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Podcasts, Talks, & Conversations
"Sitting with the Dying: Rituals and Resources" at the San Francisco Public Library
At 29:40 Irene Smith speaks and includes a lovely acknowledgment of Mary Ann and her work with CTI.
CIIS: Public Programs
Lynne Twist: On The Soul of Money
Oren Jay Sofer: Nonviolent Communication
Steven Johnson: The Science of Making Decisions
Elizabeth Gilbert: Magic, Creativity, and Fear
Deepak Chopra: Towards a Higher Health
Dan Siegel: A Journey into the Heart of Being Human
Alzak Amlani: Hearing the Soul
Eduardo Duran: Healing the Soul Wound
Roshi Joan Halifax: Being with Dying
Kristin Neff: The Power of Self Compassion
Adyashanti: Transpersonal Enlightenment
Jessica Zitter: A Better Path to the End of Life
Christine Brooks: The Science of Friendship
Jorge Ferrer and Matthew Segall: Participatory Spirituality
Sasha Abramsky: Fear In American Life
Joy DeGruy: Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome
Minal Hajratwala: Where Are You From?
Ijeoma Oluo: So You Want To Talk About Race
Deepak Chopra: The Healing Self
Stephen Murphy-Shigemastu: Transforming Self And Society
Sara Acevedo: Living Disability
Alan Lightman: Searching for Stars
Angela Davis: A Life of Activism
J. Stuart Ablon: The Science Behind Changing Minds
JM Holmes: How Are You Going To Save Yourself
John Kaag: Hiking With Nietzsche
Marlee Grace: Creativity and Radical Self Care
Death, Sex, and Money
I Can’t Fix It: A First Responder and Heroin
How Nikki Giovanni Finally Learned To Cry
I Felt Like The Story Had To Change: Life After Heroin
Ellen Burstyn's Lessons on Survival
When Grief Looks Like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Katie Couric on Death and Dishonesty
A Son and His Mom Laugh Through Darkness
Falling in Love... With Heroin
Stop Calling Me 'The Homeless Valedictorian'
A Funeral Director's Life After Burnout
Brooklyn Left Me Broke, But I Came Back
How to Be a Man With Bill Withers
Ear Hustle
Esalen
Rick Hanson: Awestruck Gratitude, Wherever You Go
Suzanne Scurlock-Durana: Healing from the Core
Kristin Neff on the Power of Self-Compassion
Byron Katie on Living Without Suffering
Sam Berne on Vision Therapy and Integrative Health
Patrice Hamilton: Immersive Experience - Body Centered Awareness
Ann Bradney on Radical Aliveness
Susan Collin Marks on Peacemaking and the Power of Presence
Aaron Pereira on How to Engage in Social Change Sanely
Rick Hanson on Hardwiring Happiness
Hidden Brain
Alan Alda Wants Us To Have Better Conversations
Life, Death And The Lazarus Drug: Confronting America's Opioid Crisis
Our Better Nature: How The Great Outdoors Can Improve Your Life
Radio Replay: The Mind of the Village
Radio Replay: Prisons of Our Own Making
Episode 62: On The Knife's Edge
Encore of Episode 15: Loss and Renewal
Episode 18: The Paradox of Forgiveness
Encore of Episode 3: Stereotype Threat
Invisibilia
KQED
The Importance of Screening for ACEs by Pediatricians
Improving the Well-Being of At-Risk Children
Overcoming a Lifetime of Trauma, Then Facing a New One: Wildfire
Modern Love
Learning Humanity From Dogs – With Ethan Hawke
Finding My Own Rescuer – With Mandy Moore
The Language of Love – With Saoirse Ronan
I Will Be Your Mother Figure | Encore
G.P.S. for My Lost Identity | With Diane Guerrero
A Hiker's Guide to Healing | With Cameron Esposito
A Dose Of Empathy | Modern Love 99
When Your Greatest Romance Is A Friendship | Modern Love 83
On Being:
Rachel Naomi Remen in conversation with Krista Tippet – The Difference Between Fixing and Healing
Sylvia Boorstein - What We Nurture
Overcast:
Tara Brach - The Sacred Art of Listening
TED Talks
TED Talk: The way we think about charity is dead wrong - Dan Pallotta
Beyond the Cliff - Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
In the opioid crisis, here’s what it takes to save a life – Jan Rader
How isolation fuels opioid addiction – Rachel Wurzman
A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable – Andrew Bastawrous
Richard j berry a practical way to help the homeless find work and safety
The Housing First Approach To Homelessness
The Agony of Opioid Withdrawl And What Doctors Should Tell Patients About It
The Critical Role Librarians Play in the Opioid Crisis
How to motivate people to do good for others – Erez Yoeli
Nadine Burke Harris: How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across A Lifetime
Joelle Rabow Maletis: The psychology of post-traumatic stress disorder
Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion: Kristin Neff
Letting go of expectations: Heather Marshall
Terrible Thanks for Asking
Forever35 – Just Say No with Nora McInerny
Reply All — An Ad for the Worst Day of Your Life
The Commonwealth Club:
DO NO HARM: CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND THE ROLE OF HEALTH CARE
A Global Perspective On Healing After Trauma: Where Health and Human Rights Meet
One Paycheck Away: Addressing Homelessness in the Bay Area
Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States
Heart of the Matter: What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
The Rev. Jesse Jackson: A Conversation About the Promise of America
Rev. Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani
Increasing Housing Options for People in the Middle
Helping Refugees, Welcoming the Stranger
The Exit Interview Jane Kim on the Michelle Meow Show
Gopi Kallayil: The Happy Human
For the Bay’s Future: New Solutions to the Housing Crisis
The Rise of STDs In San Francisco and the LGBTQ Youth Community
Adam Hochschild’s Lessons from a dark time
Living a Spiritual Life in a Material World: Four Keys to Fulfillment and Balance
Dan Diaz and Brittany Maynard: The-End-of-Life-Conversation
Beyond Defensiveness: Having Difficult Conversations without Getting Triggered
Medication Assisted Therapy: A Local Community Clinic Response to the Opioid Epidemic
You Tube
Dr. Kristin Neff – The Power of Self-Compassion
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Choosing to See the Invisible | Doniece Sandoval | TEDxBerkeley
Bessel van der Kolk - how to detoxify the body from trauma
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris
Two Simple Techniques That Can Help Trauma Patients Feel Safe with Peter Levine
Healing Trauma and Spiritual Growth: Peter Levine & Thomas Huebl
Your Undivided Attention
The Opposite of Addiction - One of the best conversations
Books And Papers
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
Frank Ostaseski, cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and author of The Five Invitations
Gail Straub, author of The Rythm of Compassion Caring for Self Connecting with Society
Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D., author of The Body Keeps the Score
Nadine Burke Harris author of The Deepest Well
Kristin Neff, Ph.D., author of Self-Compassion
Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Happiness
Christopher K. Germer, Ph.D., author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion
Gabor Mate, Ph.D., author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and When the Body Say’s No
Michael Pollan, author of How to Change your Mind
Aritcles
Wikipedia - Tenderloin,_San_Francisco - An Article that talks about Care Through Touch
Curbed - SF had a renaissance in homeless aid this decade—and it barely mattered
KQED - California’s Homelessness Crisis — and Possible Solutions — Explained
San Francisco Chronicle - The numbers are in: SF homeless population rose 30% since 2017
The On Being Project - The Gift of Presence, The Perils of Advice
Invisible People - Making Eye Contact with Homeless People Is Important
Street Sheet - Fentanyl On The Streets in the Tenderloin
The Economist - Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from opioid overdoses
SFIST - San Francisco Homeless Census Finds Over 8,000 On Streets, Majority From SF
SF Chronicle - SF homeless population swells by 17% in latest tally
The New York Times - The Moral Peril of Meritocracy
PTSD and Emotional Trauma Affects Partners of Veterans, Too
Self-Care: Your Massage Therapy Career is in Your Hands
The New York Times - Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good
The Guardian - San Franciscans raise $46,000 to stop homeless shelter in wealthy area
AMTA - Research Roundup: Massage Therapy Can Reduce the Cost of the National Opioid Crisis
SF Chronicle - Aging onto the street
SF Chronicle - Homeless after 50
KQED - How Trauma, Abuse and Neglect in Childhood Connect to Serious Diseases in Adults
KQED - Childhood Trauma And Its Lifelong Health Effects More Prevalent Among Minorities
