Presenting Lifetime Achievement Award to C. W. Metcalf, author of “Lighten Up”
C. W. MetcalfRead More
Poster of Charles Chaplin
Cinema Museum – Turin, ItalyRead More
Matthieu Ricard, translator to the Dalai Lama and author of “Happiness”
Wyoming – Meeting Matthieu RicardRead More
You Mean Existential Psychology Isn’t Gloomy?
One of the joys of teaching Basic Intervention Existential Humanistic classes has been the opportunity to listen to and read the discoveries my students make along the way. The title of the course is in itself a tongue-twister. To explain to one’s friends that “I can’t come to dinner tonight, thanks, […]Read More
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Humor in Difficult Times
March 31, 2012There is a gap between life as we want it to be and life as we experience it. (This is where the reader says: “You”re Telling Me!??”) This gap is pretty important. For what we do with that gap makes the difference in our ability to find fulfillment, happiness and […]
February 27, 2012Matthieu Ricard had it made — or so it seemed to those looking on from outside. He was born to a prominent family in Paris. Internationally known musicians, artists, and intellectuals joined them for meals and lofty conversations. He published his first book by the age of 20. He earned […]
February 24, 2012One of the legendary performers in the history of show business was a Spanish ventriloquist popularly known as “Senor Wences” (though born as Wenceslao Moreno). He had a very successful career of eight decades, through performances around the globe on state, in films and on television. His success was based […]
February 15, 2012I have had the pleasure to see a new documentary honoring the life of Fred Rogers, Public Television’s friend to children everywhere. “Mister Rogers and Me” gives us the rare opportunity to learn more about a television star whose goal was to increase the acceptance of self and others in […]
