The New School Videos
The New School at Commonweal is a wonderful resource for deep conversations with many of today’s leading thinkers.
Here is a sample of a conversation on healing circles with Angeles Arrien.
Discovery Model Learning
In the video below, Michael Lerner introduces the speakers and Healing Circles community. Diana and Kelly Lindsay give an overview of Healing Circles Langley and the work being done there. Finally, Michael talks about the process work that has been used in the Commonweal Cancer Help Program for decades and the “curriculum” for the Healing Circles programs developing now.
In the part two, Rachel Naomi Remen gives an overview of the discovery model curriculum for medical students, The Healer’s Art, which is presently taught annually at more than 80 medical schools in the United States and in seven other countries. Rachel has developed this model to create a community of inquiry in which mutual healing, clarification of deep meaning and values, and personal transformation become accessible. Her discovery model philosophy and curriculum design is integral to the work of Commonweal’s new program, Healing Circles.
In part three, Michael, Rachel, Diana, and Kelly sit together to explore the important pieces of the day, and bring in audience questions.
Angeles Arrien
As a cultural anthropologist, Dr. Angeles Arrien’s research and teaching have focused on values and beliefs shared by humanity cross-culturally, and on the integration and application of multi-cultural wisdoms in contemporary settings. She teaches universal components of leadership skills, communication, healthcare, and education, showing how indigenous wisdoms are relevant in our families, professional lives, and our relationship with the Earth.
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