What if transformation didn’t have to be so heavy—and instead could be rooted in softness, story, and sacred silliness?

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🛠️ Andrew created the Gentle Change Starter Kit —a step-by-step guide to engaging in activism in a way that feels grounded, clear, and just-right for you. He’s offering it free for listeners! Grab it here: practice.andrewglang.com/starterkit

“I genuinely think it’s pretty solid stuff!” – Andrew

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In this playful and wisdom-filled conversation, I’m joined by Andrew Lang, an educator in the Pacific Northwest and lead facilitator of the Gentle Change Collective. Andrew identifies as a Type 1 on the Enneagram, and in our time together, he offers a heartfelt reflection on how his work with grief, community, and story continues to soften and expand his inner world.

Together, we explore:

🔷 How Andrew engages in grief work and joy work through story and community

🔷 His capacity to hold the both/and: the sacred and the silly, structure and fluidity, and how he relates to the 1 energy and the 7 energy within himself

🔷 Andrew’s experience of the loneliness of being the one who sees what’s wrong—and the importance of recognizing the necessity of relationship in order to make things better

🔷 The countercultural messages Andrew absorbed and how they shaped his self-inquiry and inner practice (including what it means to be a man)

🔷 What the Enneagram literature doesn’t reflect about Ones and the inner critic

🔷 How Andrew’s inner work has influenced his political engagement and the importance of not bypassing the inner or the outer work of transformation

🔷 The role of anger in acting with clarity and focus—and when it isn’t so helpful

🔷 How Andrew has learned to get less hung up on behaviors and look at self and others with soft eyes

…and so much more!

I’m touched by Andrew’s playful essence that reminds us we can be gentle as we take action for meaningful change.

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Instagram: @andrewglang

https://www.andrewglang.com/

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