Zenho Chad Bennett brings a rare kind of integral perspective—one forged in the realities of daily practice with everyday people. An Integral Zen priest, former psychotherapist, and founder of Mitra, a practice community centered on spiritual friendship and transformative companionship, Chad explores the living intersection of awakening, development, and healing. Rather than treating “Waking Up,” “Growing Up,” and “Cleaning Up” as separate tracks, he sees them as braided together in the immediacy of real life and real transformation.

In this Integral Edge conversation, Keith Martin-Smith talks with Chad about a more grounded and practice-centered integral life: less abstract, less top-down, and more rooted in direct experience, spiritual friendship, and the unfolding edge of human growth. This is a rich conversation for anyone interested in what integral looks like when it moves off the page and into lived practice.

Join Keith and Chad for a practical, everyday exploration of integral theory as it comes alive across the full spectrum of human life—from parenting and partnering to trauma and shadow work, community building, and awakening itself. This conversation opens a compelling window into what integral can become when it is not only understood, but embodied in the relationships, challenges, and commitments of ordinary life.

About Integral Edge

Welcome to a world on the edge.

AI is rewriting the rules. Politics are more polarized than ever, with the far right and left in an endless clash. The metacrisis looms, late-stage capitalism is unraveling, DEI is evolving, and strongmen are rising once more.

But that’s just the beginning.

This podcast takes an integral look at the forces shaping our reality—from cutting-edge neuroscience and biohacking to cryptocurrency, global economics, and the ancient wisdom of awakening, mindfulness, and embodiment.

Keith Martin-Smith brings a deep, multi-perspective lens to the chaos, cutting through the noise to find what actually matters.

This isn’t just another commentary on the world. It’s a guide to seeing—and living—beyond the divide.