Stop Performing Certainty: What It Actually Takes to Step Beyond the Paradigm

Stop Performing Certainty: What It Actually Takes to Step Beyond the Paradigm

From The 5Cs by Charlene Norman

February 28, 2026 · 20 min · Episode 425

About this episode

This episode explores Richard David Hames' essay on the complexities of a dying paradigm and the implications of extraction and complicity.

The Mirror Series: Extraction, Complicity, and What We Build From Here Part Four into a deep dive of Richard David Hames’ essay, “Beyond The Cracked Mirror: The Psychic Contract of a Dying Paradigm"

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Host: Charlene Norman

Topics covered

  • paradigm shift
  • psychic contract
  • extraction
  • complicity
  • deep dive
  • essay analysis

Keywords

  • paradigm
  • psychic contract
  • Richard David Hames
  • extraction
  • complicity
  • essay
  • deep dive

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