Isabela
@isabelagranic.bsky.social
developmental psychologist | complexity science | poetry | tech4mental health | Director, Games for Emotional & Mental Health: https://gemhlab.com/ | @McMasterU |
Co-founder, Liminal Learning https://liminal-learning.com/
https://linktr.ee/isabela_granic
Co-founder, Liminal Learning https://liminal-learning.com/
https://linktr.ee/isabela_granic
I wrote about collective effervescence and why it's so important for learning and flourishing:
isabelagranic.substack.com/p/dancing-du...
isabelagranic.substack.com/p/dancing-du...
Dancing, Durkheim, and the Alchemy of Collective Change
Thinking about Collective Effervescence
isabelagranic.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I wrote about collective effervescence and why it's so important for learning and flourishing:
isabelagranic.substack.com/p/dancing-du...
isabelagranic.substack.com/p/dancing-du...
We've got 5 scholarship places open for Liminal Learning's next cohort, starting October 19: liminal-learning.com/upcoming-que...!
Liminal Learning — Quests
A communal launch into purpose-driven adulthood. Immersive communal experiences built on evolutionary principles of play and experimentation.
liminal-learning.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We've got 5 scholarship places open for Liminal Learning's next cohort, starting October 19: liminal-learning.com/upcoming-que...!
I wrote about the power of love to liberate... and how education can do the same.
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open.substack.com/pub/isabelag...
Love (and Education) Liberates
It's been a harrowing week of working around the clock with some of the most devoted, talented people I know, pulling off massive milestones for a collective dream called Liminal Learning. We submitte...
open.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I wrote about the power of love to liberate... and how education can do the same.
open.substack.com/pub/isabelag...
open.substack.com/pub/isabelag...
I've started a newsletter. If you're interested in ideas about how to support the next generation of young adults, parenting adult youth, and how to make this world a much better place by loving SO big and bravely and being ALL IN, please subscribe: isabelagranic.substack.com?r=1mri0p&utm...
Isabela Granic | Substack
Recovering academic/developmental psychology professor, co-founder of Liminal Learning (a communal launch into purpose-driven adulthood). I love poetry, complexity science, creativity in collectives, ...
isabelagranic.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I've started a newsletter. If you're interested in ideas about how to support the next generation of young adults, parenting adult youth, and how to make this world a much better place by loving SO big and bravely and being ALL IN, please subscribe: isabelagranic.substack.com?r=1mri0p&utm...
I wish I knew where to go on this platform to talk more about this wonder of a woman, Joanna Macy. I miss her so, already.
July 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I wish I knew where to go on this platform to talk more about this wonder of a woman, Joanna Macy. I miss her so, already.
Reposted by Isabela
In this podcast I discuss the #philosophy and #psychology of Neither/Nor, the project I've been working on for the past years, with my coauthor, @isabelagranic.bsky.social www.bryankam.com/p/neithernor...
Neither/Nor Paper Discussion 🎧
With Isabela Granic
www.bryankam.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
In this podcast I discuss the #philosophy and #psychology of Neither/Nor, the project I've been working on for the past years, with my coauthor, @isabelagranic.bsky.social www.bryankam.com/p/neithernor...
Join us for a live Q&A on Wednesday, July 16th at 6pm EST to learn about upcoming Quests and the Liminal Learning program. There's SO MUCH going on in young people's lives; we're helping them navigate the transition to adulthood collectively, with joy & curiosity.
Registration: liminal-learning.com
Registration: liminal-learning.com
Liminal Learning — Home
A communal launch into purpose-driven adulthood. Immersive communal experiences built on evolutionary principles of play and experimentation.
liminal-learning.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Join us for a live Q&A on Wednesday, July 16th at 6pm EST to learn about upcoming Quests and the Liminal Learning program. There's SO MUCH going on in young people's lives; we're helping them navigate the transition to adulthood collectively, with joy & curiosity.
Registration: liminal-learning.com
Registration: liminal-learning.com
I'm thrilled to share this story in the Kingstonist. They did SUCH a beautiful piece on Liminal Learning. The SWEETEST part is hearing our Pioneers (the first cohort of youth who joined us on the Quest last year) react to the piece with such pride and glee.
www.kingstonist.com/news/liminal...
www.kingstonist.com/news/liminal...
Liminal Learning aims to help young people 'thrive in a world of flux' – Kingston News
(Kingston, Ontario) A new venture, based partly in Kingston, is aiming to support young adults in their journey toward independence, or “purposeful adulthood."
www.kingstonist.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm thrilled to share this story in the Kingstonist. They did SUCH a beautiful piece on Liminal Learning. The SWEETEST part is hearing our Pioneers (the first cohort of youth who joined us on the Quest last year) react to the piece with such pride and glee.
www.kingstonist.com/news/liminal...
www.kingstonist.com/news/liminal...
Learn more about how our Quests -- weeklong immersions in the wilderness with like-hearted peers and mentors -- become the foundations of the rest of our Liminal Learning curriculum.
liminallearning.substack.com/p/why-start-...
liminallearning.substack.com/p/why-start-...
Why start with a Quest?
Why we think Quests matter, plus a sneak peek of our Quest location at Elbow Lake
liminallearning.substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Learn more about how our Quests -- weeklong immersions in the wilderness with like-hearted peers and mentors -- become the foundations of the rest of our Liminal Learning curriculum.
liminallearning.substack.com/p/why-start-...
liminallearning.substack.com/p/why-start-...
Excellent 1-min summary of data on the loneliness epidemic. Similar trend in N. American, Europe, the UK, the Nordic countries, & Australia.
This is one of our biggest motivators at Liminal Learning: we set the conditions for young people to make lifelong friends.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7w3...
This is one of our biggest motivators at Liminal Learning: we set the conditions for young people to make lifelong friends.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7w3...
The Loneliness Epidemic, in Data: Who Americans Spend Time With
YouTube video by The Pudding
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June 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Excellent 1-min summary of data on the loneliness epidemic. Similar trend in N. American, Europe, the UK, the Nordic countries, & Australia.
This is one of our biggest motivators at Liminal Learning: we set the conditions for young people to make lifelong friends.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7w3...
This is one of our biggest motivators at Liminal Learning: we set the conditions for young people to make lifelong friends.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7w3...
Important report/call to action by Next In Mind focused on emerging adults' (18-29 years old) urgent need for support, care, and community. They're facing astronomical mental health problems. Yet we know at Liminal Learning that they're also at the cusp of so much opportunity.
www.nextinmind.org
www.nextinmind.org
Next in Mind
www.nextinmind.org
June 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Important report/call to action by Next In Mind focused on emerging adults' (18-29 years old) urgent need for support, care, and community. They're facing astronomical mental health problems. Yet we know at Liminal Learning that they're also at the cusp of so much opportunity.
www.nextinmind.org
www.nextinmind.org
Reposted by Isabela
Visionary, timely, effective, AND based on well-known developmental principles!
Youth need something else beside multiple choice and status quo if they are going to thrive and work collectively on solutions we/they desparately need over the next generation.
Highly recommend. 5 stars
Youth need something else beside multiple choice and status quo if they are going to thrive and work collectively on solutions we/they desparately need over the next generation.
Highly recommend. 5 stars
HELLO! Here's what I've been up to for the last 2 years! If you're 18-24 years old, come join us for a Quest!
Liminal Learning is preparing young people to thrive in a world in flux, together. We are focused on collective flourishing and it shows 🥰. Come see what's on offer: liminal-learning.com
Liminal Learning is preparing young people to thrive in a world in flux, together. We are focused on collective flourishing and it shows 🥰. Come see what's on offer: liminal-learning.com
Liminal Learning — Home
A communal launch into purpose-driven adulthood. Immersive communal experiences built on evolutionary principles of play and experimentation.
liminal-learning.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Visionary, timely, effective, AND based on well-known developmental principles!
Youth need something else beside multiple choice and status quo if they are going to thrive and work collectively on solutions we/they desparately need over the next generation.
Highly recommend. 5 stars
Youth need something else beside multiple choice and status quo if they are going to thrive and work collectively on solutions we/they desparately need over the next generation.
Highly recommend. 5 stars
HELLO! Here's what I've been up to for the last 2 years! If you're 18-24 years old, come join us for a Quest!
Liminal Learning is preparing young people to thrive in a world in flux, together. We are focused on collective flourishing and it shows 🥰. Come see what's on offer: liminal-learning.com
Liminal Learning is preparing young people to thrive in a world in flux, together. We are focused on collective flourishing and it shows 🥰. Come see what's on offer: liminal-learning.com
Liminal Learning — Home
A communal launch into purpose-driven adulthood. Immersive communal experiences built on evolutionary principles of play and experimentation.
liminal-learning.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
HELLO! Here's what I've been up to for the last 2 years! If you're 18-24 years old, come join us for a Quest!
Liminal Learning is preparing young people to thrive in a world in flux, together. We are focused on collective flourishing and it shows 🥰. Come see what's on offer: liminal-learning.com
Liminal Learning is preparing young people to thrive in a world in flux, together. We are focused on collective flourishing and it shows 🥰. Come see what's on offer: liminal-learning.com
Thrilled to share how Liminal Learning is helping young people launch into adulthood. Here, I explain the rationale of our hybrid (offline/online) learning model. www.youtube.com/watch?v=47nS...
If you're interested in joining us on a Quest, get in touch here: liminal-learning.com/upcoming-que...
If you're interested in joining us on a Quest, get in touch here: liminal-learning.com/upcoming-que...
June 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thrilled to share how Liminal Learning is helping young people launch into adulthood. Here, I explain the rationale of our hybrid (offline/online) learning model. www.youtube.com/watch?v=47nS...
If you're interested in joining us on a Quest, get in touch here: liminal-learning.com/upcoming-que...
If you're interested in joining us on a Quest, get in touch here: liminal-learning.com/upcoming-que...
Getting my Covid shot and reminded of this poem:
firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/firescr...
(Translated from German by Robert Bly)
firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/firescr...
(Translated from German by Robert Bly)
December 24, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Getting my Covid shot and reminded of this poem:
firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/firescr...
(Translated from German by Robert Bly)
firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/firescr...
(Translated from German by Robert Bly)
I'm excited (and a tad nervous) to share w/ you a special conversation I had w/ Guy Sengstock, founder of the Circling Institute. His curiosity & care kindled personal stories from me that I rarely share, but reveal core motivations for my next big project. Thoughts?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys5r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys5r...
September 13, 2023 at 2:28 AM
I'm excited (and a tad nervous) to share w/ you a special conversation I had w/ Guy Sengstock, founder of the Circling Institute. His curiosity & care kindled personal stories from me that I rarely share, but reveal core motivations for my next big project. Thoughts?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys5r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys5r...
No other app has given me such a quality of life boost and a genuine sense of kid-like “oh wow…” than Readwise Reader. They just shipped a bunch of new features but their core experience remains what I come back to daily, with pleasure.
https://readwise.io/reader/update-august2023
https://readwise.io/reader/update-august2023
August 16, 2023 at 8:52 AM
No other app has given me such a quality of life boost and a genuine sense of kid-like “oh wow…” than Readwise Reader. They just shipped a bunch of new features but their core experience remains what I come back to daily, with pleasure.
https://readwise.io/reader/update-august2023
https://readwise.io/reader/update-august2023
This is a phenomenal series, and a unique piece of emergent, collective art. A bit podcast-y, a lot like old-school letters, a bit of the PostSecret feel to it also. And you can also be a part of it yourself, just send in a little voice note answering this timeless question:
How do you balance making a living with living a meaningful life?
Here's the fifth set of responses I received to that question: https://pod.fo/e/18db48
Here's the fifth set of responses I received to that question: https://pod.fo/e/18db48
July 19, 2023 at 10:33 PM
This is a phenomenal series, and a unique piece of emergent, collective art. A bit podcast-y, a lot like old-school letters, a bit of the PostSecret feel to it also. And you can also be a part of it yourself, just send in a little voice note answering this timeless question:
Has anyone read this? I’d love a chat with a few people re. its thesis and the implications. It’s very good, nuanced & radical re. shifting capitalist mindsets & how we work, play, make art, build useful stuff. If you’d be interested in talking w/ others, pls lmk & I’ll organize
July 14, 2023 at 2:44 AM
Has anyone read this? I’d love a chat with a few people re. its thesis and the implications. It’s very good, nuanced & radical re. shifting capitalist mindsets & how we work, play, make art, build useful stuff. If you’d be interested in talking w/ others, pls lmk & I’ll organize
"Every being cries out silently to be read differently."
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
July 11, 2023 at 4:26 PM
"Every being cries out silently to be read differently."
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
July 10, 2023 at 11:52 PM
What’s up with you all? I’ve been eating poetry and feeling so full I may not sleep tonight:
June 20, 2023 at 5:20 AM
What’s up with you all? I’ve been eating poetry and feeling so full I may not sleep tonight:
I’d love to see more poetry on my feeds. Anyone know how to find my poetry peeps on here? I’ll put out what I want to see more of in this world, poems. Here’s one I love by Rilke:
June 19, 2023 at 4:28 AM
I’d love to see more poetry on my feeds. Anyone know how to find my poetry peeps on here? I’ll put out what I want to see more of in this world, poems. Here’s one I love by Rilke:
Have a listen to Part 6 in a series of interviews on the book @bryankam is working on, Neither/Nor. In this episode, I talk to him about the Buddhist term "papança" (sorta rumination) and how it relates to anxiety and depression and much more!
https://shorturl.at/nrHZ5
https://shorturl.at/nrHZ5
June 7, 2023 at 9:57 PM
Have a listen to Part 6 in a series of interviews on the book @bryankam is working on, Neither/Nor. In this episode, I talk to him about the Buddhist term "papança" (sorta rumination) and how it relates to anxiety and depression and much more!
https://shorturl.at/nrHZ5
https://shorturl.at/nrHZ5
Take a luxurious soak in what feels to me like a new art form. I was moved, elevated, and inspired by this "epistolary" on beauty, quality, and aesthetic enjoyment, delivered as intimate voicenotes between
@bryankam.com and @joachim.bsky.social
https://shorturl.at/euyQ8
@bryankam.com and @joachim.bsky.social
https://shorturl.at/euyQ8
June 1, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Take a luxurious soak in what feels to me like a new art form. I was moved, elevated, and inspired by this "epistolary" on beauty, quality, and aesthetic enjoyment, delivered as intimate voicenotes between
@bryankam.com and @joachim.bsky.social
https://shorturl.at/euyQ8
@bryankam.com and @joachim.bsky.social
https://shorturl.at/euyQ8