Our societies despite all the economic and technological growth seem more infantile than ever while to discuss that im now joined by dr james hollis a Prominent Union psychoanalyst and author of the upcoming book living between 2 worlds finding personal resilience in changing times dr hollis its a great privilege for me to talk to you thank you very much for your time was my privilege actually used to be with you now let me start to be a dick title of your upcoming book could the 16th i believe to come out from under your pan changing times isnt that a bit of an oxymoron because history has never stopped evolving and the dynamics of personal development that everybody experiences a crisis at some point in our lives so other times i believe in the really so extraordinary. Not at all thats exactly the point we always live in changing times we always live in times of the changing structures of our society we live in times that are changes for ourselves crises of understanding of believe t
A Prominent Union psychoanalyst and author of the upcoming book living between worlds finding personal resilience in changing times dr hollis its a great privilege for me to talk to you thank you very much for your time my privilege actually used to be with you now let me start to be dick title of your upcoming book the 16th i believe to come out from under your pan changing times isnt that a bit of an oxymoron because history has never stopped evolving and the dynamics of personal development are that everybody experiences a crisis at some point in our lives so other times believe in the really so extraordinary well not at all thats exactly the point we always live in changing times we always live in times of the changing structures of our society we live in times that are changes for ourselves crises of understanding of below. The roadmap that we were following etc its just that we live in a particularly time of great disruption of what people thought were fixed beliefs fixed structu
From under your pan changing times isnt that a bit of an oxymoron because history has never stopped evolving and the dynamics of personal development are such that everybody experiences a crisis at some point in our lives so other times i believe in the really so extraordinary well not at all thats exactly the point we always live in changing times we always live in times of the changing structures of our society we live in times that are changes for ourselves crises of understanding of believe the roadmap that we were following etc its just that we live in a particularly time of great disruption of what people thought were fixed beliefs fixed structures and fixed understandings of self and world so the real question is how does anybody personally survive. But also maintain a sense of Core Integrity during those changes that inevitably happen to us now i know that psych says psychologists and even psychiatrists often see crisis and conflicts as focal points when long story problems and
Inventing disaster the culture of calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the johnstown flood. Copies will be for sale. Thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. I hope you will join me in a very warm welcome for cindy kerner. [applause] prof. Kierner in 2012, Superstorm Sandy destroyed many places i cared about. It was not in the ocean on a road on it. Stories about this storm really riveting. Especially the Human Interest stories about its victims, survivors, efforts to provide post Disaster Relief in the way in which the whole says situation became politicized. It happened so soon before president ial election. I also found it interesting what all the stories told us about the larger story worlds of new york and new jersey. In the United States generally. In 2012. , i noticedortant that the news followed a pattern familiar to me from katrina and other disasters. The quantitative information about what happened. How many people died, how much property was destroyed in the value of that
Of their coexistence doesnt that make crises not only inevitable but also healthy well to a degree yes some crises are brought about by traumatic events in history in our culture or in our personal lives many times we find ourselves having outlived our assumptions or not fitting within the structures of belief such as our family suggested to us or the Popular Culture around us so you know a good girl to ask the question once what what abides amid all this change so he was concerned in the late 18th century about change and the key is what is it that would within myself that allows me to maintain a certain consistency of a dennehy and purpose and an integrity of belief and action thats the key what do i carry with me in mid all the changes that happen around me and as far as i know you know also sad that any transformation demands as its precondition and being offered. The collapse of an old philosophy off life but the people who have a stake in an old philosophy or who are doing well i