33: Parker J. Palmer on Enhancing the Human Possibility
May 4, 2015
In this episode, Parker J. Palmer discusses the importance of understanding someone's deep story, how our life teachers see our truth, the rewards of deep depression, how closing doors direct us as much as opening ones, healing our political system and so much....
In this episode, Parker J. Palmer discusses the importance of understanding someone’s deep story, how our life teachers see our truth, the rewards of deep depression, how closing doors direct us as much as opening ones, healing our political system and so much more.
“The role of the mentor is absolutely crucial in providing you with moments of self-insight. A mentor sees you and hears you and lets you know you’re worthy. In my research over the years, people say of the great teachers in their lives, “He or she saw more in me than I saw in myself.”– Parker J. Palmer
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Parker J. Palmer is a writer, speaker and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He is the founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal, which oversees long-term retreat programs for people in the serving professions, including teachers, administrators, physicians, clergy, non-profit leaders and philanthropists.
Palmer holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as eleven honorary doctorates, two Distinguished Achievement Awards from the National Educational Press Association, and an Award of Excellence from the Associated Church Press. He is the author of nine books—including several award-winning titles—that have sold over one million copies and been translated into ten languages: Healing the Heart of Democracy, The Heart of Higher Education (with Arthur Zajonc), The Courage to Teach, A Hidden Wholeness, Let Your Life Speak, The Active Life, To Know As We Are Known, The Company of Strangers, and The Promise of Paradox. His latest book, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit, has been called “one of the most important books of the early 20th Century” for those who care about democracy by the Journal of Democracy & Education, and was chosen by Spirituality & Practice as one of the best books of 2011 on contemplation and social activism.
In 1998, the Leadership Project, a national survey of 10,000 educators, named Dr. Palmer one of the thirty “most influential senior leaders” in higher education and one of the ten key “agenda-setters” of the past decade. Since 2002, the Accrediting Commission for Graduate Medical Education has given annual Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” and “Courage to Lead” Awards to directors of exemplary medical residency programs. In 2005, Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer, was published. In 2010, Palmer was given the William Rainey Harper Award whose previous recipients include Margaret Mead, Elie Wiesel, Marshall McLuhan, and Paolo Freire. In 2011, the Utne Reader named him one of 25 Visionaries on its annual list of “People Who are Changing the World.” A member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), Dr. Palmer and his wife, Sharon Palmer, live in Madison, Wisconsin.
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….In this show….
“The thing to learn from anyone else’s life is to live your own life. You are unique. You have your own gifts. You find your calling at the point where your deep joy meets the world’s deep need. It’s a different intersection for each person. If there’s a life that you admire, know that that person lived their own life and you should live your own.” – Parker J. Palmer
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