Episode 47: Aaron Rose on Sovereignty and Leadership
“There is a lot of bravery that is involved in forgetting that you're safe and then remembering again and being in that ongoing process.”
-Aaron Rose, The Everything Belongs Podcast
Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Aaron Rose. Aaron is a writer, speaker, and leadership coach for changemakers. His work allows people to examine their unconscious biases, and peel back layers of programming that prevent them from moving through the world with a mindset of love, unity and equality. He is committed to both enjoying and changing the world at the same time. His lifelong devotion to social change includes chapters as a youth activist, community organizer, diversity and inclusion specialist, conflict resolution mediator, leadership coach for changemakers, and spiritual advisor for public figures. These days, God is his boss, and world peace is his mission, and he's here to support anyone who still believes in a better world and a beautiful life. Aaron feels that liberation is not only possible, but guaranteed, if we believe. In this episode, Madison and Aaron speak on how he supports change-makers and front-line leaders of liberation, dancing with our fear of being fully seen, coming back to safety again and again, and how he developed his own relationship with God in his life and through his work.
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In this episode we have a conversation about:
The supporting of leaders, change-makers and front-line healers in the world
Social activism and how Aaron got into the work of coaching leaders
Our complicated relationship with being seen
Growing up in NYC in the 90s and how our upbringing shapes us
The merging of fear based programming, religion and trauma
Aaron and Madison’s relationship with queerness, gender expression and labels
Forming a feeling of and then a relationship with God
Surrendering to the divine mystery
Lack of safety and creating inner spaciousness while navigating extremism
Secure attachment as a gateway to god, safety and belonging
How people react to us and our own sovereignty and grace
Aaron's experience around assumptions with being a white man
