In the spring of 2010, I was honored to participate in The Fetzer Institute’s First Writers’ Retreat. For six days, among the birch and pine on the Institute glorious property, fifteen writers from across the country met daily to discuss how compassion, love, and forgiveness were part of our creative process as we explored “the mysterious juncture between individual and community transformation.” Below is a brief clip from one of my interviews with the Shirley Showalter, the former Fetzer Vice President of Programs.