23 Apr New Letter to the Developmentalist: My Voice is Not Welcome – Right or Left!
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Psychology of Becoming
26 Jan I don’t know why but I can tell you …
When some of my Japanese colleagues translated my book, The Overweight Brain: How our obsession with knowing keeps us from getting smart enough to make a better world, they asked me to write a short introduction. This was in 2019. In the four years since then, we have done many...
17 Nov Creating Hope, Performing Possibilities
I feel compelled these days to share stories that move and inspire me. My "Words to Ponder"—which share short quotes that resonate deeply or help me see in new ways—isn't the right place for what will be appearing under the category Creating Hope, Performing Possibilities. This was the theme of...
28 Aug David Brooks says “Grow up, America!” Social therapists tell us how.
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in Community Organizing, Culture, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 2 Comments
Just had to share this wonderful piece by social therapeutic practitioners Jennifer Bullock and Marian Rich. The World Needs Social Therapy! Thank you David Brooks for your recent thoughtful commentary titled Hey America, Grow Up. We appreciate your invitation to build a new culture that supports maturity, community, empowerment and well-being....
12 May In Conversation with Bayo Akolomafe
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in Creativity, Culture, Human Development, Language, Politics, Psychology of Becoming 2 Comments
During the second half of 2022, Bayo Akomolafe and I had a series of recorded Zoom conversations, with my Institute colleague Janet Wootten spurring us on, Bayo and I both wanted to make these conversations public. and you can find slightly edited transcripts of them here, titled A Meandering Search for Method: Becoming Human in a...
10 May Rebel, Reject, Create
I was a guest on David Chislet's podcast—Rebel, Reject, Create— a few weeks ago. We went the "Create" route. Great conversationalist! We covered a lot of creative ground in 20 minutes. Have a listen. https://youtu.be/bKcG2a4g5oc...
03 Apr Words to Ponder # 44
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in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Psychology of Becoming, Words to Ponder 1 Comment
"If the human race is still here in 100 years, it will be because of lots of people doing lots of little things. Bigger things can get co-opted or bought off by the powers that be. But if there are many, many little things going on it will be too...
07 Mar Speak English Any Way You Want
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in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Language, Look and Listen, Play, Psychology of Becoming 4 Comments
I'm so delighted by a project initiated by friends in Taiwan that I decided to share it with readers. What follows is a guest post written by Pei and Joe Spirito. Enjoy! Speak English Any Way You Want By Pei and Joe Spirito For the last year or so, we’ve been teaching a...