About this episode

A conversation exploring the anxieties and transformations of modern life with insights from Francis Weller's latest book.

In this episode, CIIS Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness professor Sean Kelly has a deep and fortifying conversation with psychotherapist and author Francis Weller. * Together they explore ways of moving together through the anxieties, difficulties, and sacred transitions of 21st-century life. Featuring insights from Francis’s latest book, In the Absence of the Ordinary, this conversation frames our current era as a rough initiation—an upending experience of profound trauma and transformation that demands us to reorient our ways of thinking, being, and relating. * This episode was recorded during an in-person and live streamed event at California Institute of Integral Studies on September 10th, 2025. You can also watch it on the CIIS Public Programs YouTube channel. A transcript is available at ciis.edu/podcast. To find out more about CIIS and public programs like this one, visit our website ciis.edu and connect with us on Instagram @ciispubprograms. * Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links below. * We hope that each episode of our podcast provides opportunities for growth, and that our listeners will use…

People in this episode

Host: Sean Kelly

Guest: Francis Weller

Topics covered

• mental health
• transformation
• anxiety
• sacred transitions
• 21st-century life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California Institute of Integral Studies

Books & works: In the Absence of the Ordinary

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