What The World Needs More Of... Podcast
Society & Culture:Relationships
Guest: Kirk Schneider
Age: 62
Location: San Francisco, CA
Wow Factor: the sense of awe toward life, which I evolved through some difficult childhood experiences as well as profound adult experiences, all of which derived from the hard-won development of the capacity to be more fully present to myself and others.
What the world needs more of Cultivation of the sense of awe--the humility and wonder, thrill and anxiety, or sense of adventure toward living.
Bio: Kirk Schneider, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic psychology. Dr. Schneider is past president (2015-2016) of the Society for Humanistic Psychology of the American Psychological Association, recent past editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology (2005-2012), president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute (EHI), and adjunct faculty at Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), Dr. Schneider has published over 100 articles and chapters and has authored or edited 12 books (several of which have been translated into Chinese, German, Greek, Russian, Turkish, and Portuguese). These books include The Paradoxical Self, Horror and the Holy, The Psychology of Existence (with Rollo May), The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology (2nd Ed.) (with Fraser Pierson and James Bugental), Rediscovery of Awe, Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy, Existential-Humanistic Therapy (with Orah Krug—accompanying APA video also available), Humanity’s Dark Side: Evil, Destructive Experience, and Psychotherapy (with Art Bohart, Barbara Held, and Ed Mendelowitz), Awakening to Awe, The Polarized Mind, The Essentials of Existential-Humanistic Therapy Supervision (with Orah Krug), The Spirituality of Awe: Challenges to the Robotic Revolution and The Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy (with Emmy van Deurzen et al.) is in preparation. Dr. Schneider is the recipient of the Rollo May Award from Division 32 of the APA for “Outstanding and independent pursuit of new frontiers in humanistic psychology,” the “Cultural Innovator” award from the Living Institute, Toronto, Canada, a psychotherapy training center which bases its diploma on Dr. Schneider’s Existential-Integrative model of therapy, and an Honorary diploma/membership from the Society for Existential Analysis of the U.K. and East European Association of Existential Therapy. Dr. Schneider is also a founding member of the Existential-Humanistic Institute in San Francisco, which in August 2012 launched one of the first certificate programs in Existential-Humanistic practice to be offered in the U.S.A. In April 2010, Dr. Schneider delivered the opening keynote address at the First International (East-West) Existential Psychology Conference in Nanjing, China, and has repeatedly been invited to speak at various similar venues in China—as well as Japan--over the last several years. He delivered a keynote address at the First World Congress of Existential Psychotherapy in London in May 2015.
Favorite Color: Aquamarine
Morgan Fay - The World Needs More of... Nurturing & Healing
Dave Sanderson - What the World Needs More Of... Gratitude
Kermit Miller - The World Needs More of ... Civility + Respect + Honesty + Morals + Ethics
Jim "Bubba" Bay - What the World Needs More Of... Patience
Scarlett Lewis - What The World Needs More Of... Choosing LOVE
Ep 41 - Randy Zales - What The World Needs More Of...Critical Skills Training
Ep 39 - Daniel Levin - What The World Needs More Of... Listen to each other
Ep 38 - Jessica Powers - What The World Needs More of... LOVE!
Ep 37 - Chelsea Dinsmore - What The World Needs More of... Mindfulness
Ep 36 - Ajit Nawalkha - What the World Needs More Of... More Love and Productivity
Ep 35 - Julie Hamada - What The World Needs More Of...Love!
Ep 34 - Nastasha McKeon - What The World Needs More Of...Faith, Passion, Love and Kindness
Ep 33 - Randy Wallz - What The World Needs More Of... people who love what they do.
Ep 32 - Katelyn G: What The World Needs More Of...Vulnerability!
Ep 31 - Douglas Winslow Cooper: What The World Needs More Of...Love + Commitment
Ep 30 - Akhil Patel MD - What The World Needs More Of... Execution
Ep 29 - Micah & Diana LaCerte - What The World Needs More Of... people who BELIEVE in their ability to succeed
Ep 28 - Brandon James Duncan: What the World Needs More Of...Self-love, unconditional love, connection, community and compassion.
Ep 27 - Frances Pappalardo - The World Needs More Of...Servent Leadership
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