In this midweek dose of the Hub Digest, we feature a user spotlight with uniquely varied career experiences, invitations to connect directly with users on potential publications, and a curated look at Hub activity from the past month. To those who celebrate, have a happy Thanksgiving—we hope you always find reasons for gratitude in this season and beyond. 🦃🍂
Hub User Spotlight
Our November spotlight is Ursula Wirtz in Zurich, Switzerland. She holds doctorate degrees in literature and philosophy, meditates in the Zen tradition, and has a multifaceted background as a clinical and anthropological psychologist and a Jungian psychoanalyst.
What are your interests? I am interested in consciousness studies and have been internationally engaged in training Jungian analysts in Russia, the Czech Republic, the Baltic states, China, and Taiwan. As a psychotraumatologist, my work has included providing supervision for war and torture victims through the Red Cross and guiding therapists who support female survivors of mass rapes in former Yugoslavia.
What are you working on that most excites you? I am presently working on a book examining wisdom and knowledge as two paths to understand reality. I also have numerous publications covering diverse areas such as trauma, ethics, soul murder, and the convergence of psychotherapy and spirituality. My book Trauma and Beyond: The Mystery of Transformation has been translated into multiple languages, including German, Russian, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, and Chinese.
What do you welcome Hub users to connect with you about? Hub users who are concerned with living wisely and thinking about how to make this world a wiser place to live in are welcome to connect with me.
Coffee and Conversations Feedback Survey
Earlier this year, we were excited to introduce Coffee and Conversations, our response to users’ desire for more real-time discussions. We wrapped up our final call of 2025 sharing reflections and gratitude for the year. As we plan for next year’s gatherings, we’d love to hear from you. Whether you’ve joined a call in the past or not, please take two minutes to complete our survey and share feedback on what’s working, what could be improved, and how these conversations can be more meaningful and accessible. Thanks in advance and we look forward to seeing you on a call next year!
Nova Annual Conference
There is still time to register for the free, virtual 2025 Nova Annual Conference, “Cultivating Connections: A Path to Transformation,” on December 11, 2025. Join us through two sessions, as we explore how connection can serve as a unifying and healing force for individuals, communities, and our planet. See you there!
In Discussions
- 📰Media Fellow Virginia Gewin is developing a feature for Nature on the Trump administration’s impacts on science after one year in office. Share your insights soon, the feature will run in January!
- 🏘️Chime in on this question about zoning changes and addressing the undersupply of affordable housing across the United States.
- 🎙️Listen to this Meet the Microbiologist podcast episode featuring Sue Ishaq, who discusses her collaborative research on broccoli sprouts, anti-inflammatories, and gut microbes.
- 🔬Study results published in JAMA Oncology found that women who consumed the highest levels of ultra-processed foods had a 45 percent higher risk of developing precancerous polyps.
…and many more in the Discussions page!
In Groups
- Consciousness Conversations: Users explore the promises, perils, and societal consequences of AI.
- Earthrise Community: Use the discount code from Aterah Nusrat to get 20 percent off registration for the Second Renaissance Conference, “Transformation in a Time of Metacrisis,” December 5-7. Aterah will facilitate a planetary health panel on the 5th.
- Communications and Media Relations: See this guide with information and ideas to help communication professionals advance organization goals in a climate of distrust, division, and disruption.
- Conscious and Regenerative Food Systems: Key takeaways from a recently released article, “EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems.”
…check out all the Groups (or create your own)!
In Events
- December 5-7: Transformation in a Time of Metacrisis
- December 11: 2025 Nova Annual Conference, “Cultivating Connections”
- See more events and submit your own on our Community Calendar!
Hub Features & User Tips
- Now available! The Nova Integration Hub app for iOS and Android users.
- Tip for engagement: Tap into the great minds here on the Hub! Post your requests for information, research help, articles, etc., in a relevant group or discussion topic, or directly to your profile as a status update.
- Invite friends to join the Hub! Click on your profile photo, navigate down to “Email Invites,” and click “Send Invites.” Customize a message or just send the link – it’s easy!
- Just getting started on the Hub? Check out the Hub User Guide to watch a video or get step-by-step instructions.
Thank you again for being part of our community. We’d love to hear from you! Let us know how you like using the Hub, share your ideas and suggestions, or just say hello! Message Airynn Strout or Tolu Adewole on the Hub or email us at airynn@novainstituteforhealth.org or tolu@novainstituteforhealth.org.
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