Life is asking extraordinary things of us right now.

We’re being tested and challenged in ways like we perhaps have never been before.

This is being called a test for our humanity, a time of agonising choices, our evolutionary moment, to draw on just a few of the many commentators seeking to make sense of and define this time.

There is so much shifting – in our social, political, cultural, ecological and economic systems, and more deeply in our values, identities, relationships, and how we make meaning and purpose in our lives.

How do we really make sense of and comprehend the enormity of this? How do we be with, and hold, the depth of emotions, and the shifting identities and losses we experience around us and perhaps within us?

Discover five essential elements of a deeply human journey to lead with more presence, connection and wholeness in these complex and uncertain times.

Is mindfulness just a panacea that actually works against system change, keeping organisations stuck in the status quo structures, interpersonal dynamics and ways of working?