement to the living world. Together, we explore the Kogi view that the Earth is a subject (not an object), that humans are guardians (neither dominators nor parasites), and that our deepest training ground for relating to nature begins inside our intimate relationships.

We also go into the Kogi perspective on thought-forms (and the idea that "ideas have people"), rituals for working with negativity without repression, their long time horizon for land restoration, and a striking take on AI and the modern urge to be "saved from life." We close with practical ways listeners can support Kogi land buyback and cultural regeneration through Sacred Future and the Timeless Wisdom Academy.

Links, discount code, and ways to support:

Timeless Wisdom Academy: https://timeless-wisdom.com/

Free Kogi Lesson people can sign up for: https://timeless-wisdom.com/gift-for-you/

Here is the 98€ discount code for listeners of this podcast. It is applicable for the Wisdom and Wisdom Plus plan in monthly and yearly installments: kogiemerging

Link for people who want to donate to Sacred Future: https://sacred-future.org/donate/

Lucas' book, A Book of Balance: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/0063329905/

Hosted by Alex de Carvalho and Rudy de Waele, Voices of Emergence brings together thinkers, builders, and creators exploring how new systems of meaning, leadership, and regeneration are emerging through us: voicesofemergence.com

Subscribe to explore the edges of leadership, culture, and consciousness.

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Track: Journey Live 5
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We are living through a time of acceleration, instability, and deep uncertainty.

Institutions feel brittle. Old narratives no longer orient us. New ones have not yet fully emerged.

In this conversation, Alex de Carvalho and Rudy de Waele share a clear articulation of what Voices of Emergence is, why it exists, and where it is going.

This is not a political discussion, and it is not an attempt to predict the future.

It is a reflection on how we stay human, relational, and grounded while the world around us continues to shift.

We speak about:

- Why this moment feels different from isolated crises

- The human cost of acceleration and fragmentation

- Capacity as a nervous system and relational issue, not a moral one

- What it means to build coherence instead of chasing attention

- How community, practice, and shared responsibility become essential in uncertain times

Voices of Emergence is a living community and cultural practice. It exists to support real conversation, real relationship, and grounded action under pressure.

If you are sensing that the old ways no longer hold, but you refuse cynicism, certainty, or ideology, you are not alone.

This is an invitation to meet this moment together.

Learn more or join our upcoming circles:
https://https://luma.com/user/voicesemergence

00:00 Introduction
00:00:15 Why Voices of Emergence exists
00:01:00 A systemic moment, not isolated crises
00:02:18 Emergence, listening, and trust
00:03:38 Capacity, nervous systems, and coherence
00:05:38 What we have built so far
00:06:55 What Voices of Emergence is not
00:07:00 From conversation to practice
00:07:51 Core principles and posture
00:08:17 What we are rolling out next
00:09:22 Who this is for
00:10:39 An invitation to co-create
00:11:47 Walking forward together

Hosted by Alex de Carvalho and Rudy de Waele, Voices of Emergence brings together thinkers, builders, and creators exploring how new systems of meaning, leadership, and regeneration are emerging through us: voicesofemergence.com

Subscribe to explore the edges of leadership, culture, and consciousness.

🎵 Intro & Outro Music
Used with permission from AWARË
Track: Journey Live 5
Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/awaremusic/jurney-live-5
Explore more at: https://www.awaremusic.art