This course takes an integral approach to the psychology of health and well-being. By drawing on various studies, concepts, and techniques of the world’s healing traditions, we explore behaviors that enhance the psychological, social, physical, ecological and spiritual health. We will explore various factors that contribute to self-efficacy, resilience, personal achievement, mindfulness, and spirituality.
Course Curriculum
Your Teacher, Dr. Marilyn Schlitz.
Dr. Marilyn Schlitz is an internationally recognized medical anthropologist and social scientist, award-winning writer and inspirational teacher, Marilyn has decades of hands-on experience working with healers from diverse world traditions, conducting leading edge research in clinical, laboratory and field-based settings, and translating this work into user-friendly formats. You may know Dr. Schlitz’s work through her more than 300 articles and seven books, including Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine; Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life; and Death Makes Life Possible — or from her award-winning film, Death Makes Life Possible (co-produced with Deepak Chopra), which appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Network.