MOVIE

I Am

2010

Director Tom Shadyac speaks with intellectual and spiritual leaders about what's wrong with our world and how we can improve both it and the way we live in it.

78 min

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Eco Winners: Uncovering the Traits of Successful Environmental Leaders

"All those who love our planet Earth: Eco Winners is a guidebook and a pep talk... a sigh of relief and a battle cry for those who want to better our world TODAY." - Mellie Napolitano, Author of Hola Miss

Katya Pronichenko

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A Burst of Light and Other Essays

This path-breaking collection of essays is a clarion call to build communities that nurture our spirit. Lorde announces the need for a radical politics of intersectionality while struggling to maintain her own faith as she wages a battle against liver cancer.

Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez (foreword)

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The Purpose of Pain: Finding Meaning in Suffering | Katie Mazurek | TEDxBozeman

Pain and suffering can be powerful teachers. When mixed with bravery, they can unlock the secret to an incredible life. For Katie Mazurek, an aggressive stage 3 breast cancer diagnoses at age 33 was the opportunity of a lifetime.

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Living with Cancer

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Challenges to Finding Meaning from Cancer Treatment

Clinical psychologist Wendy Lichtenthal of Memorial Sloan-Kettering describes the desire to find meaning from the cancer experience.

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Life After Cancer: Finding Meaning in the Mundane

I need to slowly add the important things back into my life.

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How My Cancer Diagnosis Gave Me a New Purpose in Life

It wasn’t until I was awakened early one morning by a phone call from my urologist who informed me that I had prostate cancer that I started to panic. It took me a few seconds to comprehend what he was saying. He then ticked off a list of things I had to do.

Bin McLaurin, Jo Cavallo

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Finding Meaning in the Face of Suffering

An added component of cancer treatment is discovering what is most meaningful in the patient’s life and using that to buoy them during difficult moments. That, in a nutshell, is the psychiatrist's role.

Wendy G. Lichtenthal, Kailey E. Roberts, Hayley Pessin, Allison Applebaum, William Breitbart

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EXPLORE TOPIC

Community Transformation and Healing