Aug 5, 2020
Charles Garfield is a psychologist, professor and lecturer, and the author of thirteen books including OUR WISDOM YEARS He has been recognized internationally as the founder of Shanti Project, a widely acclaimed AIDS and cancer service organization (www.shanti.org). For more than forty years, he has pioneered the development of healthcare and social service oriented volunteer organizations in a wide variety of settings. Of these efforts, Garfield says: “Shanti’s work demonstrates that health professionals and volunteers (America’s largely unrecognized workforce) can learn to be tender with people and tough on problems as they serve those who need them most.”
A clinical professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco (UCSF) for nearly four decades, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association, he is currently a research scholar at the Starr King School for the Ministry at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
Dr. Garfield has lectured widely, addressing audiences that include a Clinton White House conference, the U.S. Olympic Committee and Head Coaches of Olympic sports, and the leadership of Oklahoma City following the bombing of that city’s federal building.
- What brought you into the field of aging? (2:20)
- The importance of productivity. (3:45)
- How people 'reboot/reinvent' themselves later on in life (5:14)
- Why physical abilities may decline, but 'aliveness' thrives. (11:11)
- Aging actively and successfully (16:00)
- Leaving a legacy (18:38)
- Passing on what you've learned in life. (21:01)
- Executive Medicine Moment (21:11)
- Tackling Regrets (21:56)
- Fresh Off the Press (21:56) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200505121701.htm
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