Commonweal

Commonweal Established as a nonprofit in 1976, on land leased from Point Reyes National Seashore in Bolinas, Ca

Founded in 1976, Commonweal conducts programs that contribute to human and ecosystem health—to a safer world for people and for all life—through a program focus in four areas:

HEALTH & HEALING
Beyond Conventional Cancer Therapies
Cancer Help Program
The Center for Healing and Liberation
COVIDStrategies
Foundation for Embodied Medicine
Healing Circles
Healing Circles Bay Area
Healing Circles Globa

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Healing Circles Houston
Healing Circles Langley
Healing Yoga Foundation
Natura Institute | Commonweal Garden

EDUCATION & THE ARTS
Center for Creative Community
Power of Hope Youth Camp
Taproot
The Courage & Renewal Network of Northern California
Gift of Compassion
Integrative Law Institute
The New School
Regenerative Design Institute
Visual Thinking Strategies

ENVIRONMENT & JUSTICE
Biomonitoring Resource Center
Collaborative on Health & the Environment (CHE)
Juvenile Justice Program
Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies
The Resilience Project
SafetyNEST Science

The Commonweal Retreat Center is an integral part of Commonweal’s work. The Retreat Center, which houses up to 22 people, is available for personal or professional retreats, conferences, and workshops when not in use for Commonweal programs.

Join us today for a public day of reflection and conversation exploring healing at a time of transformation—contemplatin...
05/31/2026

Join us today for a public day of reflection and conversation exploring healing at a time of transformation—contemplating what Michael Lerner points to as the coming revolution in human consciousness and what it means for all of us as individuals, communities, and as a planetary species. This event is part of our ongoing 50th anniversary celebrations this year at Commonweal.

Deep Healing and the Coming Transformation of Human Consciousness
with Michael Lerner and Moderator Katherine Fulton
* Sunday, May 31 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm PDT

In-person seats are filled, please join us live on Zoom
$25 suggested, no one turned away

Find out more and register using the linktree in bio. Look under "Events."

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Art credit: Marla Pedersen, in Gallery Commonweal through June

05/30/2026

* Podcast premier

Do you want to step outside the familiar patterns of “us and them,” “right and wrong”? For this weekend's podcast premier, come walk pathways of change that are rooted in relationship, spiritual practice, and the long arc of healing.

Join Host Serena Bian for a conversation with Kazu Haga—activist, trainer, and author of Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging Through Collapse—as they explore why healing is essential to reimagining the worlds we wish to build in the midst of collapse.

Find the podcast premier on YouTube by following the linktree in bio.

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Look for new podcast releases on Saturdays, just in time for your weekend listening.

05/29/2026

A week ago we were delighted to welcome David George Haskell to Commonweal for a conversation about his latest book How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries (Viking). Enjoy this behind-the-scenes glimpse of David reading from his book with a wall hanging from the Magic Hours exhibit by Hillary Goidell in the background.

Look for the full podcast recording coming soon.
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Video credit: Isabelle Ellingson

Join us May 31 for Deep Healing & the Coming Transformation of Human Consciousness—a conversation with Commonweal founde...
05/28/2026

Join us May 31 for Deep Healing & the Coming Transformation of Human Consciousness—a conversation with Commonweal founder Michael Lerner.

Commonweal founder Michael Lerner will share insights from his new book, What Matters Now, as he explores the future of healing and be interviewed by Board President Katherine Fulton.

* In-person at Commonweal (receive free copy of the book)
* Online via livestream (receive early access to the digital PDF)

* In-person seats for the event have been filled, please register to join us live on Zoom. Follow the linktree in bio, and look for May 31 under "Events."

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Photo: The first print copies of Michael Lerner's forthcoming book What Matters Now: 7 Healing Letters to a Friend with Cancer. Credit: Susan Grelock Yusem

05/28/2026

Michael Lerner's new book, What Matters Now: 7 Healing Letters to a Friend with Cancer, was born from 40+ years of walking with people through cancer. These 7 letters offer companionship, wisdom, and hope.

Commonweal has a decades-long commitment to deep and soul changing work with cancer patients—starting with the Cancer Help Program more than 40 years ago and continuing with programs like CancerChoices, Healing Circles Global, and Collaborative for Health and Environment.

With heartfelt gratitude to all who have contributed to the process of bringing this book into the world. What Matters Now launches May 31 from Common Knowledge Press. Free digital access coming in June.

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Video: Susan Grelock Yusem, head of strategy and innovation at Commonweal, unboxes the first print copies of Michael Lerner's forthcoming book What Matters Now: 7 Healing Letters to a Friend with Cancer.

Join us next Sunday as we continue to celebrate 50 years of healing at Commonweal. Michael Lerner’s founding vision of C...
05/25/2026

Join us next Sunday as we continue to celebrate 50 years of healing at Commonweal. Michael Lerner’s founding vision of Commonweal was as a center for healing ourselves and healing the earth. His understanding of healing has been transformed by more than 230 week-long Cancer Help Programs, by Healing Circles, and by many other experiences with personal healing, as well as by the emergence of the global polycrisis and what it signifies for planetary healing. He hopes to bring these threads together in the light of new research on what is known as “the hard problem of consciousness.”

It will mean so much to us to see you there, either in person or virtually, for a public day of reflection and conversation exploring healing at a time of transformation.

Deep Healing and the Coming Transformation of Human Consciousness
with Michael Lerner and Moderator Katherine Fulton
* Sunday, May 31 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm PDT

In-person seats are filled, please join us live on Zoom
$25 suggested, no one turned away

Find out more and register using the linktree in bio. Look under "Events."
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Art credit: Marla Pedersen, in Gallery Commonweal through June

05/24/2026

You'll meet all kinds of friends on the path here at Commonweal.

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Video Credit: Isabelle Ellingson

This weekend we're diving back into the podcast archives to spotlight one of the voices holding beautiful conversations ...
05/23/2026

This weekend we're diving back into the podcast archives to spotlight one of the voices holding beautiful conversations for the Commonweal New School podcast. Rabbi Irwin Keller leads us on dazzling journeys into the curious, the sacred, and the profound.

Featured in 18 episodes, there's plenty to peruse for the long weekend. Here are a few we love:

"Life Wisdom from a Lifelong Healer" with Rachel Naomi Remen
"Creating Technology Worthy of the Human Spirit" with Aden Van Noppen
"All the Ships at Sea: Point Reyes and the Culture of Radio" with Carola Davis
"Peace Becomes You" with Holly Near

Listen now by following the linktree in bio. Look under "Podcasts."

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Look for new podcast releases on Saturdays, just in time for your weekend listening.

Photo credit: Adam Shemper

Join us today for an exquisite exploration of the role flowers played in creating the world we know today. Join Host Sus...
05/22/2026

Join us today for an exquisite exploration of the role flowers played in creating the world we know today. Join Host Susan Grelock Yusem for a conversation with David George Haskell about his new book How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries (Viking).

Co-presented with Point Reyes Books

How Flowers Made Our World
* May 22 | 11am - 12:30pm Pacific
Join us in person or on Zoom

$20 suggested, no one turned away

Find out more and register at the linktree in bio. Look under "Events."

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When a friend tells you they've been diagnosed with cancer, what do you say? What do you give them?Michael Lerner's new ...
05/21/2026

When a friend tells you they've been diagnosed with cancer, what do you say? What do you give them?

Michael Lerner's new book, What Matters Now: 7 Healing Letters to a Friend with Cancer, is that gift. Born from 40+ years of walking with people through cancer, these 7 letters offer companionship, wisdom, and hope.

Commonweal's more than 25 programs are sourced in our decades-long commitment to deep and soul changing work with cancer patients—starting with the Cancer Help Program more than 40 years ago and continuing with programs like CancerChoices, Healing Circles Global, and Collaborative for Health and Environment. Discover more programs at Commonweal by following the linktree in bio. Look under "Discover Commonweal."

What Matters Now launches May 31 from Common Knowledge Press. Free digital access coming in June.

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Photo: Michael Lerner reviews proofs for his forthcoming book What Matters Now: 7 Letters to a Friend with Cancer. Credit: Susan Grelock Yusem

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