The Sophia Institute is proud to bring you a very special event with
Jean Houston and Dawson Church
Jump Time and Spiritual Intelligence in These Times of Change
September 10, 2025
6:00 – 7:30 PM ET
Jean and Dawson will be live with us on the big screen. Gather in community with us for our supportive, in-person option of this event. Alternatively, you may join us virtually over Zoom! All registrants will receive a recording of the event.
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We are living in a time of great evolutionary change—a global Jump Time–with the potential for advancement in our consciousness and society available to us.
Are we aware of this opportunity and aligning with the possibility of our own evolution and that of our society in our times?
What if the breakdown we are witnessing is actually a breakthrough in a new consciousness, one that activates the gifts and capacities in each of us, a consciousness of wholeness, a more compassionate, just, and loving human presence on our planet.
Join the evocator of human potential, Jean Houston and scientist of spiritual intelligence, Dawson Church for a catalyzing dialogue. Bring your questions to the conversation, too.
Drawing from Jean’s visionary books, Jump Time and The Possible Human, and Dawson’s new book, Spiritual Intelligence, they explore the inner and outer emergent trends shaping humanity.
From radical breakthroughs in consciousness and spiritual intelligence, discover how we are being called to evolve–individually and globally.
Join us for this extraordinary dialogue with Jean Houston and Dawson Church on how to navigate the great turning and consciously participate in the emergence of the next stage of humankind’s evolution.
Meet Jean Houston
Jean Houston, Ph.D., scholar, philosopher and researcher in Human Capacities, is one of the foremost visionary thinkers and doers of our time. She is long regarded as one of the principal founders of the Human Potential Movement. Dr. Houston is noted for her ability to combine a deep knowledge of history, culture, new science, spirituality and human development into her teaching. She is known for her inter-disciplinary perspective delivered in inspirational and humorous keynote addresses.
A prolific writer, Dr. Houston is the author of 26 books including “Jump Time”, “ A Passion for the Possible”, “Search for the Beloved”, “Life Force”, “The Possible Human”, “Public Like a Frog”, “A Mythic Life: Learning to Live Our Greater Story”, and “Manual of the Peacemaker”.
In 2008, the Jean Houston Foundation was formed to teach Social Artistry in the United States and overseas. This training has been conducted in Albania, the Eastern Caribbean, Kenya, Zambia, Nepal, and the Philippines.
A powerful and dynamic speaker, she holds conferences and seminars with social leaders, educational institutions and business organizations worldwide. Jean Houston has worked intensively in 40 cultures helping to enhance and deepen their own uniqueness while they become part of the global community.
Dr. Houston is considered one of the most evocative and entertaining speakers on aligning the human spirit, potential and action with the needs of the time. Her talks are legendary for their ability to inspire, inform and activate her audience. Her lifetime passion is to encourage the inherent possibilities, visions and capacities that lie within each person and/or group, and translate them into positive action.
Jean Houston holds a B.A. from Barnard College, a Ph.D. in psychology from the Union Graduate School and a Ph.D. in religion from the Graduate Theological Foundation. She has also been the recipient of honorary doctorates.
“Jean Houston’s mind should be considered a national treasure”, said Buckminster Fuller, a renowned American philosopher, thinker, visionary, inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet and cosmologist. A life-long friend of Jean Houston, his observation is shared by the thousands of individuals, communities, organizations and nations that have been and continue to be inspired by her words.
Meet Dawson Church
Dawson Church is a best-selling science writer and the author of four award-winning books. The Genie in Your Genes broke new ground by showing that gene expression is influenced by emotions. Mind to Matter is based on hundreds of studies showing that our brains play a key role in constructing the reality around us. In Bliss Brain, he demonstrates that as we cultivate peak states, our brains rapidly rewire themselves for happiness. Spiritual Intelligence maps the neuroscience of awakened states of consciousness. He is the founder of the Veterans Stress Solution, which has offered free PTSD treatment to over 22,000 veterans. His mission is to inspire personal transformation through his presentations, podcasts, books and blog posts.