taiwo Afuape
“Nora Bateson writes like no other—her ‘ecology of communication’ is poetry, observation, wisdom, and rage blended into a coherent narrative that sinks down deep and swirls. I read her words (as a woman, lover, mother, sister, daughter, psychologist, therapist, citizen) over and over, each time feeling more and more alive. Before her pages, I would despair at the lack of anger and dissent in, and at, our institutions; at the vapid acceptance of how we have made things—discourses, structures, and acts of harm, holding up and holding together the status quo. Reading Combining was like holding my breath and slowly breathing out, all at once. Excitement and relief crashing together into a soothing song, blending and curving with the strength of a spine. Prepare to go to the places we are not supposed to go, in order to be in the spaces we are truly meant to be.”
~ Taiwo Afuape, Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Psychotherapist, Author of Power, Resistance and Liberation in Therapy with Survivors of Trauma
rex wyler
“Nora Bateson reminds us in this book—and in how she thinks, speaks, and inhabits this world—that our hope lives not in our cleverness, but in our vulnerability, in our wildness, in our feral creativity, and most of all among our relationships, in our animate communications with each other and all living beings. This book is an exercise in living ecologically.”
~ Rex Weyler, Co-Founder, Greenpeace International
bayo akomolafe
“Nora Bateson is doing with words what language has no capacity for. I fell in love with it right from the start.”
~ Bayo Akomolafe, Author of These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home, Global Senior Fellow of The Othering & Belonging Institute
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.
Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.
douglas rushkoff
“A masterwork. Please avail yourself of this heartfelt, brilliant, yet entirely accessible guide to the lived experience of complexity. Bateson shows how to engage with our personal and collective challenges less as problems to be solved than as systems calling for understanding, compassion, and harmonious engagement. Continuing the inquiries of Donna Haraway, Bruno Latour, and a couple of Batesons before her, Nora has defined a new and vital landscape in a book that will take its place alongside their best remembered works. There is still a way for us to flourish; here’s how.”
~ Douglas Rushkoff, Author of Team Human and Survival of the Richest
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.
Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.
carol sanford
“I deeply appreciate all the Bateson Family offerings. Nora’s amazing distinctive contribution is evident in this new work, Combining! One can imagine life-at-work, rather than just be told. The imagery in Nora’s writing is an exquisite depiction of Living Systems. We all can grow from this brilliant work of art, poetry, stories and more woven together, magically.”
~ Carol Sanford, Author and Podcaster, Executive Producer of The Regenerative Business Summit
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.
Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.
vicki saunders
“This compilation is full of delicious insights that call us to witness the awe-inspiring breadth of possibilities that emerge from our entanglement. When we loosen our grip and dive into the web of relationships, we will begin to understand the abundance of potential pathways we have before us. As I relaxed into this book I found myself underlining so many parts saying YES! Nora has given us a gift in her Combining artistry that arrives at the perfect moment of our evolution.”
~ Vicki Saunders, Founder, Coralus (formerly SheEO)
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.
Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.