In this conversation, leadership coach Dave Schoof sits down with Steve March, founder of Aletheia and creator of Aletheia Unfolding, to explore a different way of being with ourselves and each other. Steve makes the case that we don't develop into wholeness — wholeness unfolds through us — and that the reflex to fix and improve the self tightens the very knot it's trying to release. Along the way: why continuous improvement leaves us exhausted, what it means to attune to life poetically rather than technologically, and why none of us makes sense of the world alone.
In this episode:
Why self-improvement fails on its own terms
Attuning to life poetically vs. technologically
Innate wholeness — and what a newborn reveals about it
Being designed to thrive in complexity, not just survive it
Sense-making as something we do together, never alone
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Timestamps
06:36 What does it mean to attune to life poetically instead of technologically?
07:03 Why does continuous improvement leave us so exhausted?
12:24 What is innate wholeness?
27:19 Why does self-improvement fail on its own terms?
41:39 How do we make sense of a world this uncertain?
47:09 What is functional freeze?
49:05 What does it mean that we're designed to thrive in complexity?
54:41 What is a sense-making network?
01:08:42 What if nothing is missing?
01:12:34 Do we need a new archetype beyond the hero's journey?
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🔗 CONNECT WITH STEVE
Website: https://integralunfoldment.com
🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE
Website: daveschoof.com
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