James O'Dea - Peace Ambassador Training 2015

James O’Dea – Peace Ambassador Training 2015

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Virtual Audio Training was recorded between January 14 and April 29, 2015.

The Training is structured into five pillars and will provide you with an intensive experience in developing skills with today’s best peace leaders:

Healing Personal and Collective Wounds Through Deep Personal Peace
Peace Communication
Managing System Change
Peace Activation and Organization
We will hear the finest of James O’Dea’s teachings in the first four Pillars of Peacebuilding sessions, relying on ideas and practical tools from his blockbuster books Cultivating Peace and The Conscious Activist: Where Activism Meets Mysticism.

The two sessions that follow will include two key faculty members on the techniques and peace practices that they utilize in their work. These sessions feature live instruction as well as the greatest core faculty interviews from prior Peace Ambassador Trainings.

All calls will be facilitated by Philip Hellmich and/or Emily Hine, who will also conduct some sessions. Throughout the workshop, they will weave and integrate these lessons into a unified blueprint for peacebuilding, from the personal to the global.

You’ll also have activities, readings, and assignments to help you gain a deeper understanding of the content and work closely with other training participants from around the world.

Pillar 1: Developing a Deep Personal Peace

These sessions will be geared on assisting you in cultivating the psychological, emotional, and spiritual elements of peace as a great basis for genuine engagement in the world.

Session 1: Peace and Freedom from Within (Recorded January 14)
James O’Dea is a member of the faculty (full bio)

James will kick off the program with a motivational talk about what it means to be a Peace Ambassador in today’s society. He challenges us to take responsibility for building inner serenity while acting in the world with genuine integrity. “The peacebuilder must develop an astounding skillfulness in proposing answers, avoiding the blame game, and mediating between viewpoints that are imprisoned inside self-limiting categories,” James writes.

Simultaneously, the Peace Ambassador does not take himself/herself too seriously. “A world without laughter is neither secure nor serene,” James adds. For example, “the fundamentalists are not having a good time!”

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Examine how your inner moral maps, belief systems, and psychological views shape your interaction with the outside and vice versa.
Identify the impediments to unleashing your own inherent characteristics, abilities, and capacities.
Learn personal peace techniques that can help you get into your deepest nature and provide the groundwork for genuine inner peace as.jpg
Session 2: Coming to Terms with Oneself (Recorded January 21)
Visiting Professors: Aqeela Sherrills, the famed peacemaker who struck a ceasefire between the Crips and the Bloods in Los Angeles, is now the Executive Director of YES! and a consultant to peacebuilding programs across the world. (complete bio)

Aqeela will offer a dramatic and candid peek into his own personal change, which necessitated accepting responsibility for underlying anxieties and shames that were driving his conduct. He will next describe how his own personal development enabled him to address the sources of violence that stole his son’s life. Aqeela helped create peace amongst warring gangs by delving deeper into his inner peace practice.

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Learn how to turn within for inspiration and real tools for addressing your own shadows and developing a daily personal peace practice.

Session 3: Intuitive Intelligence of the Heart: A Path to Personal, Social, and Global Coherence: (This was recorded on January 28th.)
Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., business executive, serial entrepreneur, psychologist, author, and educator, is a guest faculty member. Since 1990, he has served as the founding executive director of the non-profit Institute of HeartMath and as the executive vice president of HeartMath LLC. (complete bio)

HeartMath is the world’s most significant scientific organization devoted to the study of the heart’s abilities. Deborah will show you how to use your heart’s power for intuition, joy, and a less stressful life.

This session will teach you how to:

Improve your capacity to “bounce back” and create a robust inner energy reserve that may make life simpler during times of rapid upheaval.
Trust Your Heart – Discover the latest research on your heart’s function in transmitting and receiving vital information for living a healthy, full life.
Cultivate Heart Wisdom – Develop and access your heart’s strong intelligence to rise above issues even in the middle of turmoil and uncertainty.
Engage the Global Heart – Discover study that reveals we are all connected by and live in the reflected energy of our hearts, with our emotions having an impact on the world itself.
Pillar 2: Healing Individual and Group Wounds

These classes will teach you how to repair personal wounds and communal trauma in order to bring about personal and societal transformation as well as substantial evolutionary change.

Session 4: Stopping Wound Transmission (Recorded February 4)
James O’Dea is a member of the faculty (full bio)

The second pillar is introduced by James O’Dea, who urges us to “stop the transmission of wounds from generation to generation precisely because their persistence is so destructive to whole-system health and the problem of passing on intergenerational trauma is so ignored.”

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Examine your relationship to personal pain and its complex subtleties.
Examine how your unconscious behaviors contribute to broader societal trauma.
Examine what is preventing you from living your finest thoughts and ambitions.
Learn concrete strategies for deepening your own personal recovery and assisting others in their healing.

Session 5: Nonviolence: A Path to Peace – Mahatma Gandhi Stories (Recorded February 11)
Arun Gandhi, the grandson of India’s iconic leader, Mohandas K. “Mahatma” Gandhi, is a guest faculty member (full bio)

Who better to urge you to “be the change you want to see in the world” than Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson? Arun Gandhi will tell personal tales about how his grandpa taught him to analyze his inner impulses and understand their connection to passive violence in the world in this session.

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Be encouraged to increase your inner peace practice and reach new heights of integrity and power.
Learn the significance of Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “I can no more teach nonviolence to a coward than I can entice a blind man to enjoy healthy scenery. “Nonviolence is the pinnacle of bravery.”

Session 6: Forgiveness and the Transformation of Personal Tragedy into Life Purpose (Recorded February 18)
Azim Khamisa, an internationally famous specialist on forgiveness, has been praised by the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh (full bio)

This may be the most touching session of the Peace Ambassador Training. Azim Khamisa is a world-renowned forgiveness master instructor. He will truthfully describe his journey into the depths of pain and despair after losing his only kid to senseless gang violence.

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Learn how to use the power of forgiveness to effect change.
Learn how to participate in forgiveness even when it appears impossible.
Third Pillar: Peace Communication

You will learn and practice the art of skillful communication for yourself, family, community, and the globe via these workshops and activities. You’ll learn about the most recent developments in peacebuilding, conflict transformation, social discourse, and conversation. The following are members of the core faculty:

Session 7: Energy Mastery and Peaceful Communication (Recorded February 25)
James O’Dea is a member of the faculty (full bio)

One aspect of effective communication as a Peace Ambassador is energy mastery. Dialogue and listening are also important components. “Against all difficulties, we must learn to talk, or perish,” James adds. We would listen till there was peace on Earth if we realized that listening to each other was the key to opening each other’s hearts.”

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Learn how the capacity to listen carefully and intentionally has helped to convert challenging conflict situations into peaceful outcomes.
Learn how to use the power of attentive listening to resolve your own issues.
Learn how to process and change energy for harmonious interactions.
Learn how to cope with physical bullies, emotional bullies, and intellectual bullies.
Determine if you are an energy bouncer, an energy sponge, an energy zapper, or a tranquil energy transformer by understanding your unique approach to energy processing.

Common Humanity: Awakening Compassion in Communication, Session 8 (Recorded March 4)
Faculty include Emily Hine, President of HineSight Consulting and inspiring writer at Holy Sit (full bio); and Philip Hellmich, Director of Peace at The Shift Network and author of the best-selling God and Conflict (full bio)

Humans are hardwired for empathy and compassion, according to scientific study. Philip and Emily will provide practical strategies for awakening our inner potential for compassion and communicating successfully with others in this workshop. They will also demonstrate how this developing field of compassionate communication is being employed from the internal to the international levels.

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Discover the most recent scientific study on humanity’s potential for empathy and compassion.
Learn how to integrate Nonviolent Communication with personal peace practices to establish a real, compassionate relationship with others.
Learn how to use concrete tools to help you tap into a sense of serenity and communicate more effectively even when you are triggered.
Your inner discourse is just as crucial as your outer communication as peacebuilders. You will also discover radical self-compassion as a tool for communicating peace both inwardly and externally in this class.
Learn how to communicate effectively and “walk the walk” with small or large-scale teams.
Learn about creative radio and television shows that are bringing compassion to whole cultures, including those torn apart by deadly war.

9th Session: Getting to Yes! (March 11, 2019)
Dr. William Ury, co-author of the global bestseller Getting to YES, author of The Power of a Positive No, and co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project, is a guest lecturer (full bio)

Dr. Ury is one of the world’s most well-known writers and practitioners of effective negotiation.

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Learn the science of speaking successfully in challenging circumstances, which will help you recognize and solve personal and common needs.
Learn how to negotiate in your daily life as well as in broader societal concerns.
Mastering System Change is the fourth pillar.

You will polish your grasp of how to achieve systemic change through models and techniques for extraordinary whole-system transitions in these workshops.

Session 10: Peace Work and Systemic Change (Recorded March 18)
Don Beck, Spiral Dynamics theorist and magician who has mapped and used a complete strategy to working with diverse memes and reshaping civilizations from South Africa to the Middle East, is a guest faculty member (full bio)

To begin Pillar 4, James is quite clear: “To be an ambassador of peace, you cannot be a partisan of the part; you are required to be a representation of holistic thinking and emotional and social intelligence. Creating a culture of peace is a multi-faceted task.”

You will learn the following throughout this session:

In the framework of complex adaptive systems, learn about systemic change and peace work.
Discover “Spiral Dynamics,” Don Beck’s complete approach for assisting individuals in various cultures and circumstances to find and conduct peacebuilding efforts that are acceptable for them.

Session 11: Alter the Story, Alter the Future (Recorded March 25)
Guest Speaker: David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth and The Great Turning. (complete bio)

“We are now experiencing the planet-wide damage that occurs from thinking of the economics and nature as distinct systems,” James says. As a result, sustainability is a peace problem….”

“We have attempted a Sacred Money and Markets economics that demands for us to operate as if we are money-seeking robots inhabiting a lifeless rock,” argues David Korten. It is time to transition to a new economic system based on a Sacred Life and Living Earth tale in which we are all living creatures born of and nourished by a Living Earth in a Living Universe. “Everything else is secondary.”

While the global economic crisis might appear daunting, David Korten presents common sense ideas and a sense of genuine optimism that you can contribute to the evolution of our economic model, beginning in your own town.

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Understand the facts of the world’s economic and environmental difficulties, as well as the underlying mindsets that have led to this catastrophe.
Learn about global initiatives to develop a new economic story and system based on an awareness of interdependence and interconnection re.jpg
Living Systems: A New Systems Perspective on Whole Bodies and Whole Changes, Session 12 (April 1st recording)
Visiting Professors: Eisler, Riane President of the Center for Partnership Studies and internationally recognized for her groundbreaking contributions as a systems scientist, attorney advocating for women’s and children’s human rights, and author of The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, and The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economy. Archbishop Desmond Tutu called it “a pattern for the better future we have been so desperately seeking,” Gloria Steinem called it “revolutionary,” and Jane Goodall called it “a call to action.” (complete bio)

This session teaches you:

New perspectives on the past, present, and future will give insight on developing paradigms affecting entire biological systems.
Partnership approaches that have the potential to alter people, families, and communities.
Principles of a “caring economy” that prioritizes mankind and the environment

These programs and activities will assist you in developing community-building and collaboration abilities that will allow you to grow your leadership potential and deliver your deepest talents.

Session 13: The Peace Ambassador of the Twenty-First Century as an Evolutionary Leader and the Summer of Peace (Recorded April 8)
Faculty include Emily Hine (bio) and Philip Hellmich (bio), with special guests to be announced.

James, Emily, and Philip will emphasize the qualities and capacities of an evolved peace leader during the Peace Ambassador Training. Emily and Philip will discuss these leadership qualities in this session and then ask you to stand up in your own manner. They will also discuss the Summer of Peace’s successes and breakthroughs in compassion education. Special guests will also speak about the International Cities of Peace, the International Day of Peace, the Compassion Games, and BeThePeace.
“In a moment of upheaval like as we are now experiencing on Planet Earth, extraordinary chances for creativity and new leadership emerge,” James says. You are the coming leader! There is no collective boldness without you to create the tipping point in human progress.”

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Recognize the leadership abilities required to be an evolved peace leader.
Participate in the greater global transition toward a culture of peace.
Discover how you may become involved in global peace projects.
Determine your potential involvement in the Summer of Peace.

Session 14: The Principles and Processes of Activating and Coordinating for Peace at the Local, Regional, and Global Levels (Recorded April 15)
Dot Maver, educator and peacebuilder, is the President of the National Peace Academy, which promotes, advances, and fosters peace cultures (full bio)

Dot Maver is a peace education and community organizing pioneer who is a master at motivating collaboration for the common good.

You will learn the following throughout this session:

Learn about the practical concepts and techniques you may use to organize your own peace work in your school or community.
Learn about the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding’s triumphs in Gainesville, Florida, as well as programs you may participate in and/or reproduce in your own town.

Session 15: The Heart Revolution (Recorded April 22)
Velcrow Ripper, award-winning philosophical filmmaker and director of Scared Sacred, Fierce Light, and Occupy Love, is a speaker and writer (full bio)

In this event, Genie Award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper will provide insights into worldwide peacebuilding acts he saw while filming his trilogy, Scared Sacred, Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action, and Occupy Love. Velcrow will discuss the journey from personal despair to collective action motivated by deep spiritual insight and common human ideals. Visit VelcrowRipper.com and OccupyLove.com for additional information.

Final Session – What is Your Piece of the Puzzle? (Recorded on April 29th)
Emily Hine and Phillip Hellmich are faculty members.

This last class allows you and your fellow Peace Ambassadors to engage and discuss what you’ve learnt and how you’ve been transformed as a result of this program. You will also be able to share your personal peace projects and ideas for promoting peace in your family, schools, community, and globe.

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