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    The Academic Imperfectionist

    Podcast #124: Dr Dana Klisanin on wild willpower and drawing resilience from nature LISTEN

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    Why Spending Time in the Cold Is Really Good for Your Health—and Friendships, by Annie Daly. “Embracing the cold is actually incredibly beneficial for both your mind and your body—” says Arkansas-based psychologist Dana Klisanin, PhD, who founded the ReWilding: Lab. READ

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    Hype and hazards: Artificial intelligence is suddenly very real, by Stephen Dinan. “Ms. Klisanin said that the personal relationship aspect defines for the public where AI is at the moment, and where it’s headed.” READ

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    PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

    “Lexa’s grief over Zara’s death is palpable, and messaging around the importance of environmental education and individual activism are heartening. Eerie and atmospheric grayscale art by illustrators Klisanin and Xu features throughout.” READ

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    50 Leading Female Futurists, by Blake Morgan “Increasingly futurists are being hired by businesses to present visions of what the future could look like. Sometimes futurists are sci fi writers like Isaac . . . “ READ

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    Altruism in the Digital Age by Kharunya Paramaguru “Dana Klisanin, a U.S.-based psychologist, suggests that the Internet is indeed giving rise to new avenues for altruism. She refers to this as “digital altruism” . . .” READ

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    Dana Klisanin: Heroism & Everything, A Conversation at the Crossroads, “To want everything requires expanding our imaginations and embracing the furthest reaches of human nature. Wanting everything means experiencing states of flow, fulfilling meta-needs, experiencing bliss, awe and wonder - it means experiencing species-wide synergy.” READ

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    Future Proofing, Apocalypse. “Will 21st century technology avert or accelerate the Apocalypse? FutureProofing discovers the dangers and risks of existential disaster in the 21st century.” LISTEN

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    Lessons from Reddit: 5 ways businesses can support digital altruism by Hannah Wren “Dana Klisanin . . . studies how we can use the internet to foster this kind of behavior, known as digital altruism, where people show selfless concern for others online.” READ

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    The Digital Human - Altruism - Series 4 Aleks Krotoski explores what technology tells us about ouselves and the age we live in. In this first programme; is the digital world allowing us to be more altruistic than ever? LISTEN

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    ROSS DAWSON

    I find I am frequently asked where all the female futurists are. The discussion on why the profession of futurist appears to be so male-dominated has grown in recent years. READ

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    Cultivating Consciousness, Dana Klisanin in Conversation with Nancy Giordano. LISTEN

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    Facebook, the 24-hour news cycle, and your mental health, by Perushka Gopalkista HOW MEDIA SATURATION IMPACTS MOOD, SOCIALIZATION, AND EMPATHY . . . READ

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    5 Things You Need to Overcome Self-doubt and Build Confidence

    Mindset Expert Dr. Dana Klisanin of ‘ReWilding: Lab’ On 5 Things You Need To Overcome Self-Doubt and Build Confidence

    An Interview With Stanley Bronstein READ

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REWILDING THE IMAGINATION

Peter Hayward talks to Dana Klisanin who is a psychologist, and futurist. She is the founder of ReWilding: Lab and pioneer of ReWilding Leadership™, an innovative approach that reconnects leaders with the wisdom of the natural world to foster creativity, resilience, and sustainability.

REWILDING THE HUMAN PSYCHE

READY LIVING PODCAST

What if the key to a happier and more connected life lies in reclaiming the wild parts of ourselves that we've lost along the way? The answer may lie in rewilding the human psyche, which helps people bridge the gap between rational thought and sensory experience and rediscover aspects of their humanity that have been sidelined by modern life.

CONNECTING IN THE FOREST.

CONNECTING WITH COINCIDENCE

The forest was once our human home. Psychologist Dana Klisanin is urging you to enter the forest to open your mind to the magic that trees, and plants and lakes and rivers can show you. Connect with the beings there, feel the messages flowing in and around you. The trees want you to admire them. They want to admire you.

EMPOWERING YOUTH IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

REWIND YOURSELF

Join us in an inspiring journey with Dana, a world-renowned futurist and environmental advocate, who has been featured by Forbes for her impactful work. In this podcast, we delve into Dana's visionary career, which has elegantly woven together her roles as CEO of Evolutionary Guidance Media and Founder of ReWilding: Lab. Dana stands as a testament to the power of merging innovative strategies with the pursuit of global well-being.

Dr. Klisanin, with podcast title and episode details overlaid: "EP 205: Rewilding the Imagination Dana Klisanin. Rewilding the psyche or rewilding the".

PSYCHOLOGICAL FRAGILITY

FUTURIZED

In this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews Dana Klisanin, a psychologist, futurist, and author.

They discuss coping mechanisms for existential risk worries and events, including engaging in rewilding experiences, sensory exploration, etc.

This is part of Futurized's focus on the takeaways from the third annual Stanford Existential Risks Conference and the collection of papers now issued as conference Proceedings.