Posts in Landmark Forum,well-being technology
Michael Murphy on Esalen and the mystical expats
Michael Murphy on Esalen and the mystical expats

Michael Murphy co-founded Esalen, a cross between an adult education college, a research institute, and an ashram, in 1962. It’s had a huge influence on contemporary spirituality, and was the incubator for everything from ecstatic dance to Authentic Relating to holotropic breathwork. Here, Murphy tells me how he was inspired by his friends, Alan Watts, Gerald Heard and Aldous Huxley, and how Esalen managed to keep going for 53 years, when so many spiritual experiments went very wrong very quickly.

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Uncategorized, Aldous Huxley, Landmark Forum, mysticism, New Age, Perennial Philosophy, Quakers, Spiritual tourism, SpiritualityJules EvansComment
Review: The Wellness Syndrome
Review: The Wellness Syndrome

How are you feeling? How well are you? Is your weight where you want it to be? Smoking too much? How happy are you on a scale of one to ten? Are you optimising your personal brand? How fast was your last five kilometre run? Would you like to share that via social media? Would you like a life-coach to help you overcome these challenges on a way to a better, happier, more awesome you?

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Capitalism, Politics of Well-Being, well-being measurements, well-being technology, Wellbeing classes, WorkJules Evans Comments
Review: The Happiness Industry by William Davies
Review: The Happiness Industry by William Davies

Watch out folks. There is a murky world lurking behind the scenes, a sinister cabal of policy-makers, psychologists, CEOs, advertizers and life-coaches, watching you, measuring you, nudging you, monitoring your every smile, all to try and make you happy. We must resist. This, broadly, is the message of sociologist William Davies’ book, The Happiness Industry: How Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being.

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Behavioural economics, Buddhism, Business ethics, Capitalism, CBT, happiness, Politics of Well-Being, Positive Psychology, well-being measurements, well-being technology, Wellbeing classes, WorkJules Evans Comments