Melissa Etheridge On Psychedelics and Healing
Musician, advocate and entrepreneur Melissa Etheridge is known for her rockin’ guitar licks and searingly honest lyrics. No stranger to life’s tougher challenges, Melissa offers her perspective on how plant-based medicines might heal our deepest hurts.
The Imperative For Indigenous Wisdom To Inform Modern Psychedelic Therapies
Expanding on the western notion of what constitutes ‘medicine,’ Patricia James shares her understanding of the traditional use of sacred plants and other practices to connect with the cycles of birth and death and the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness.
How Images Of Nature Can Heal
After decades of hearing from viewers that his images of nature changed their lives, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg embarked on a mission to develop Visual Healing to bring life-like natural environments into the hospital setting. With several research studies underway, Louie is working closely with healthcare providers to better understand how images of nature may be […]
It’s Okay To Not Be Okay: Destigmatizing Mental Health Challenges For African Americans
Actor Taraji P. Henson witnessed her Vietnam Veteran father struggle with mental health issues. Taraji shares why it’s okay to not be okay and why she founded an organization to to fight the stigma and bring awareness to mental health issues within the African-American community.
Creating Monuments For Healing
Artist Hank Willis Thomas has long been fascinated by the power monuments and memorials have to shape and define culture. Hank shares his path to creating sculptures that reframe public spaces into places for private contemplation, civic engagement and healing. Grounded in universal themes of hope, love and unity, Hank’s talk asks us to participate […]
Larry King and Hollywood Elders On Living Well In Their Golden Years
Larry King, Marion Ross, Marla Gibbs, Norman Lear, John Amos and Carl Reiner share hilarious and heartfelt stories full of grit, stamina and resilience. Their secret to a life well-lived? Keep on keeping on—with humor and love as your guides.
Food, Community And Legacy
“High on the Hog” host, Stephen Satterfield talks with Osayi Endolyn and Thérèse Nelson about how what cook and eat can honor the legacy of those who came before and flavor our hopes and dreams for the future. As cooks, writers and activists, these three dynamic voices offer a vision for individual health and cultural […]
‘Til Death Do We Part: Intimacy During And After Illness
Psychotherapist Esther Perel explores the nature of the lifelong need for connection even as serious illness challenges personal notions of fidelity, companionship and identity. With her life’s work focusing on matters of intimacy, communication and the human condition, Esther shares the importance of love, humor and forgiveness throughout all stages of life.
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An Oscar-Winner Reframes Death To See The Beauty of Life
Screenwriter David Seidler is best known for his Oscar-winning script, The King’s Speech, but what he hopes to be remembered for is helping to reframe the conversation about death and dying. David talks about his personal journey to film cultural pioneers talking about their perspective on mortality and how the shadow of death can enable […]
You Don’t Have To Find Out You’re Dying To Start Living
From a very young age, actor, producer and director, Justin Baldoni’s faith, family, and natural curiosity have led him to embrace the mysteries of our mortality and launch a quest to transform our death-phobic culture. Join Justin as he shares his eye-opening observations as an artist and director entrenched in finding and illuminating the beauty […]
What’s Love Got To Do With It? The Neuroscience Of Empathy
James Doty, MD, neurosurgeon, and Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education shares the science on how the world not only becomes a better place when we practice prosocial skills like empathy and compassion but personal physiology also shifts in profound and healthful ways.
Why You Should Spend Time With A Dead Body
Mortician and death acceptance advocate Caitlin Doughty believes that safe, open interaction with death and dead bodies provides a sense of purpose for family and friends and creates a space for us to unburden our grief to discover a path toward healing.
A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad On Faith, Art And Mortality
Ali Shaheed Muhammad and A Tribe Called Quest infused hip hop with philosophical questions about what it means to stay human in the face of dehumanizing forces. As an artist, change agent and witness to the human condition, Ali shares his perspective on faith, art and mortality in conversation with writer/activist Courtney Martin.
Reclaiming The End of Life As a Human Experience
Palliative care physician and author BJ Miller measures the quality of end of life care by how much room it allows for beauty and joy. Informed by his own lived experience, BJ is at the vanguard of the movement to make ending well a measure of living well for all.