Human Liberation & Balance Institute (HLBI)
The Human Liberation & Balance Institute designs interdisciplinary tools and frameworks that illuminate the roots of imbalance and chart paths to wholeness. We unite science, art, ancestral wisdom, and systems thinking to catalyze healing, justice, and cultural change. Our work includes immersive exhibits, workshops, and talks that translate complex ideas into transformative experiences.
Mission & Values of the Human Liberation & Balance Institute
At the Human Liberation & Balance Institute, our mission is to illuminate the roots of personal and collective imbalance and design pathways toward healing, integration, and liberation. We believe that the most effective approaches to well-being are those that bridge science, spirit, embodiment, and imagination, honoring both the complexity of systems and the depth of individual experience.
Our work is grounded in the understanding that fragmentation, within disciplines, communities, and the self, is both a symptom and a driver of suffering. We aim to dissolve these silos by uniting neuroscience, ancestral wisdom, systems theory, creative practice, and lived experience into integrative, soul-centered frameworks. Whether through immersive public exhibits, oracle-based reflection tools, educational resources, public and professional workshops, learning opportunities, or clinical consultation, we offer experiences that are both deeply personal and culturally relevant.
We value:
Integration over isolation. We resist false binaries between intellect and intuition, body and mind, individual and collective, art and science.
Embodied imagination. We believe healing and learning must be felt, not just understood. Aesthetics, symbolism, and story are essential tools for transformation.
Justice and liberation. We center equity, truth-telling, and repair, recognizing that personal healing is inseparable from cultural and systemic change.
Interdisciplinary collaboration. We welcome partnerships across fields, believing that no single discipline holds all the answers.
Accessibility and beauty. We are committed to translating complex knowledge into experiential forms that are both welcoming and impactful.
HLBI exists to bridge research and practice, theory and embodiment, complexity and clarity. Our work invites people to pause, reflect, reconnect, and reimagine what it means to be whole within themselves and the world.
Programs & Activities
Programs & Activities of the Human Liberation & Balance Institute
The Human Liberation & Balance Institute (HLBI) develops programs, tools, and experiences that merge science, embodiment, systems thinking, creative expression, and ancestral wisdom to support both personal and collective healing. Our offerings are designed to translate complex knowledge into accessible, transformative experiences that engage the whole person intellectually, emotionally, somatically, and spiritually.
Immersive Exhibits & Public Learning Spaces
Our large-scale immersive experiences, such as Breaking the Cycle: A Collective Healing Journey Through Trauma and Transformation, serve as portals into understanding systemic trauma, neurobiology, and the pathways to restoration. These exhibits combine narrative, visual symbolism, multimedia, and interactive reflection to educate, provoke, and awaken. Visitors are invited into a contemplative, sensory-rich journey that reveals the deep interconnection between historical trauma, present-day suffering, and future possibility.
The Contented Seeker System
The Contented Seeker is a mythopoetic reflection system that includes oracle cards, mapping tools, and narrative invitations designed to support internal exploration and transformation. Drawing from depth psychology, Internal Family Systems (IFS), neurobiology, and archetypal wisdom, this evolving body of work helps individuals and groups explore root patterns of imbalance and reclaim healing, purpose, and integration through guided symbolism and embodied inquiry.
The Mythopoetic Atlas of Wisdom & Healing
At the heart of HLBI’s creative vision lies the Mythopoetic Atlas, a multidimensional map that charts the forces, systems, life domains, archetypes, and healing keys that shape human experience. This living design guides the development of exhibits, teaching tools, reflection decks, and community workshops. It helps individuals and communities see themselves not as isolated problems to fix, but as integral threads within a larger, storied web of transformation.
Workshops, Speaking Engagements & Community Education
We offer workshops and public speaking programs that bridge theory and practice, translating neuroscience, systems theory, trauma integration, and reflective practices into engaging, accessible formats. These sessions serve a variety of audiences, from mental health professionals and educators to faith leaders and organizational teams. Each offering is designed to foster embodied awareness, cultural understanding, and practical application for real-world change.
Executive Clinical Consulting
HLBI also provides leadership consulting and clinical guidance to organizations navigating complexity. We support teams, particularly those without formal mental health, clinical, or systems training, in building trauma-informed, ethically grounded, and culturally responsive programs. Our consulting integrates neuroscience, organizational dynamics, and liberatory ethics to support sustainable, mission-aligned development.
Creative and Educational Tools
From one-page client resources to long-form educational curricula, HLBI designs tools that help people understand and apply key concepts related to trauma, healing, systems, and the self. These materials are visually engaging, intentionally structured, and grounded in both research and lived experience.