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Stories Lived. Stories Told.

Abbie VanMeter and The CMM Institute

The purpose of Coordinated Management of Meaning is to create better social worlds through better communication. This podcast is about empowering all of us in our communication to see ourselves as curious and active participants with the ability to create meaningful change in our relationships and social worlds.Our practice of CMM is about embodying a “communication perspective,” which asks us to “look at communication, rather than through it.” To take a communication perspective is to consider what

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67:21

On Nurturing Collective Reflexivity in Design with...

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2025/03/19

What agency can you identify in the systems you are in? And how can you use it to invite others to design with intention together? ... Josina Vink is a designer and researcher with expertise in health system transformation. They have extensive experience leading and facilitating participatory system and service design processes in health care, government, non-profit and community settings. Josina has worked as a service and systemic designer in healthcare internationally including at th...

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64:28

On Relationality in Regenerative Food Systems with...

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2025/03/05

How can we design in ways that are "conducive to life"? ... Edona Arnesen is highly passionate about food, farming, food systems, relationships and regeneration in unison, and how we can co-create better communities and systems for the common health of everything on Earth; the human and the non-human, and Nature whom we're all a tiny, connected part of. She finds systems thinking and systemic design fantastically interesting as philosophies and practices to act through. Edona went on to...

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57:00

On The Tenderness Tour with Richard Propes | Ep. 131

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2025/02/19

Please be aware that this conversation contains references to sexual abuse and suicide. ... Where in your life can you create the conditions for tenderness? ... In 1989, Richard Propes left downtown Indianapolis in his wheelchair with $20 in his pocket, a backpack on his wheelchair, and a handful of press releases announcing his "Tenderness Tour." A paraplegic/double amputee born with spina bifida, Propes traveled for 41 days and over 1,000 miles alone around Indiana in an effort to look for ...

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58:26

On Death, Life & Palliative Care with Christiaan...

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2025/02/05

Where can you create care and connection in unexpected places? ... Chistiaan Rhodius is a Dutch doctor specialized in palliative medicine. Together with his wife and four children he currently lives and works in Oslo (Norway). He is convinced that 'if we ignore death we miss out on life'. He is passionate for stories and the shaping of new stories (through the process of improvisation). At this moment he explores ways of how the artwork of Edvard Munch can stimulate our storytelling. To...

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2:06

Introducing: CosmoParenting | A New Podcast from the...

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2024/12/30

Introducing CosmoParenting! This new podcast from the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution is a continuation of CosmoActivities- our free resources for kids of all ages. In this year-long podcast, host Abbie VanMeter is joined by people who are parenting, educators, therapists, and communicators to explore what it means to parent. CosmoParenting is designed to support all who are parenting in the journey of figuring out what it means to parent by enriching their parenting toolbox,

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60:16

On the Future of Coordinated Management of Meaning...

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2024/12/16

Where can you be looking back in order to look forward?...Vernon Cronen is a co-creator of the Coordinated Management of Meaning theory of communication. In 1963, Vernon graduated from Ripon College and served for two years as Lieutenant in the US Army, Intelligence branch. After acquiring his Master and PhD from University of Illinois, Urbana, he went on to teach at University of Massachusetts, Amherst from 1970 to 2011. In 1979, Vernon began working with Barnett Pearce to create CMM and has...

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64:20

On Relational Construction with Sheila McNamee |...

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2024/12/09

What are you constructing in your relationships?...Sheila McNamee is Professor Emerita of Communication at the University of New Hampshire and co-founder and Vice President of the Taos Institute. Her work is focused on dialogic transformation within a variety of social and institutional contexts including psychotherapy, education, healthcare, organizations, and communities. She is author of several books and articles, including – most recently – Design Thinking and Social Construc...

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69:55

On Conversational Jazz and Improvisation with Rik...

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2024/12/02

How can we leave ourselves open to more spontaneity by letting go of some of our expectations?How do we suffer when we try to fit ourselves into the mold of "should"? Why do we need personal AND social evolution to create a more welcoming and curious culture?...Rik Spann is an organizational consultant, applied musicologist, artist, and jazz musician. In his work, he is interested in exploring what happens at the crossroads of various disciplinary fields, including science, art, design, ...

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58:14

On Psychology and Democracy with Hossein Kaviani |...

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2024/11/25

How can you embody democratic values?...Hossein in a clinical psychologist, with a PhD awarded by King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry Psychotherapist. He is also a researcher and a writer of both Novels and Psychology Books.Today, Abbie and Hossein explore the relationships between ignorance and knowledge; culture and behavior; and psycho-social factors and democratic values. Hossein talks about his work translating the CosmoKidz activities to Farsi and Pashto, as well as his most ...

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87:18

On Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Multiculturalism...

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2024/11/18

What are the real ways that we can embrace the complexity of our experiences? How can we let go of a scarcity mindset in favor of a mindset of abundance? How can we see the stories of others as adding something important rather than taking something away from us?What does it actually look like to make more space for people and their stories? How can we start to “build a bigger table”? Instead of dismissing our vision as unrealistic or unattainable, how can we learn to use imagination and hope...

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62:47

On Communities, Disasters & Rebuilding with Sue Wells...

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2024/11/11

What power do you have in your community? ...Sue Wells is a New Zealander. Now living in the North Island's beautiful Kapiti Coast, she is originally from Christchurch in the South Island. There, she grew up, studied at Canterbury University, and had a highly successful broadcasting career in radio and television, including starring in her own show, "Susan Sells", on CTV. She moved from there into local government as an elected city councillor in Christchurch from 1998-2013. She chaired the C...

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86:39

On Communication, Mindfulness & Leadership with Mike...

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2024/11/04

How do we, as a community of individuals with individual experiences, thoughts, and feelings, come together to create shared meaning?How has our understanding of communication evolved to more accurately encompass the complexities and nuances of human relationships?Whether or not we consider ourselves "creative" or "leaders," how can we still find ways to create and lead?...Mike is the Director of Leadership Development for the Clinton Foundation and co-directs the Presiden...

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61:41

On Mattering, Wellness & Social Sustainability with...

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2024/10/28

How can you create a sense of “Mattering” for yourself and others in your communities? ...Ottar works as a Professor of Counselling at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and also as Head of NTNU WellFare: Nordic Research Center for Well-being and Social Sustainability. Ottar is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Agder (Norway) and an Honorary Professor at Aalborg University (Denmark). He has worked as a systemic family therapist for many years and his research in...

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88:13

On Celebration, Storytelling, Death & Dying with...

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2024/10/21

What does it look like for you to celebrate?Where in your life can you pursue creation (in any of its many forms) as a way to check in with yourself and reflect?What stories do you have around death and dying?…Madison Wood-Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author, and Published Poet. She is also the Executive Director for an Indianapolis-based nonprofit, Morning Light, that fosters community programs in Indiana for the terminally ill, se...

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59:38

On Undigested Stories & Grief with Tracey Johnston |...

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2024/10/14

What are your “Undigested Stories”?…Tracey currently lives and works in Aberdeen, Scotland within an independent therapy service at Possibilities Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her professional training was initially in Social Work and she worked with children and families, before retraining in Systemic Psychotherapy. Tracey currently works with children, adults, couples and families. She has also been involved in running parenting groups and bereavement groups. Tracey uses CMM ideas and tool...

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82:27

On Personal Freedom and Collective Liberation with...

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2024/10/07

What are you creating in your relationships?What does 'healing' mean to you- both individually and collectively?...La Shanda Sugg describes herself as a storyteller, storyholder, reflector, and soul hugger. She is the co-host of the Labors of Love Podcast and “Chief Love Officer” of Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting.Heddy Nam is a liberatory coach and facilitator for people, organizations, and networks working towards social change through Rosalee Consulting. She is a healer, speaker, ...

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107:43

On Changing the Moment in the Moment with John...

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2024/09/30

Please be aware that this conversation contains mentions of disordered eating, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. …What does it mean to take a "not knowing position?" How can you change the moment in the moment?What else can you listen for?…John Burnham is a consultant systemic psychotherapist and supervisor, with over forty years of working with families, couples and individuals. He works at Parkview Clinic, Birmingham Women and Children’s Hospital where he was formerly Director of Systemi...

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63:32

On Children, Stories & Communities with Nana Bonsu |...

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2024/09/23

Where in your life are you living or telling a singular story? How can you make space to explore more stories for yourself and others?…Nana Bonsu is an experienced senior leader. Nana is a qualified social worker, family and systemic psychotherapist, and systemic supervisor. Nana is the Director of Relational Practice in Camden. Nana has worked in children’s services for over twenty years, both in children’s statutory services and CAMHs (Child Adolescent and Mental Health Services). Nana has ...

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65:07

On Creating Healthy Relationships with Kongit Farrell...

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2024/09/16

How can you begin to embrace communication as a transformative force for change in your life?…Kongit Farrell is a licensed marriage and family therapist with specialties in conflict resolution, trauma, couples therapy, and human sexuality. She is the founder of the Center for Healthy Marriage and is an adjunct professor of Clinical Psychology at Pepperdine University. Kongit is an alumna of the CMM Institute and AC4 Fellowship programs at Columbia University and serves on the executive board ...

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68:10

On Neurodiversity in Relationships with Laurie...

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2024/09/09

Where in your relationships can you name the meaning you are making? Where can ask others to name the meaning they are making?… Laurie Budlong-Morse is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and an AANE Certified Neurodiverse Couples Therapist with a private practice in Indianapolis; she also creates educational content and offers online services with a focus on mixed-neurotype relationships. Laurie holds training in postmodern and social constructionist methods of therapy as well a...

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