In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast, host Cherri Jacobs Pruitt is joined by Tom Mansfield—regenerative thinker, innovator, and creator of Cards for Life. Together, they explore how the principles of nature and the power of partnership can guide us through cycles of renewal, support cultural transformation, and spark innovation grounded in care and connection.

Tom shares the personal journey that led him to develop Cards for Life, a powerful tool being used by individuals, changemakers, educators, and organizations across the globe to reconnect with nature, foster systems thinking, and reimagine leadership and decision-making. Whether used for personal clarity, coaching, education, or collective transformation, his approach helps people align their inner work with the outer challenges we face.

This conversation touches on the rise of regenerative movements, the importance of decentralized leadership, and the urgent call to shift from domination to partnership—locally, globally, and within ourselves. Tune in to hear how Tom is cultivating a worldwide network of practitioners committed to building a more vibrant, just, and interconnected future.

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Cards for Life (practitioner package includes a digital deck, resources and access to a thriving global community.) (https://paleblueperspective.com/cards-for-life)

Thinking Like Gaia facilitator training (https://paleblueperspective.com/cards-for-life) You can

Tom Mansfield: tom@paleblueperspective.com or Linkedin

The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, Riane Eisler (https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/the-chalice-and-the-blade-our-history-our-future/)

Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems (https://donellameadows.org/systems-thinking-book-sale/)

Fritjof Capra, The Systems View of Life (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/systems-view-of-life/35186BA5B12161E469C4224B6076ADFE)

Nora Bateson, Combining (https://www.triarchypress.net/combining.html)

Laura Storm and Giles Hutchins, Regenerative Leadership (https://www.regenerativeleadership.co/)

Laura Storm,

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This episode is a deep dive into what it really means to partner with—not for—communities. Host Cherri Jacobs Pruitt is joined by Jill LaLonde and Sheku Muhamed Gossimu, Jr. from One Village Partners, an organization working alongside communities in Sierra Leone to challenge the legacy of top-down aid and embrace a model of development grounded in equity, humility, and lasting partnership.

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One Village Partners (https://www.onevillagepartners.org/)

Movement for Community Led Development (https://mcld.org/)

Community Development in Practice, We Power Our Own Chain, Edited by Elene Cloete and Gunjan Veda

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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, Riane Eisler (https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/the-chalice-and-the-blade-our-history-our-future/)

The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships that will Change Your Life, Riane Eisler (https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/the-power-of-partnership/)

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Resilience, Rising Appalachia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx17RvPMaQ8

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What if care was recognized as the foundation of our economy—not an afterthought? In this episode of The Power of Partnership, Cherri Jacobs Pruitt speaks with Austrian consultant and activist Elisabeth Sechser, whose work boldly re-centers care at the heart of economics, leadership, and everyday life. As an expert in organizational development, Elisabeth shows ways to build partnership-based companies and overcome domination organization-systems.

This episode also includes discussion on the invisibility of unpaid care work—and how Elisabeth is creating a cooperative, community-based, care model for children and youth with specific health care needs.

Links & Resources:

• Caring Economy. Jetzt – Austria https://www.caringeconomy.jetzt/partnershipsystem
• Learn more or connect with Elisabeth Sechser (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabeth-sechser-69a4a29a/)
• The Real Wealth of Nations, Riane Eisler https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/the-real-wealth-of-nations-creating-a-caring-economics
• Die verkannten Grundlagen der Ökonomie, Riane Eisler – the German translation (https://www.caringeconomy.jetzt/die-verkannten-grundlagen-der-oekonomie/)
• The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, Riane Eisler (https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/the-chalice-and-the-blade-our-history-our-future/)
• The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships that will Change Your Life, Riane Eisler (https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/the-power-of-partnership)
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