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Donald Moss - Seven Pillars of the New Medicine

Healthcare is having a revolution.  As new research combines with a better understanding of traditional approaches and practices, new treatments are being developed and the roles of doctors and patients are changing.  What will the future of healthcare look like?   Dr. Donald Moss outlines seven principles it will follow in this excerpt from his presentation "The Promise of the New Medicine."

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Cynthia FitzGerald - Aging is a Social Process

Cynthia FitzGerald

Cynthia FitzGerald

We've come to associate aging with isolation and cognitive decline - but it doesn't have to be that way.  Dr. Cynthia FitzGerald, the Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Services, says that people who age in "convoys" - social groups - are much happier, healthier, and more mentally acute.

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Alan Vaughan - Psychology must globalize

Alan Vaughan

Alan Vaughan

Does being psychologically healthy mean accepting capitalism?  Or being comfortable with consumerism?  Dr. Alan Vaughan, who directs Saybrook's Jungian Studies program, says that there's no reason it should in principle - but that in practice, psychology has too often been a tool used by western culture to indoctrinate its own people into being comfortable with the way things are.  But psychology can learn and adapt from the rest of the world to think more deeply about what it means to be human.

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JoAnn McAllister - what is "Human Science," and why do authoritarian governments fear it?

JoAnn McAllister

JoAnn McAllister

In 2010 an Iranian prosecutor charged prominent dissidents with studying Human Science. “Theories of the human sciences contain ideological weapons that can be converted into strategies and tactics and mustered against the country’s official ideology,” the prosecution charged.  But what is Human Science, and why does it get singled out as a dangerous field by oppressive governments? Dr. JoAnn McAllister, chair of Saybrook's program in Human Science, explains.

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Ann Bernhardt - Personality is a life long process

Ann Bernhardt

Ann Bernhardt

Have you heard the one about how the first three years of life determine your entire personality?  Or how your personality stops developing when you're a teenager?  Nonsense.  Research has shown that people change and grow their entire lives - and you will too.  Dr. Ann Bernhardt is the director of Saybrook University's program in Marriange and Family Therapy and Professional Clinical Counseling, and her work specilizes in the way we change and grow at different points in the lifespan. 

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Chip Conley - Meaningful Workplaces Create Success

Chip Conley

Chip Conley

Chip Conley has a question for business leaders:  if your business didn't exist, would it matter to the world?  Companies that can answer "yes" are far more likely to bring out the best in their employees.  For a successful businesses in the 21st century a sense of meaning is crucial - and that means going beyond the platitudes to find the mission that employees and customers really care about.

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