Golden Civilization Conversation with Dr. Charlie Easmon and George Kinder

This week was the season one finale of the Golden Civilization Conversation Facebook Live series. George was joined by Dr. Charlie Easmon of Your Excellent Health Service.

Charlie begins by speaking about his journey to medicine and how he discovered the long pedigree of medical doctors in his family; he is one of 7 doctors in his family history, the first of which qualified as a doctor in Victorian England in 1879, one of less than 100 black doctors qualified prior to 1900. Watch their conversation to learn the circumstances of how George and Charlie met and the discussion that follows, touching on great leaders, race, Charlie’s Ted X Talk, mental health, and public health.

Dr. Charlie Easmon is an international medical doctor and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Your Excellent Health Service (YEHS), which specializes in travel medicine, occupational health, mental health and aid and development. Charlie is also the Co-Founder of Global Health Action Strategies and Solutions (GHASS), established to provide effective and rapid independent response to global disasters. He has served as Medical Director of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has worked with a number of international medical organizations and charities including Merlin, Raleigh International and Save the Children in Rwanda, and ECHO in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

You can read more about him here.

Golden Civilization Conversation: Greet Selderslaghs and George Kinder

Yesterday, George and Greet Selderslaghs broadcast their Golden Civilization Conversation.

George and Greet begin their conversation about the “freelance” Golden Civilization Conversation that Greet facilitated last February while on the beach with a group of her friends. Watch their conversation, where Greet speaks about her relationship with Biodanza, (literally the dance of life). Biodanza is recognized as a system of self-development that uses music, movement and positive feelings to deepen self-awareness. It seeks to promote the ability to make a holistic link to oneself and one's emotions and to express them. They discuss the importance of community and how to bring humanity to corporations and institutions.

Greet Selderslaghs is a Registered Life Planner®, founder of and career coach at The Art of Good Living. She is a writer as well. She has been teaching Biodanza classes regularly for 50 years and feels passionate about spreading the movement globally. Greet is also a Life Club host, leading monthly workshops on personal growth.

You can read more about Greet here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greet-selderslaghs-7a139425/?originalSubdomain=be

Golden Civilization Conversation: Jonathon Clark and George Kinder

Yesterday, Jonathon Clark joined George for a Golden Civilization Conversation via Facebook Live. Jonathon is a Registered Life Planner at Aloha Life Planning and author of It Was Never About The Money.

Don’t miss the chance to watch their engaging conversation about The Seven Stages, Impact Investing, and Religion.

Jonathon begins by speaking about his book and how it is based on the idea that money is neutral and oftentimes the reason people can feel trapped by it is often due to lessons or beliefs that we have about it from our childhood, which is similar to George’s own Seven Stages work, specifically Innocence and Pain. From here, the conversation shifts to a discussion of how the presenting problem is never the real problem, organically leading to a discussion about A Golden Civilization from the frame of removing this money mirage and economic conspiracy and striving toward economic integrity. George and Jonathon also speak about the Map of Mindfulness and the Tree of Life and how both the Buddhist and Jewish traditions have an overlap in many universal truths. Jonathon even brings in his expertise in astrology and its recent rise in popularity.

Jonathon has a long career in the financial sector, first working for four years as financial director of an engineering company in Walsall and then 26 years as an independent financial adviser specializing in ethical investment before founding Aloha Life Planning. He has written several articles on business, finance, and impact investing.

You can read more about Jonathon here: http://www.alohalifeplanning.com/about.html.

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Hubrien Meijaard

Most recently, from the Netherlands and wintry New England, George was joined by Hubrien Meijaard on Facebook Live for an engaging conversation.

Watch this video for a great conversation about life planning and the benefits to clients with this model. Hubrien brings up his specialty of Impact Investing and he and George discuss Mindfulness and A Golden Civilization.

Hubrien Meijaard, FFP, CFP®, RLP® has been a recognized financial advisor for more than 25 years. He specializes in sustainable, impact investing. In addition to being an adviser and planner, Hubrien is a guest teacher and trainer of guest teachers at Stichting LEF. LEF Foundation gives lessons with volunteers at schools in the Netherlands about financial awareness and self-reliance among young people.

You can read more about Hubrien here: https://www.hubrien.nl/

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Nigel Barker-Smith

George is joined by Registered Life Planner and lead trainer for The Kinder Institute, Nigel Barker-Smith for his latest Facebook Live Golden Civilization Conversation.

Please watch George and Nigel's discussion about A Golden Civilization. George just facilitated a Golden Civilization Conversation in Leeds at Nigel's invitation and the two start by recapping the event, highlighting how the different backgrounds of the participants only added to the conversation as opposed to creating conflict. They affirm what has been a trend among all conversations, no matter our background, we all seem to want the same, basic principles when it comes to our visions of A Golden Civilization. They also talk about life planning as it relates to creating a society that delivers freedom.

Nigel is the founding Independent Financial Advisor (IFA) at NBS Financial Planning and is the UK’s leading trainer of Financial Life Planning. He’s worked in the financial services industry for over 20 years. 

You can read more about Nigel at: https://www.nbsfinancialplanning.co.uk/nigel-barker-smith/

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Frankie Corrado

Early this morning, George interviewed Frankie Corrado about his thoughts on A Golden Civilization, Frankie a member of one of the first audiences to learn about George’s idea to life plan civilization a few years ago.

Give this video a listen to hear about George’s and Frankie’s conversation about Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and common obstacles facing A Golden Civilization. George brings in some recent learnings from his time in the UK facilitating Golden Civilization Conversations and Frankie adds perspective from his Life Planning work.

Frankie RLP®, CFP®, CPA, is a Principal and Managing Director at Robertson Stephens. Prior to joining Robertson Stephens, Frankie was a co-founder and Financial Life Guide for Blue Blaze Financial Advisors in Holmdel, NJ where he worked with clients on a wide variety of short and long term strategic planning areas. Frankie started his career advising and tax planning for ultra-high net worth families at Andersen Tax. Frankie serves as the president of ACP, a leading organization of fee only financial planners in the U.S.

ACP recently announced their first ever global conference October 27-30 in Atlanta. This event will be hosted jointly by ACP and the Kinder Institute.

You can read more about Frankie here: https://rscapital.com/team/frankie-corrado-cfp-rlp/

Golden Civilization Conversations: George Kinder and Shantum Seth

Yesterday, Shantum Seth joined George Kinder in an inspiring conversation on Facebook Live.

You can listen to their inspiring conversation at the link below. Shatum brings his background knowledge of the wisdom of the Buddha, Gandhi, and Thich Nhat Hanh to the conversation, along with a world of experience of modern culture and ancient, Western and Indian. He and George discuss the education necessary to create a Golden Civilization in a generation.

Shantum Seth is the foremost teacher and guide to the sites associated with the Buddha. A Buddhist practitioner, he is an ordained teacher (Dharmacharya) in the Zen tradition of the Vietnamese Master, Thich Nhat Hanh. He teaches in India and other countries and has been leading well acclaimed pilgrimages "In the Footsteps of the Buddha" since 1988. In the last few years he has been leading inter-faith, educational, cultural and spiritual journeys to diverse regions of India. At the same time, he has been deeply involved with social and ecological development issues for over 20 years.

You can read more about Shantum here: http://www.buddhapath.com/Shantum%20Seth.html

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Pamela Siegle

Yesterday, George interviewed Pamela Siegle, a past Golden Civilization Conversation participant about her thoughts on the book A Golden Civilization and the Map of Mindfulness and the growing conversation movement.

Pamela opens with one of her favorite quotes from the book, “you learn to see reality clearly, and in order to see reality clearly, one must keep the mind open, alert, focused, passionate, naive, and engaged,” and the two delve into a conversation about the symbolism and function of open circles, the Quaker tradition of open honest questions, meditation and mindfulness, Parker J. Palmer's Five Habits of the Heart, and kindly speaking truth to power. They close with a discussion of the protest movement in Hong Kong and how social media has been used as a mode of listening.

Pamela is Executive Director of Courage & Renewal Northeast at Wellesley College. She co-developed Leading Together, the Center for Courage & Renewal’s program bringing principals and teacher-leaders together to learn reflective and mindfulness practices and build adult relational trust in their schools. Pamela founded Open Circle® at the Wellesley Centers for Women. Open Circle is a leading provider of evidence-based curriculum and professional development for social emotional learning. Since 1987, Open Circle has reached over two million students and 13,000 educators. Pamela has served on many nonprofit boards, including as a Trustee of the Boston Public Library.

You can read more about Pamela here: https://www.couragerenewal.org/facilitator-profile/?ID=23

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Justin King

Yesterday, George interviewed Justin King, a trainer in the Life Planning community, a financial planner specializing in retirement, and is involved in the Life Planning community in the UK.

Listen at the link below to hear their thought provoking conversation about a vision for A Golden Civilization and the importance of community. Justin opens by explaining life planning’s ability to express his clients’ desire to make a difference in the world and how this authenticity could help start a movement toward A Golden Civilization. Against the backdrop of polarized politics in both the UK and the US, George and Justin discuss the humanity employed in finding similarities and community instead of division when faced with a problem in order to arrive at a Golden Civilization.

Justin is managing director at MFP Wealth Management and is one of the country’s most qualified Independent Financial Advisers with over 25 years’ experience. He is both a Chartered Financial Planner and a CISI Chartered Fellow. In 2018 Justin launched The Retirement Café Podcast. As host, Justin interviews guests on all manner of retirement-related topics to help people feel informed and confident in their retirement. Justin is co-author of “Ready, Steady, Retire!’’ written to share his experience of financial planning and help those thinking of retiring plan for success in the new age of retirement. 

You can read more about Justin here: https://mfpwealthmanagement.co.uk/independent-retirement-advisers/justin-king-ifa/

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Mark Mazur

George recently interviewed Mark Mazur, a prominent member of the financial and life planning world, and cohost of a podcast about life planning.

Below is their conversation about the Map of Mindfulness, and its ability to bring to the forefront moments of freedom, elements of a shared vision for A Golden Civilization, and the recipe for an ongoing, sustainable Golden Civilization Conversation that doesn’t always have to be united in one action step or initiative. George and Mark discuss the recent Golden Civilization Conversation that they hosted together and ways to move it forward into the future.

Mark D. Mazur is a financial planner at San Diego Wealth. Mark has nearly 30 years of business and financial services industry experience and is a Registered Life Planner®. Mark co-leads the firm's life planning and oversees operations and the firm’s marketing and branding initiatives. Mark also cohosts a podcast with fellow life planner Aries Jimenez. called Health Wealth & The Pursuit of Happiness, where they help listeners live an authentic and inspiring life aligned with their true nature, through the exploration of life structures like routines, nutrition, spirituality, relationships, mindfulness and movement. They address key game changers like managing time, energy and resources; leveraging one's unique wiring and abilities; and overcoming obstacles like resistance, fear, bias and ego. 

You can read more about Mark’s background here: https://www.sandiegowealth.com/team/mark-mazur

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Kate Bennis

Yesterday, George had the chance to interview Kate Bennis, a creative, life coach, and clinical social worker, about her response to the A Golden Civilization and the Map of Mindfulness.

Listen to their dynamic conversation to learn more about freedom, entrepreneurial spirit, identifying your role and purpose and finding peace with it. Kate Bennis opens the conversation by relating the vision of A Golden Civilization to her past creative director’s, Michael Warren Powell, advice to play the positive choice. They discuss leadership and one of her favorite lines from the book, “Great leaders inspire us to be better people than we are.” George closes with an explanation of the benefits meditation can bring to the practice of mindfulness and the role that it would play in A Golden Civilization.

Kate Bennis is an actor, writer, trainer, coach, and clinical social worker. Her presentation coaching practice focuses on helping clients to craft and deliver excellent talks and presentations, and to feel comfortable with cameras and the media. A professional actor with 30 years’ experience in TV, film and stage, Kate has coached senior and mid-level leaders. While with The Ariel Group, Kate delivered trainings around the world, developed training curricula, and served as Director of Outreach. Kate’s communication coaching practice helps leaders engage in high-stakes, challenging and important conversations with influence, grace and presence. A licensed clinical social worker, Kate has worked with children and adults in a private practice as well as schools and prisons.

You can read more about Kate here: http://katebenniscoaching.com/about-kate/

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Kevin Chung

George interviewed Kevin Chung, a Registered Life Planner® and early participant of the Golden Civilization Conversation movement yesterday.

Check out the video below to hear George and Kevin’s discussion about what they have learned so far through Golden Civilization Conversations that they attended together in Hana, Hawaii, San Francisco, CA, and Sepastopol, CA. Beginning the conversation by noting that in the different places, the conversations have describe the same vision and then differ on obstacles and action steps, George and Kevin delve into a conversation about the privilege of delivering freedom, relationship building, and hierarchies of power.

Kevin K. Chung is a Managing Director and Advanced Planner at First Republic Investment Management in San Francisco. Kevin has over 15 years of experience working with high net worth and ultra-high net worth families in designing their financial, estate and charitable giving plans. Prior to joining First Republic, Kevin was a Financial Advisor and the Director of Financial Planning at Jackson Financial Management and taught as an Instructor in the Personal Financial Planning Certificate program at the University of California, Irvine Extension Program.

You can find more information about Kevin here: https://www.firstrepublic.com/all-profiles/kevin-chung