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Space Is Not Empty: How Hidden Fields Are Shaping Your Life and Our World
Have you ever walked into a room and known immediately that something was off? Maybe your skin tingled or your stomach clenched, maybe you noticed how eyes were averted or chatter was strained. Or maybe the opposite was true and you were walking into a place of safety and comfort, where your breathing came more easily, your heart rate calmed, and your tension melted away.
In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary book, Alan Briskin and Mary V. Gelinas weave together a combined eighty years of experience in social psychology, systems thinking, and contemplative practices to explain how fields influence us physically, emotionally, and intuitively—often without our conscious awareness.
What if we could learn to pay attention to these fields that are operating in and around us, understand their messages, and use them to act more intentionally and compassionately? Discover how awareness of these dynamic spaces can help foster collaborative relationships, bridge social, political, and religious divides, and effect more constructive, meaningful and lasting change.
In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary book, Alan Briskin and Mary V. Gelinas weave together a combined eighty years of experience in social psychology, systems thinking, and contemplative practices to explain how fields influence us physically, emotionally, and intuitively—often without our conscious awareness.
What if we could learn to pay attention to these fields that are operating in and around us, understand their messages, and use them to act more intentionally and compassionately? Discover how awareness of these dynamic spaces can help foster collaborative relationships, bridge social, political, and religious divides, and effect more constructive, meaningful and lasting change.
300 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 4, 2025
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January 9, 2026
Space Is Not Empty is a profound and illuminating work that challenges the assumption that influence only operates through what we can see or measure. Alan Briskin and Mary V. Gelinas skillfully explore the invisible fields that shape our emotions, behaviors, and collective experiences, drawing from decades of expertise in social psychology, systems thinking, and contemplative practice. The result is a book that feels both intellectually rigorous and deeply human.
What makes this book especially powerful is its ability to connect theory with lived experience. The authors translate complex ideas into insights that readers can recognize immediately those unspoken tensions in a room, the sense of safety or unease that arises without explanation, and the invisible dynamics that influence collaboration and conflict. Space Is Not Empty has the depth and relevance to spark meaningful dialogue across disciplines, communities, and institutions, and it holds strong potential to reach a much broader audience.
What makes this book especially powerful is its ability to connect theory with lived experience. The authors translate complex ideas into insights that readers can recognize immediately those unspoken tensions in a room, the sense of safety or unease that arises without explanation, and the invisible dynamics that influence collaboration and conflict. Space Is Not Empty has the depth and relevance to spark meaningful dialogue across disciplines, communities, and institutions, and it holds strong potential to reach a much broader audience.
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