Beena Sharma, Author at Integral Life

Ready, Steady, Grow! The Art and Science of Vertical Development

Beena Sharma — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:56:14 +0000

Corey deVos and Beena Sharma explore the concept of vertical development and its importance in today's world. Beena, with over 30 years of experience in the field, shares her journey and evolving understanding of vertical development.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Vertical Development’s Many Gifts

Beena Sharma — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 18:37:08 +0000

Beena Sharma, president of the Vertical Development Academy (VeDA), gives a beautifully cogent explanation of the 8-stage, full spectrum model of adult psychological development, Vertical Development — illuminating us not only to the characteristics of each stage of development, but the implications and ramifications of each stage, the process of human development as a whole, and how this model can help us face our current metacrisis.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Polarity Matters: Are You Thinking In Pairs?

Beena Sharma — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 19:46:42 +0000

How do polarities help us see ourselves and our world more clearly and completely? Watch as Beena Sharma answers your questions about her Integrating Polarities training, while offering a simple introduction to the practice you can follow along with at home.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Coronavirus: Making Sense of Our Sense-Making

Beena Sharma — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:36:29 +0000

Watch as Beena Sharma and Susanne Cook-Greuter offer a must-see presentation to help us understand the many healthy and unhealthy responses we are seeing to the coronavirus pandemic, all the way up and down the spiral of development.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Polarities in Human Development

Beena Sharma — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:15:27 +0000

Beena Sharma and Corey deVos explore the important relationship between polarities and adult development — and how polarity thinking not only helps accelerate our development toward integral stages of maturity, but also helps us to be more of ourselves, wherever we happen to be in our developmental trajectory.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Polarity Wisdom: The Mechanics of Integral Thinking

Beena Sharma — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 09:44:24 +0000

In this premiere episode of our new monthly Polarity Wisdom show, Beena introduces her new Integrating Polarities training, designed to teach you the higher-order thinking common to individuals at the integral stage of development.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Integrating Polarities

Beena Sharma — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 05:07:15 +0000

Integrating Polarities is a revolutionary new training program by Beena Sharma, designed to teach you the higher-order thinking common to leading-edge individuals at the integral stage of development. This training is designed to model the higher-order thinking associated with integral stages of psychological maturity, offering you a step-by-step process to help you learn these thinking skills and apply them to your life, your relationships, and your work in the world.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

The Stages of Leadership Maturity

Beena Sharma — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 05:35:19 +0000

Beena Sharma and Susanne Cook-Greuter offer a stunning overview of their Leadership Maturity Framework, which offers leaders, coaches, and change agents of all stripes a far more thorough understanding of human development and human potential, as well as a far more robust toolset to help others thrive at whatever stage of life they find themselves at.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.