There are many ways to be human—many ways we move through the world.

We build, we buy, we care, we question. Sometimes we act. Sometimes we simply pay attention.

This essay is a meditation on six modes of being: the producer, the consumer, the bearer of witness, the steward, the contemplative, and the disruptor.

It’s an invitation to notice the rhythm of your own days—and the many ways you already inhabit this world with presence and intention.

Presencing at the Edge: Navigating Uncertainty with Theory U

In my previous post, I explored Vanessa Machado de Oliveira’s provocative idea of hospicing modernity—holding space for the careful and compassionate release of systems that no longer serve us. In this follow-up, I turn to Otto Scharmer’s Theory U, exploring how presencing and deep listening can guide us through uncertainty toward genuine transformation.

Hospicing Modernity: Unlearning the World as We Know It

As the world faces overlapping ecological, social, and spiritual crises, how might we respond—with panic or denial; or with depth, care, and attention? This piece explores Vanessa Machado de Oliveira’s invitation to “hospice modernity,” weaving her work together with other thinkers to imagine more ethical and grounded ways of being in a collapsing world.