Category Archives: Personal Growth
#281 – Short Interviews from Positive Psychology Congress and A Laughter Yoga Session
Today’s episode is a two-parter. First it features short interviews with attendees at the Second World Congress on Positive Psychology, held in Philadelphia earlier this summer. The second part features brief interviews with the teacher and students at a local Laughter Yoga session, I recently attended in Petaluma, California. The photo is a picture of [...]
#279 – Grief, Ritual, and The Soul of The World with Francis Weller, M.A.
Francis Weller, M.A., MFT is a psychotherapist and author of the 2011 book, Entering The Healing Ground: Grief, Ritual and The Soul of The world. He has been in private practice since 1983. During that time, he developed a style of working with people called Soul-Centered Psychotherapy. Weller says his approach to working with the [...]
#278 – The Use of Active Imagination in Jungian Sandplay with Maria Hess, PhD
Maria Hess, Ph.D. has been a practicing depth oriented psychotherapist and therapist educator in Sonoma County for over 25 years. She was the founding clinical director and supervisor for Lomi Community Clinic and for Humanidad Counseling Services. An Associate Professor of Psychology at Sonoma State University Maria teaches clinical courses to prepare undergrads for advanced [...]
#277 – At The 2nd World Congress on Positive Psychology: Part 2 with Dr. Ed Diener & Others
click here). You’ll definitely get more out of this by viewing those as you listen. Also, included in this episode, are a few of the interviews I conducted with other presenters and attendees. I hope these will help convey the diversity and excitement of the event.
#275 – Understanding Laughter as Medicine with Madan Kataria, MD
Madan Kataria, MD is the founder of Laughter Clubs International. We’ve all heard that laughter is the best medicine. If you’re old enough you may recall Norman Cousins’ 1979 book, Anatomy of An Illness. Norman Cousins was the editor of the Saturday Review magazine and he had come down with a serious, life threatening disease [...]
#271 –“Happy,” The Movie, with Roko Belic
HAPPY. HAPPY combines powerful human stories from around the world with cutting edge science to give us a deeper understanding of our most valued emotion.
#269 – The Power of Relationship in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism with Pilar Jennings, Ph.D.
Pilar Jennings, Ph.D. is a writer and researcher who has focused on the clinical applications of Buddhist meditation practice. She received her Ph.D. in Psychiatry and Religion from Union Theological Seminary, and has been working with patients and their families through the Harlem Family Institute since 2004. Dr. Jennings is also a researcher at the [...]
#264 – Beyond Forgiveness, Reflections on Atonement with Phil Cousineau
Phil Cousineau is editor of the 2011 book Beyond Forgiveness: Reflections on Atonement. Phil is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, teacher and editor, lecturer and travel leader, storyteller and TV host. His fascination with the art, literature, and history of culture has taken him from Michigan to Marrakesh, Iceland to the Amazon, in a worldwide [...]
#255 – Mindsight with Daniel Siegel, MD
Daniel J. Siegel, MD received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He served as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA, studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavior, [...]
#253 – Creativity and The Brain with Shelly Carson, PhD
Shelley Carson, PhD is a researcher and instructor of creativity, psychopathology and resilience. She is the author of Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity and Innovation in Your Life (Jossey-Bass/Wiley). Based on scientific findings from studies involving brain imaging, brain injury cases, neuropsychological testing and interviews with hundreds of highly creative individuals, [...]
#253 – Creativity and The Brain with Shelly Carson, PhD [1:00:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download#251 – Mindfulness and Psychotherapy with Patrick Thornton
Patrick Thornton, PhD, who had been an evangelical clergy at the time, left the church because, as he often will say—quoting the Hebrew Prophet Isaiah— “the bed [was] too short to stretch out on, and the covering so narrow that [he could not] wrap himself in it.” He applies this quote to the doctrine and [...]
#249 – Buddha’s Brain: The Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, & Wisdom with Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, he teaches at universities and meditation centers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His work has been featured on the BBC and in Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, [...]
#240 – Unconscious Mental Factors in HIV Infection with Peter B. Todd
Peter B. Todd B.A. (Honors, Psychology), MAPS graduated from Sydney University in 1968, becoming a member of the Australian Psychological Society in 1975. He started to work as a post graduate research psychologist at the School of Surgery, St. George Hospital (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) after his undergraduate degree in 1973. This [...]




