Dr. June Cara Christian presents

There is
an otherside.

Between who we say we are and how we show up, there is a gap. We create the experiences, conversations, and tools to cross it.

Dr. June Cara Christian in red glasses and an ivory dress
Reflect / Evaluate / Act / Learn
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The passage / 001

The gap is real.So is the crossing.

On the other side of knowing is doing.

Welcome to the other side

The future
is practiced.

We can know better. Mean well. Still do harm. Transformation asks us to make our convictions visible in what we actually do.

Our method: Reflect / Evaluate / Act / Learn

Enter the atmosphere
01 / THE VISION

You cannot change what you refuse to encounter.

A glimpse inside Pineapple Lampshade

See what's possible.

There is a different kind of work waiting here. One that invites you to reflect, risk, practice, and grow.Click to play / sound on
Ways to enter
02 / THE WORK

Find your way across the gap.

There isn't one door to growth. There are live experiences that change the room, seasonal invitations that change the conversation, and private tools that meet you in the moment.

01 / LIVE PRACTICE↗

Good White
People

Trustworthiness under pressure. A facilitated space where conviction becomes something you practice.

Discover the program ↗
02 / HOLIDAY SESSIONS↗

Before the
Dinner Table

GOOD WHITE PEOPLE 101 and 201: live holiday experiences for the conversations you know are coming.

Explore the experiences ↗
03 / DIGITAL TOOLS✦

Support for
the Moment

The Rumination Machine and The Interruption Brain. Private guided tools for reflection and action.

Think deeper. Respond differently.
Explore the Rumination Machine ↗
Dr. June Cara Christian smiling in red glasses and a leopard print blouse
Founder / Visionary
The woman behind the work

Meet
Dr. June.

Educator. Executive coach. Author. A woman who believes we can become more honest, more courageous, and more responsible to one another.

Dr. June Cara Christian founded Pineapple Lampshade to create experiences that move us beyond what we say we believe and into how we live. Rooted in Ubuntu—the understanding that our humanity is bound together—her work brings people into the room, into the questions, and into practice.

Education & leadershipUbuntuTransformation in practice
“The room is the curriculum.”
Encounter her thinking
Dispatches from the other side
03 / THE WRITING

Words that
won't leave
you alone.

Writing on whiteness, power, identity, responsibility, and the messy, necessary work of becoming who we claim to be.

Read Dr. June's Substack
Fresh from the journal / latest article

The conversation continues.

Explore the newest essay from Dr. June on the questions that refuse easy answers.

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Pineapple Lampshade / The invitation

Imagine what
we could become.

The other side isn't a place you reach alone. It's what becomes possible when we practice crossing the gap together.