TOM, THE STUDENT
Ever since that Eureka! moment Tom’s been studying, exploring, questioning: “What is a healthy human being — a mentally, emotionally, behaviorally healthy human being? Does anyone really know?
He’s studied psychology and certain psychologists looking to see what they might know about the characteristics of a “helathy human being”: Gestalt Therapy; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Group therapy; the “Heroic Client” movement; Radical Honesty; Interpersonal Neurobiology.
He’s studied religion, religious teachings, religious practices and spiritual disciplines looking to find what they might know about the characteristics of a “healthy human being”: Yoga as taught by Kriyananda; Hinduism; Sufism; meditation; contemplation; fasting; Buddhism; Qi Gong; New Thought, plus his childhood teachings in the Epsicopalian church.
He’s studied self-help and personal growth teachers and workshops looking for clues as to what they might know about the characteristics of a “healthy human being”: Jack Canfield; Gay & Kathryn Hendricks; John Bradshaw; Deepak Chopra; Katie Byron; M. Scott Peck; Steven Covey; Dr. Pat Allen; Fred Luskin
He’s studied body-mind integration movement practices to see what they might know about the characteristics of a “helathy human being”: Qi Gong; Five Rhythms; Contact Improv; Dance Alive
He’s studied brain science looking for what the brain of a “healthy human being” might look like: Interpersonal Neurobiology; Dr. Daniel Siegel; The Developing Mind; The Body Has a Mind of it’s Own; The Brain that Changed Itself; Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
He’s studied child development (and healthy brain/mind development) looking for answers to how a “healthy human being” is developed: Attachment research
He’s studied evolutionary psychology
He’s studied the kind of worklife our culture tells us is the “right” kind of work: Law degree; well respected transactional attorney for over 20 years; Rotary; Chamber of Commerce; community leader
He’s studied the kind of family & home life our culture tells us is “right” lifestyle: Wife and son in a nice house in suburbia with low crime and good schools. (He also studied divorce, a 2nd marriage and some other relationship schools along the way)
