Offering Comfort and Dignity to Deeply Forgetful People with Stephen G. Post, Ph.D.
The family of caregivers of those who are cognitively impaired are our true unsung heroes. Often without respite nor compensation they serve those who have an Alzheimer’s diagnosis and other forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s can also have a component of early onset but most diagnoses show up as we get…
The Old Future is Gone with Wes Jackson, Ph.D. and Robert W. Jensen, Ph.D.
As we careen from one crisis to the next and focus on political struggles that seem to rarely produce even short-term solutions, it’s easy to avoid big questions that have no easy answers. Questions such as: What is the sustainable carrying capacity of the planet for Homo Sapiens? Has our…
The Healing Power Of Sound with David Gibson
Sound is medicine, according to the research of David Gibson. Every person, emotion, and ailment has a tone. He explains that we can use frequency to match or cancel out a negative vibration, or meet a negative emotion more easily. He discusses the process of finding a sound that best…
We Are So Much More Than We Know with Joseph Selbie
Our brain is an obliging servant. We train it to create neural circuits by our repeated actions and emotions. Whatever we do over and over, the brain will create circuits to support that including reactive emotional responses. A huge part of these circuits is devoted to the autonomic systems in…
The Power of Mentorship with Will Jawando
This deep dialogue explores a life-affirmative story of hope and respect for men of color at a time when Black men are routinely stigmatized.
At The Heart Of Loneliness with Kira Asatryan
Despite being connected 24/7 with others, post-modern life is replete with loneliness. Kira Asatryan says the antidote to loneliness is a matter of feeling connected, valued, and cared about.
Moving Beyond the Noise to Pristine Attention with Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn
We spend a bulk of our time in a very boisterous world of noise. We are in a constant deluge of information and chat whether it is from our email and social media, or the 24-hour news cycles with its constant announcements of breaking news. Even our households can be…
Writing an Ethical Will with Rabbi Steve Leder
It is true most of us have questions we wished we had asked of loved ones before they passed away: questions about what mattered most in their life, what gave their life meaning, what did they regret, what did they love and value, and what was their greatest challenge and…
The Re-creation of the World as Expressed Through Myth with Michael Meade
After more than two years of the Covid Pandemic, the long war in Ukraine, and monthly mass killings, we long to go back to the ways things used to be: When there were no masks, we enjoyed large collective gatherings, the price of gas was affordable, and children were safe…
Lessons from a Fledgling Democracy with Mamphela Ramphele, M.D., Ph.D.
For more than 50 years the dream of a free democratic South Africa has been Dr. Mamphela Ramphele’s focus and one that covers her every waking moment in action. She’s worked tirelessly for systemic, societal change in order to help her country of South Africa break free from the barriers…
