the tiny mindful moments podcast
Stories, meditations, reflections. Short. Because we can all make time for a tiny mindful moment.
Episodes
How is it possible for an apocalypse scenario to shake US markets?
Speculative scenarios have real-world impacts. So where are the scenarios that are so powerful that they boost confidence? Get people thinking and acting? Help us turn away from what’s wrong in our crazy, beautiful world and toward what will help us sustain, regenerative, and thrive?
On “blonde moments” and “baby brain”
I Jacinda Ardern’s reflection on “baby brain” in her book, “A different kind of power”, prompted me to think about my “blonde moments.”
“Futures literacy isn’t just about thinking ahead. It’s about feeling ahead—and that starts with play.”
“Futures literacy isn’t just about thinking ahead. It’s about feeling ahead—and that starts with play.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Imagination is theory. Play is practice.”
“Imagination is theory. Play is practice.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.”
“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Radical futures need radical imagination—and play is how we get there without fear.”
“Radical futures need radical imagination—and play is how we get there without fear.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“We don’t imagine the future alone. We co-create it—one story, one question, one strange possibility at a time.”
“We don’t imagine the future alone. We co-create it—one story, one question, one strange possibility at a time.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Play is where serious ideas dress up in weird clothes and ask us to take them seriously anyway.”
“Play is where serious ideas dress up in weird clothes and ask us to take them seriously anyway.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“The future doesn’t exist. It’s something we get to imagine—and then shape, together.”
“The future doesn’t exist. It’s something we get to imagine—and then shape, together.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“When we imagine futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”
“When we imagine possible futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Futures literacy isn’t about predicting what comes next. It’s about making space for what could come next.”
“Futures literacy isn’t about predicting what comes next. It’s about making space for what could come next.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“When we tell stories of the future, we’re really telling stories about what matters to us now.”
“When we tell stories of the future, we’re really telling stories about what matters to us now.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“We can’t build—or avoid—what we can’t imagine.”
“We can’t build—or avoid—what we can’t imagine.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Exploring possible futures won’t give you answers. But it might give you better questions.”
“Exploring possible futures won’t give you answers. But it might give you better questions.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Imagination isn’t fluff. It’s a muscle. And we need to use it if we want to stretch into what’s next.”
“Imagination isn’t fluff. It’s a muscle. And we need to use it if we want to stretch into what’s next.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Sometimes the smallest act of imagining a different world is the start of changing this one.”
“Sometimes the smallest act of imagining a different world is the start of changing this one.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Stories are the scaffolding of imagination—and imagination is how we start exploring possible futures.”
“Stories are the scaffolding of imagination—and imagination is how we start exploring possible futures.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
Why the first 20 minutes matter in facilitating futures
When I am facilitating futures, the first 20 minutes of a session tells me how the session might go without careful facilitation.
The Great Switch: Switching Your Skype Incoming Number to a European or Non-US VOIP Provider (European and Non-US VOIP Alternatives)
European and other non-US alternatives to Skype Incoming Number. For people who aren’t happy about US politics, who want to put their money where their mouth is, and who want more digital resilience in uncertain times.
The Great Switch: Switching Appointment Booking Tools (European and non-US Calendly Alternatives)
The Great Switch: Switching Appointment Booking Tools (European and non-US Calendly Alternatives)And after a short, unexpected break, I'm back with a new edition of The Great Switch, where I explore how ordinary people, including freelancers and small business owners...
Innsbruck Reads: March 2025 Books & Events
Monthly book club update for March 2025.
The Trailer: Hello, Futures!
Welcome to Hello, Futures!, a podcast where we use serious games, with people from all walks of life, to stretch their imaginations, step into the unknown, and explore possible futures—and build Futures Literacy along the way. Hosted by Suzanne, a futurer & futures researcher, facilitator and storyteller who loves creating and hosting serious games to help us think about, and shape hopeful, sustainable futures.
The Great Switch: Switching Cloud Storage Providers (European & non-US Dropbox Alternatives)
The Great Switch: Switching Cloud Storage Providers (European & non-US Dropbox Alternatives)This is the first in a regular series (weekly-ish) in which I explore how to make The Great Switch from the US-based, technology behemoths to alternatives that are either...
The fog of ambiguity is where creativity lives
Most groups don’t get stuck because they lack ideas. They get stuck because they hate the “fog”, that awkward middle space where nothing is clear yet.
The Great Switch: Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is
The Great Switch: putting my money where my mouth isHow frustrated are you with the current state of the U.S.? (Which part, you ask? Take your pick.) Personally, I'm frustrated, irritated, and dismayed in equal measure. I've recently been reflecting on just how much I...
Futures work begins with questions, not answers
In his book Questions Are the Answer, MIT professor Hal B. Gregersen argues that breakthrough thinking rarely comes from having better answers. It comes from asking better questions.
Why confident predictions persist in an unstable world
In times of geopolitical instability, rapid technological change, and overlapping crises, it’s increasingly hard to make confident claims about what regions or countries will look like five or ten years from now. And yet, confident predictions persist.
Why I avoid monologues in futures work
Wes Kao makes a blunt but helpful point: students don’t owe us their attention. The same is true for participants and futures facilitation.
Looking back from the future
We often approach the future by looking forward: imagining scenarios, mapping trends, projecting change. But sometimes, a future becomes more accessible when we approach it from the other direction.
Mel Robbins’ “Let Them” theory: applying to doing climate and sustainability communication
Some thoughts on using the Let Them theory, radical acceptance and the ABT to boster your work as a climate and sustainability communicator.
The method is not the work. The facilitator is.
In the Gurukul system, learning happens through proximity, repetition, observation, and relationship, as . Not through mastery slides or certification.
When scenarios don’t work (and why that’s usually a facilitation issue)
I’ve seen futures processes fail, not because the scenarios were weak, but because the facilitation was. Here are common anti-patterns that I’ve noticed.