Michael Murphy || Human Potential
The Psychology Podcast
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Today it’s great to have Michael Murphy on the podcast. Michael is co-founder of Esalen Institute, a pioneer of the Human Potential Movement, and author of many influential books on extraordinary human potential.
Topics
[1:38] Michael’s early life
[4:09] Michael’s connection with religion
[8:00] How Michael and Dick Price met and founded the Esalen Institute
[14:34] Michael’s connection to Abraham Maslow
[19:07] Michael’s guest list for Esalen
[27:12] How Michael built Esalen
[33:00] Michael’s thoughts on black-white encounter groups
[40:53] How Esalen Institute's geography informs its practices
[43:59] Integral Transformative Practice (ITP)
[47:40] How Michael defines heart & soul
[53:48] What is our deepest birthright?
[56:28] Where Michael sees humanity going
[1:06:14] How to carry on the Human Potential Movement
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| 0:00.0 | Today, it's great to have Michael Murphy on the podcast. |
| 0:18.2 | Michael's co-founder of Esslyn Institute, a pioneer of the human potential movement |
| 0:23.2 | and author of many influential books on extraordinary human potential. |
| 0:28.4 | Michael, it's so great to chat with you today. |
| 0:31.0 | Good to see you again. |
| 0:33.0 | Good to see you too and what a legend you are. |
| 0:36.5 | How are you doing with COVID and this pandemic? |
| 0:39.9 | How has it personally affected you? |
| 0:43.3 | Well, you know, I've been physically healthy. |
| 0:47.2 | You know, I've been very lucky with my healthy. |
| 0:49.2 | You know, I'm 90 now, but just knock on wood. |
| 0:53.7 | I've never had a major illness. |
| 0:56.3 | And I've got the first vaccination and I'm going to get the second one Friday. |
| 1:02.8 | Oh, wonderful. |
| 1:03.6 | That's good. |
| 1:04.1 | That's a physical front. |
| 1:05.8 | Esslyn, you know, has taken a lot of blows with both the pandemic and with the weather |
| 1:15.0 | and the highway down into the big shore. |
| 1:20.0 | But we are, I've got a wonderful staff and we're gearing up to open again next month |
| 1:29.5 | and a lot of plans for the future. |
| 1:32.6 | Well, that's great news. |
| 1:34.0 | That's great news. |
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