Jacquie Flecknoe-Brown
Having a future in a healthy world. Understanding that living by materialism alone will not satisfy the human soul.
Michelle Morris
Environmental problems, the pollution of the earth, our home, loss of species and humans disconnection from nature.
Adam Szmerling
Aggressive narcissism, or any process where people are reduced to objects in the actions of others. Out of this excessive competitiveness and striving for more
Sudhir Dean
To live in a world that is off kilter in a way that is sane, is no mean feat. We live in a world that is full of stressors. Psychotherapy offers the opportunity to heal our wounds and find approaches...
Sarah Kane Lawson
Undeniably climate change. To think that our way of living and that of all living things is increasingly being impacted and may cease to exist, is both distressing and alarming.
Joshua Comyn
A lack of genuinely deep thinking, feeling, and sensing. Immaturity in other words.
Andrew Macdonald
Stigma and discrimination for minoritised communities, be it mental health, identity, race or culture.
Cost and access to mental health supports.
Stephanie de Niese
Honestly, I think it's our inability to sit with discomfort. Being unsafe and being uncomfortable are two different things. I think we've grown too accustomed to the 'easy' life, finding things to...
Sirini Kularatne-Samarapathi
I think the world has many challenges. We go through different developmental stages in life and in that process each individual will be experiencing life in their own unique way. Nothing is concrete...
Shaun McMahon
I think it's tempting to become fixated on the problems of our world today, but I believe the most significant problem is how often we forget to acknowledge how far humanity has come. We are, in...
Julian O'Sullivan
When group think interferes with individual and social cohesion.
Melodina Thomas
Rejection and fear
We grapple with two issues daily and use different means and ways to fight against them. Some cope with it better, others require insight, and they manage. Still, others are...
Ashley White
Shame. I'm convinced most of the collective problems we face are either caused or exacerbated by the ways we cope with feelings of defectiveness or inadequacy. Anger, greed, violence, alienation,...
Lauren Sokolski
This is a difficult question to answer. I worry about the disconnection we create with all of our modern technology, using texting and email and facebook to interact with each other rather than...
Nicol Thomas
Reduction and eradication of our basic subjectivity; that each one of us is unique. This generalization of people leads to some of the ideologies of hate that is so problematic. As though basic...
Fenella Hansen
Currently I think that mental health issues are not getting the attention or funding they need. I think trauma needs to be more widely recognised and a trauma informed lens should be used on most...
Stefanie Hagger
Our difficulty to connect as humans to ourselves and others with compassion.
Natalie Anderson
When we lose our sense of connection with others, our community or environment, we are not as strong or empowered as when we embrace diversity with empathy, compassion and non-judgement. In our...
Karen Thomas
Listening to each other in our individual relationships personally, in famlies, at work, at school, in organisations, government, within cultural groups, religion, sports, domestic politics, world...
Magdalena Jantac
I believe the biggest issue at the moment is the toxic elements of our culture, too much screen time and lack of real connection and healthy communities.
Melis Topsahin
One of the most significant problems that we face today, is forgetting the free art of 'compassion' and 'understanding'. Although most of us still adopt compassion for one another, unfortunately, some...
Gabby Skelsey
Despair and anxiety that the world is changing and how little control as individuals, we have.
Deborah Schou
Thinking we know the answer, when we haven't even fully posed the question. I worry about injustice and inequality, and how ineffective our political, economic, financial and social structures are to...
Grace Lee
We are all flooded with information especially via social media that sets standards for how we are supposed to be, think and express ourselves. It can be overwhelming at times and each of us may feel...
Denise Tsirtsakis
Oh Gosh there are so many, but I think for me the most significant problem in the world today is poverty. Global poverty represents one of the most serious problems in our modern society.
The...
Jonathan Tandos
I think a lack of compassion for ourselves and others, and difficulty in having healthy boundaries drives many of the problems in the world today. Materialism, competitiveness and lack of community...
Dee Kumbukage
In my view, one of the most significant problems we face in the world today is the pervasive disconnection and lack of empathy among individuals and communities. In an increasingly interconnected...
Volker Krohn
The Beatles named it in the 1960's - All you need is Love'. Thousands of years of War, Pestilence, Plague and Catastrophe and the resulting trauma reaction, has left many people bereft and...
Yael Clark
Anxiety. We have too much access to too much information and it is overwhelming. We are constantly switched on and connected. Our children access information that they're simply not ready for. My...
Marvel Adeyemi
I believe one of the significant problems we face in the world today is inequities and poor access to health care.
Robin Wilkinson
Disconnection.
Disconnection from each other as we descend into tribalism and live more of our lives online; disconnection from ourselves; disconnection from our bodies, as we live more and more...
Brian Whiter
Despite the many advances that we see around us that provide for a life of ease, life still remains problematic and our personal issues remain elusive! Among the many problems that come to mind, what...
Steve White
Apart from global warming and environmental degradation the two things that worry me are 1. the increasing systematic placement of very young children into child care and 2. The financialisation of...
Natalie Incledon
I believe climate change is the most significant problem we face in the world today.
M.Rose Hoey
I would like to see more compassion and love freely available to and in all sentient beings. Love one another.
Nina Green
This is an interesting question but - with apologies - I would prefer not to answer here.
I think talking about this with other people rather than answering in writing is important as setting down...
Marcus Dally-Law
People who hold on to their viewpoints too firmly.
By all means, have opinions, draw conclusions and say what you think, but hold onto these things lightly and be open to having your mind changed...
Jane Devilliers
Inequalities between peoples of all cultures in finances, housing and health.
Others' lack of understanding how to live a good and rewarding life in the simplest way possible.
Kate Culy
Lack of support in an increasingly complex and stressful world. I don't believe as humans we were designed for how our lives have evolved and our nervous systems are struggling. Our lives have been...
Loretta Bell
Who knows what I would have said a two weeks ago, but now it's definitely coronavirus.
Tracy Clark
Loneliness. I think the way our society have become so focused on independence, using IT devices to find everything from love to food while sitting on the lounge with such an array of choice it...
Nicky Angelone
Climate change, unfortunately.
I also believe the after effects of Covid are going to continue for many years. Many of my clients have suffered from the isolation, from losing loved ones and not...
Louise Jansz
We all face different problems but generally I think not living an authentic integrated way creates a lot of suffering. I would like to see a fuller sense of community outside our workplaces and...
Kim Bailey
Loneliness, isolation and that many think that's just life in modern day
Jeannene Eastaway
Life without equality. We all deserve the same rights to speak, share, learn, love, express, dream and hope regardless of our gender, sexuality, age, colour, size or shape, whatever we look like or...
Rosie Burgess
As a global community, climate crisis is the most significant problem we face in the world today. It represents a real threat to our children's wellbeing and the comfort of our species. I also see the...
Bhakti De Bon
Living in the fast lane, losing our ability to be present for ourselves and for others.
Tim Clark
Disconnection. It can be so hard to remember and honour our essential interconnectedness with each other, with the planet, with the past, with the present and with the future. E.M. Forster's dictum,...
Jacqueline Baulch
I think life is too busy and complicated. Multi-tasking has become the norm and as a consequence we spend most of our time up in our heads worrying about the past or planning for the future. I think...