The New Dimensions Café

W. Keith Campbell, Ph.D. is professor of psychology at the University of Georgia, and is a nationally recognized expert on narcissism, society, and generational change. Both his work and lectures expose the rise of narcissism and individualism more generally, and its influence on every level of society. His books include When You Love A Man Who Loves Himself, How To Deal With A One Way Relationship (Sourcebook 2005) and The New Science Of Narcissism : Understanding One Of The Greatest Psychological Challenges Of Our Time-- and What You Can Do About It. (Sounds True 2020)Interview Date: 8/4/2020       Tags: W. Keith Campbell, narcissist, narcissism, personality trait, entitlement, empathy, can psychologists criticize politicians, cyber bullying, dark tetrad, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism, Machiavellianism, selfies, social media, Ice Bucket Selfies, covid-19 pandemic, chaos and change, narcissistic leaders, centralized media, zoom meetings, Facebook, social networks, Psychology, Health & Healing, Social Change/Politics

Susan Campbell, Ph.D. trains and coaches therapists and individuals throughout the US and Europe. She works with singles, couples, and work teams to help them communicate responsibly and with respect. She is the author of Getting Real: Ten Truth Skills You Need to Live an Authentic Life (H.J. Kramer 2001), Saying What’s Real: 7 Keys to Authentic Communication and Relationship Success (H.J. Kramer 2005) and Five-Minute Relationship Repair: Quickly Heal Upsets, Deepen Intimacy, and Use Differences to Strengthen Love (John Gray) (H. J. Kramer 2015)Interview Date: 3/18/2015     Tags: Susan Campbell, recurring fights in relationship, triggers in relationship, calming process, pause period, repair relationship, repairing relationship, couples therapy, Relationship/Partnership/Sexuality, Self Help, Personal Transformation

Dr. Laura Koniver is an artist, author, holistic physician, and an internationally recognized grounding advocate. She also runs on-line heath classes. She is the author of From the Ground Up (Do Life Right, Incorporated 2012), Health Flow Unleash eBook (www.intuition-physician.com) and The Earth Prescription: Discover The Healing Power Of Nature With Grounding Practices For Every Season.Interview Date: 7/10/2020     Tags: Laura Koniver, grounding, recharging our body, Schumann frequency, heartbeat of the Earth, cement sidewalks, asphalt does not ground us, grounded fish aquariums, grounding while sleeping, Health & Healing, Personal Transformation

Merlin Sheldrake, Ph.D. is a biologist and writer and with a background in plant sciences, microbiology, ecology, and the history of philosophy of science. He received his Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a pre-doctoral research fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. He's also a musician and a keen fermenter. He is the author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, & Shape Our Futures (Random House 2020).Interview Date: 5/19/2020       Tags: Merlin Sheldrake, fungi, decomposers, Roundup, soil communities, fungicides, Paul Stamets, bee colony collapse, Steve Sheppard, antivirals, Peter McCoy, amateur mycologists, Mary Hunt, microbial crowdsourcing, fungal architectures, domesticated minerals, Ecology/Nature/Environment, Science, Indigenous wisdom

Shannon Sullivan is an interfaith spiritual teacher and teacher of meditation. She has broad experience with many spiritual traditions from around the world as well as her communion with nature. Trees in particular have a deep significance for her and she's developed a series of teachings and meditations using the metaphor of trees. One of her teachings involves healing our ancestral roots.Interview Date: 5/12/2020      Tags: MP3, Shannon Sullivan, family wounds, ancestral wounds, forgiveness, chanting, Buddha, Mara, anger, healing ancestral trauma, anxiety, Reiki, Health & Healing, Dreams

Rebecca Solnit is the author of fifteen books about art, landscape, public and collective life, ecology, politics, hope, meandering, reverie, and memory. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, a National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Lannan Literary Award. She works with the group 350.org on climate issues and is a contributing editor to Harper’s and regular contributor to the political site Tomdispatch.com. Her books include An Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness  (Trinity University Press 2014) and A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Penguin Books 2006)

Linda Carroll, M.S. is a licensed therapist and has worked as a couples therapist for more than 30 years. Her work is deep and varied, based on Voice Dialogue, Holotropic Breath Work, and Angeles Arrien's The Fourfold Way as well as The Diamond Heart Work of A. H. Almaas. She is a certified IMAGO therapist, private coach to couples and families, and leader of workshops and retreats. She works with a limited number of couples in a new style of "concierge therapy" for which she travels to their home or office for 2 to 6 days a year for private, all-day sessions. Linda lives in Corvallis Oregon. She is the author of  Remember Who You Are: Seven Stages in a Woman's Spiritual Path (Conari Press 2008), Her Mother's Daughter (Doubleday 2006) and Love Cycles: The Five Essential Stages of Lasting Love (New World Library 2014)Interview Date: 12/1/2014        Tags: Linda Carroll, cycles of relationship, relationship, falling in love, long term relationship

Michael Gelb, Ph.D. is a business consultant, seminar leader, and authority on applying genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He's also a certified qigong teacher. His books include Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor (co-author Sarah Miller Caldicott) (Dutton 2007), Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age (co-author Kelly Howell) (New World Library 2012), How To Think Like Leonardd da Vinci (Dell 2000) and Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius (Sounds True 2014)Interview Date: 7/26/2014.          Tags: Michael Gelb, Ph.D., Creativity, Qi energy, chi energy, Thomas Edison, Arts & Creativity

Catherine Ann Jones is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and a Fulbright Scholar to India, studying shamanism. She holds a graduate degree and teaches depth psychology and archetypal mythology. As a screenwriter, Jones has contributed to such television series as ‘Touched by an Angel’ and wrote the teleplay ‘The Christmas Wife’. She teaches writing workshops, and is the author of Heal Your Self With Writing (Divine Arts 2013), and The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing (Michael Weise Productions 2007)Interview Date: 2/28/2014.       Tags: Catherine Ann Jones, Heal Yourself with Writing workshops, narrative therapy, storytelling, Chauvet Caves, who would you take to a desert island, your personal thematic line, The Way of Story Workshops, Writing, Psychology

Thomas Moore, Ph.D. was a monk for twelve years, and a university professor. He is a musician and a psychotherapist and lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and the arts. He has a Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University. His books include Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life (HarperPerennial 1994), The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love (Harper Perennial 1999), Dark Nights of the Soul (Gotham 2005) and A Religion of One’s Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World (Gotham 2014)Interview Date: 1/15/2014.        Tags: Thomas Moore, Ph.D., Religion, Spirituality, Confession, Catholic, marriage, therapy, dreams, dreamwork, Spirituality, Religion, Dreams, Relationship/Partnership/Sexuality