Chela Davison
I am a Certified Integral Coach™ living in Vancouver. My passion for human development is borderline obsessive. My calling is aptly expressed when working with others around their deepest ache and that which matters most. I am interested in community, in bringing people together to share in and support each other around both the ordinariness and profundity of life’s journey.
I am a mother of a gorgeous little boy for whom my most precious energy and best work is reserved. The rest of what I’ve got is up for grabs, come and get some at chela@cheladavison.com. In terms of writing here at Beams and Struts, I’m most interested in exploring what it takes to consciously evolve individually and collectively and I revel in challenging our confounding culture. I really dig writing and love it here, being part of this family is an honour.
Doing Your Work: your life, your calling, our world

What's your life's work? What's it going to take to really dig in and dish it out? Let's take a look...
Sacred Sundays: An ode to the Earth on Earth Day

In honour of Earth Day, I offer you a compilation. Here are wise words of great thinkers, mystics and poets, woven between poems of children and the wonder of the Earth seen through their eyes and art.
Does my Uterus Make me look Fat?

A fed up angry rant about our ongoing obsession with beauty and with re-defining beauty. I'm done. Let's go for ugly.
Being Mary: Holy Week, even for the not-so-Holy

Me, Jesus and a whole lotta holy oil. A non-Christian's exploration of the transformative potentials at the heart of Christian teachings.
How 'You' are you?

It takes a hell of a lot of courage to bring your full self forward. But that's what we really need from each other, especially now. How can you be more 'you'?
Shut the F**k up and Practice: Engaging the collective for our growth

Our experiment in collective intelligence acts as a backbone for our collective growth creatively. Where else can we extend these practices...?
Get a Personal and Professional Ass Kicking with Integral Coaching™

Integral Coaching™ rocks worlds and then transforms them + a little plug for an upcoming Vancouver event.
How to Tune a Glass Harp

If you’re looking for a badass party trick, it shouldn’t take you too long to figure out how to do this right? Yeah Right.
Saturday Night Jukebox: Rockin' Through the Spiral

Your playlist through the spiral of consciousness development. woot!
Sacred Sundays: The Three Faces of God on Whistler Mountain

Taking the rush of skiing into a 1-2-3 practice of spirit.
Being A Responsible Citizen

A simple vision for our responsibilities to ourselves and to others, caring for a world in which much is needed.
Insatiable the Unsustainable

Seth Godin on the futility of being insatiable.
A Teen's Sensibilities: Rightfully Spreading

That young people should be seen and not heard is certainly yesterday’s news! Check out this teen with her strong voice for maturity, sanity and respect in the culture of young girls.
Integral Spiritual Experience: Inviting Our Fire
A call for Collaborative Commenting…we’d like to collect the experiences, insights and what’s been brewing from those who were just at the Integral Spiritual Experience 3. Please join…
Screw 'Thank You' Cards

Can we all just agree to not send those things unless we really really really want to?
Sacred Sundays: Ode to Winter. Emptiness and Letting Go

Solstice is in a few days, winter is upon us, the year is ending. Here's a poem in honour of death, emptiness and letting go.
Lessons From Rudolf

What's your Shiny Red Nose? Your unique thorn? What part of you is actually a gift, contrary to public opinion?
PMS: Nature's little 'ahem'
Pre-Menstrual-Syndrome as a tool for awakening. That’s right. I’m going there.
Eat Food. Taking responsibility and leadership.

If we truly are what we eat, I’d rather be a curvy little Beet or a complicated, layered Artichoke than an over-processed, highly packaged, substance less, edible product. How ‘bout you?
What? I'm not crazy?!?! Awesome

Gaslighting...a tactic...or form or psychological abuse that causes the victim to question or doubt their memory or perception. Are women really overly emotional nutcases? Or have many ‘crazy bitches’ simply been gaslit?
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Trevor - this sounds awesome. I look forward to hearing about your journey. I find myself falling in love with people all…
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Amy Jean Cousins
Movements of the Multitude- Integral Community Seminar 2012
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Good additions, james. When I posted a link to this on Facebook, a great discussion ensued in which people offered a bunch…
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Scott Payne
Four Of My Favourite Movie Endings
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I appreciated this article so much Trevor because I am hoping to attend this year as well. I am peer-funding as I…
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Movements of the Multitude- Integral Community Seminar 2012
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Two others:
1. Planet of the Apes (the original with Charlton Heston)
2. The Sixth Sense
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Four Of My Favourite Movie Endings
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thanks Vanessa, and thanks Bonnitta and Lincoln for those great additions. I feel like I got a lot more to say on…
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Trevor Malkinson
Notes on Existentialism Pt. 1
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Thanks Olen, glad to hear it resonated with you. And I appreciate the intention you're bringing to the seminar. I'm pretty sure…
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Trevor Malkinson
Movements of the Multitude- Integral Community Seminar 2012
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David - greatly looking forward to reading/watching these - thanks.
You're right - the American public did respond with a yawn. I…
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TJ Dawe
Was Reagan Really a Dumbass, or Did He Have a Sly Intelligence the Whole Time?
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@Devin!
Yes I think you really describe it succinctly, in that shamans have mastered navigating the subtle realms. The subtle is nothing…
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Jeremy Johnson
Shamanism in Integral Thought
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Have you seen the movie in question, Richard?
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Scott Payne
Four Of My Favourite Movie Endings
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From the article:
"And every side of those dynamics gets humanized so that you come to honestly care and feel invested in…
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Four Of My Favourite Movie Endings
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Br. T,
Appreciate you taking the time to put this piece together. It really spoke to me. Also really happy you &…
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Olen Gunnlaugson
Movements of the Multitude- Integral Community Seminar 2012
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Love this one Trevor, and all the comments too. Rich juicy stuff that resonates greatly for me.
Just wanted to say thanks…
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Vanessa D. Fisher
Notes on Existentialism Pt. 1
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I have to admit, unfortunately, that I voted for Reagan in the first term of his Presidency.
I was quickly disillusioned, first…
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David MacLeod
Was Reagan Really a Dumbass, or Did He Have a Sly Intelligence the Whole Time?
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That's awesome, Amy.
I think you're totally right about Ariana-- her talent is so beautifully raw. But she's a pro, as you'll…
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Corin Raymond
Saturday Night Jukebox: Pulse, Power, and Universe: The Lake Monsters of Ariana Gillis
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Chris - thanks for this overview of Reagan's presidency. I'm definitely interested in finding out more about the man and what happened…
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TJ Dawe
Was Reagan Really a Dumbass, or Did He Have a Sly Intelligence the Whole Time?
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I highly recommend Maggie's article to anyone interested in this subject. She provides a photograph of castoreum, which is even more disgusting…
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TJ Dawe
The Common Food Ingredient That Comes From a Beaver's Anus
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I'm not even done reading -- I was sold on that first clip. I don't know if it's her youth, but this…
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Amy Jean Cousins
Saturday Night Jukebox: Pulse, Power, and Universe: The Lake Monsters of Ariana Gillis
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Thanks, Richard--
I've gotta check that one out myself! I've been so obsessed with Forget Me Not (and it's gonna be a…
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Corin Raymond
Saturday Night Jukebox: Pulse, Power, and Universe: The Lake Monsters of Ariana Gillis
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As Ariana's publicist (and the guy who turned Corin on to her work) may I suggest you also look out for her…
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Saturday Night Jukebox: Pulse, Power, and Universe: The Lake Monsters of Ariana Gillis
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Hi there, nice article. I think that to the extent that integral theory deals with existential currents at all, they do so…
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Bonnitta Roy
Notes on Existentialism Pt. 1
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