Finding Synchronicity: An Election Night Living Room Conversation
However election night goes, you don't have to spend it alone with a screen.
Physicist and author Sky Nelson-Isaacs has spent many election cycles seeking out people who see the world differently — not to win the argument, but to stay curious through it. Drawing on his forthcoming book The Synchronicity Path, he brings a framework called SEW — Style, Emotions, Wholeness — for staying grounded in exactly the moments that push us toward taking sides. He'll also draw on his previous books to illustrate how synchronicity shows up in our lives to help us grow, heal, and learn, and how it can be a key ally in navigating polarizing situations.
He's joined in conversation by Joan Blades, a mediator by training and a Berkeley neighbor, who co-founded MoveOn.org and MomsRising and then went on to co-found Living Room Conversations, a structured listening practice good for deepening thinking about whatever topic chosen and talking across differences. Respect, curiosity and seeing everyone’s humanity is at the heart of these conversations.
The evening will be less a talk than a room thinking out loud together. Sky will also walk the room through SEW and give you a chance to apply it.
Expect an honest conversation, a glass of wine, and a room full of people trying to hold the same thing at once. You'll leave with something you can use the next morning, whether in a tense conversation, a difficult relationship, or a community you're trying to change.
All viewpoints welcome.
Your ticket includes:
An interactive conversation & workshop led by Sky Nelson-Isaacs & Joan Blades
Book signing and Q&A
A glass of wine (or NA beverage), snacks and good company, Book Society–style
A limited number of copies of Sky's books Leap to Wholeness and Living in Flow will also be available for purchase at the event.
About the Speakers
Sky Nelson-Isaacs is a physicist, educator, and author bridging science and personal transformation. His research in quantum physics and the nature of time informs his work with The Synchronicity Institute, which explores how scientific principles support greater awareness and purpose. A high school physics teacher and musician, Sky's books—Living in Flow and Leap to Wholeness—bring scientific rigor to the timeless human questions of choice, growth, and resilience.
Joan Blades is a co-founder of LivingRoomConversations.org, AllSides.com, MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org, and co-author of The Custom-Fit Workplace and The Motherhood Manifesto. A mediator and attorney by training and inclination, she believes in the power of citizens and in our need for connection through respectful discourse that embraces our core shared values.