Occupation: Screenwriter Birth: May 5, 1962
It doesn't take billions of dollars or complex medical technologies, and there doesn't have to be a dramatic upending to the current order. It's tryi….
The interesting thing about the ACE study, as it began in the 1990s, is that it was based on a very strict set of ten questions. But what is evolving….
There is a wonderful documentary called 'A Room to Breathe,' where a school brought in a TM instructor, to try and establish a better classroom envir….
In documentary films, being able to be a storytelling and embrace film as an art form - while being very clearly connected in trying to help make the….
When you introduce these tools into the community, they can be adopted and implemented at the local level - and the results have been powerful. We ha….
What my previous film 'Paper Tigers' have proven, is that it can point toward helpful tools for change..
When you have really solid biology and medical science at the core of an issue, it makes it much easier to identify what potential solutions may be..
There is also a philosophy of less-is-more, and a little dignity that never hurt anybody. There are many qualities to admire about our father's gener….
The word 'resilience,' in our American culture is closely aligned with 'grit,' and that word implies a certain moral fiber that says you can survive ….
I also think there is a wisdom and strength in that generation [of our parents], in terms of getting through difficult times, and there is a stoicism….
My grandfather was a prominent executive at Chevron (oil), and of course my father is a fairly radical and progressive environmentalist. But he was a….
Dyslexia is a neurological issue, not a character flaw..
I think everyone understands when these cycles are disrupted, especially in terms of institutionalized poverty, it's always will be difficult - patte….
Many people have overcome that home situation simply by having at least one caring adult, whether a teacher, mentor or religious leader..
I think the macho mystique was far more a guiding principle in our Dad's generation than ours, the 'strong silent type' was much more common..
Resilience is not just a complimentary individual quality, but something that is built. And you build it through a number of things in your life, par….
Our aim in the film ['Resilience'] is to make people understand that resilience is something you can create, build or develop, rather than just havin….
It's also important that I, or [Producer] Karen Pritzker, also say that this film [ "Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope"] is not….
At the end of the day, the task I have is just like anyone else, to prove myself through my product or work. I've really found this to be true, the n….
In middle age I've begun to embrace stress reducing behaviors. Just in doing yoga, for example, my health has improved dramatically..
Through what I have witnessed and documented, with proper interventions you can break those cycles. When I made the first film on this subject, 'Pape….