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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
2-Day Retreat

Insight Dialogue: Deepening the Inquiry

Gregory Kramer, Ph.D.

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

Apr 25 2015
1-Day Retreat

Insight Dialogue: Practicing Interpersonal Meditation

Gregory Kramer, Ph.D.

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, Ph.D.

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

Apr 23 2015

American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity, and Making a Difference

Bryan Stevenson

Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative

Mar 23 2015

Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap

Carrie James, Ph.D.

Sociologist and researcher at Project Zero at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education

Mar 16 2015
Educator Event

The Test: What Do Students Need To Succeed and How Do We Know What Works?

Anya Kamenetz

Education journalist, author, and advisor to the Aspen Institute

Mar 3 2015

The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed With Standardized Testing, But You Don’t Have To Be

Anya Kamenetz

Education journalist, author, and advisor to the Aspen Institute

Mar 3 2015