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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power Of Talk In A Digital Age

Sherry Turkle, Ph.D.

Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT Founder and Director, MIT Initiative on Technology and Self Author,

Oct 9 2015
Two Events

Thirty Million Words: Building a Childs Brain

Dana Suskind, MD

Founder and Director, Thirty Million Words Initiative Director, Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital

Sep 17 2015

Rising Strong: An Evening with Brené Brown

Brené Brown, Ph.D., LCSW

Huffington Foundation-Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston

Sep 3 2015

Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time

Brigid Schulte

Award-winning journalist, The Washington Post; Fellow, New America Foundation and Author

May 11 2015
Two Events

Happiness is Only the Cart: Love is the Horse– The Men of the Harvard Grant Study of Adult Development

George E. Vaillant, M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Director from 1970-2005 of the Grant Study of Adult Development (1938-present), Harvard University

May 5 2015

Insight Dialogue: Deepening the Inquiry – A Two-Day Non-Residential Retreat

Gregory Kramer

Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice

Apr 25 2015

Insight Dialogue: Practicing Interpersonal Meditation – A One-Day Retreat

Gregory Kramer

Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice

Apr 24 2015

Mindfulness in Relationship: The Power of the Shared Human Experience

Gregory Kramer

Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice

Apr 23 2015