For the Grown Ups…
At its core, my work is about understanding why history keeps repeating itself and how we can finally break the cycle. I’ve connected Internal Family Systems (IFS), Systems Theory, Jungian Shadow Work, and World History to show that societies, just like people, get stuck in patterns of trauma and dysfunction. Instead of just looking at history as a series of political or economic shifts, I see it as a collective psyche playing out unresolved wounds on a global scale. My work isn’t just about explaining this cycle—it’s about offering a way to heal it.
Right now, most psychology focuses on helping individuals process their emotions and heal their past wounds. Meanwhile, systems theory focuses on how societies and organizations function. But almost no one has brought these ideas together to explain why civilizations seem to make the same mistakes over and over. I’m filling that gap by showing that entire societies, governments, and economies function like a collective nervous system—sometimes regulated and healthy, but often stuck in trauma responses like fear, control, and survival mode.
I believe we can apply IFS to the world itself, treating Earth as a living system with its own internal conflicts—much like a person with different “parts” that are in pain and need integration. Societies repress their fears and painful histories, just like individuals do. When those unresolved issues aren’t addressed, they bubble up as war, oppression, inequality, and crisis—just like unhealed trauma in a person can lead to self-destructive behaviors. This is where Jungian shadow work comes in. Instead of pretending these dark parts don’t exist, I believe we need to face them, understand them, and integrate them so they stop controlling us.
Another big part of my work is about governance. Right now, governments and institutions operate like a dysregulated nervous system—reactive, controlling, and fear-based. Instead of solving problems at their root, they suppress symptoms and create more dysfunction. I propose a different approach to governance—one that is decentralized, trauma-informed, and self-regulating. Instead of relying on hierarchy and coercion, decision-making should be based on collaboration, emotional intelligence, and long-term healing.
What makes my work unique is that no one else has put these pieces together in this way. Political scientists mostly ignore psychology, and psychologists rarely think about how their work applies to history or governance. I’m bridging that gap by showing that history isn’t just random events—it’s a trauma loop, and we have the power to break it. Instead of waiting for society to crash and restart (again), I believe we can actually rewrite the code and create a more conscious, self-regulating world.
Right now, I’m building awareness through SpiroLateral.org, social media, and my upcoming book. My approach—freely sharing knowledge instead of commodifying it—aligns perfectly with my belief in bottom-up leadership and collective empowerment.
SpiroLateral: An (Even Simpler) Explanation of My Ideas
For the Kids…
I’ve been thinking a lot about why history keeps repeating itself—why we keep seeing wars, unfair governments, and people struggling over and over again. I believe it’s because the world works a lot like a person’s mind, and right now, it’s stuck in a cycle of unhealed trauma—kind of like a bad habit that keeps playing out because it was never dealt with.
Most people think about history as just leaders making choices, countries fighting, or new technology changing the world. But I see it differently. I see the world like a big nervous system, just like a person has. When a person goes through something really bad and doesn’t get help, they might start reacting in unhealthy ways—maybe getting angry too fast, shutting down, or making the same mistakes over and over. I believe societies do the same thing, but on a much bigger scale.
Right now, most psychology focuses on helping individuals heal—helping people understand their feelings, their past, and why they do the things they do. And most government and history lessons focus on how leaders and countries make decisions. But almost no one has put these two ideas together to ask, “What if entire civilizations have unhealed wounds, just like people do?” That’s what I’m exploring.
I think of the world like a person with different parts. Some parts want peace, some parts want power, some parts are scared, and some parts are angry. When people ignore their problems, they don’t go away—they just build up and come out in other ways. That’s why we keep seeing the same big problems in history, like inequality, war, and systems that hurt people instead of helping them.
One big idea I work with is called Jungian shadow work—which is a fancy way of saying that if we ignore our fears and painful history, they will control us without us realizing it. I believe this happens to entire societies. Instead of pretending problems don’t exist, we need to face them, understand them, and work through them, so we don’t keep repeating them.
I also think our governments are set up in a way that makes things worse. Right now, most governments act like a person who is constantly panicked, controlling, and reactive—kind of like a nervous system that’s out of control. Instead of actually solving problems, governments try to suppress symptoms—which is like putting a bandage over a deep cut without cleaning it first. I believe we need a different kind of government—one that is based on healing, teamwork, and making sure people and societies don’t keep getting stuck in the same loops.
What makes my work different is that no one else has fully put these pieces together before. Most historians don’t think about psychology, and most psychologists don’t think about how their ideas apply to entire societies. I believe history is not just random events—it’s a pattern, like a song stuck on repeat. But instead of waiting for it to start over again, I think we can change the tune and build a world that actually learns from its past mistakes.
Right now, I’m sharing these ideas through SpiroLateral.org, social media, and my upcoming book. I believe knowledge should be shared freely, so I’m making my work available to help people understand these patterns and figure out how to break them. The next step is deciding how to turn this into something real—whether it’s framed in a fictional story, presented an academic paper for school, or in a guide to help people change the way they see history.
The big question I ask myself now is: How do we make this happen in the real world?
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