A new course for clinicians and coaches on working with values as sources of meaning.| Care Culture
Care Culture will bring a 1-month pop-up behavioral wellness studio to Healdsburg, California during Edge Esmeralda.| Care Culture
Most of my reading these days is focused on psychology and deepening my understanding of cultural determinants of health. I keep a digital bookshelf of things I’ve read each year on my site, and do a roundup of mini-reviews at the end of each year. I thought it| Care Culture
Experts and enthusiasts from around the world have gathered on the island of Roatan to discuss longevity: the science and art of extending lifespan. I dropped into their two-month "pop-up city," Vitalia, to get a taste.| Care Culture
The terrain of American mental health is as vast and colorful as this country’s geography. I’ve been interested in exploring the landscape since 2019, when I dashed off a quick blog post on cultural differences in psychology. Backburnered for four years, the topic is now top of mind| Care Culture
I'm hosting an art exhibition on March 28th on the theme of Centers: modern monasteries, clinics, and community spaces.| Care Culture
Social innovators are experimenting with new social forms of care: centers, campuses, parlors, and practices.| Care Culture
Jared Zhang is a conceptual artist and community designer. He and his collaborator, writer and spiritual entrepreneur Ireland Adgate, ran a 30-day pop-up educational institution called Camp Air this summer in Woodstock NY, combining elements of a retreat, artist residency, and incubator. We recorded a conversation about what he learned| Care Culture
Aggressive, egocentric, emu behavior is a social invariant. How have protocols evolved to handle it?| Care Culture
How Buddhism has transformed in order to address Western spiritual problems.| Care Culture
How is “healing” different than “curing?” I like the definition of noted cancer care specialist Michael Lerner: “Curing means to take a disease of a problem away completely. Healing, by contrast, is a movement toward wholeness. Healing can take place physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.| Care Culture
What tools does Spengler offer for phenomenological analysis of culture?| Care Culture
The results of the first trial pop-up Concept Clinic at Edge Esmralda.| Care Culture
The much-written-about "SoulCycle without the bike" is a thin practice with an even thinner mythology.| Care Culture
The notion of “loneliness” is playing an increasingly prominent role in public health discussions around the world. What will happen when the loneliness propaganda is fully internalized?| Care Culture
