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Marc Ian Barasch interviewed
by Mary Hynes
CBC's "Tapestry."

Marc Ian Barasch

Topics:

The Compassionate Life
Spontaneous Healing
The Psychology of Dreams

Travels from: Boulder, CO

Marc Ian Barasch is an award-winning writer, editor, and television producer. In his most recent book, Field Notes on the Compassionate Life (www.compassionatelife.com), Barasch poses vital questions: What if the great driving force of our evolution were actually "survival of the kindest?" Can we increase our compassion quotient with practice? What can be learned from the study of altruistic personalities? How do empathy and forgiveness produce new strategies for conflict resolution and "social healing?" Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu calls the book "balanced, persuasive, and long overdue. It ought to be a compulsory read for all." Says the Washington Post: "It will interest anyone who struggles to be kinder in a not-so-kind world." Kirkus Reviews sums up: "The more who read Barasch, the better the world will be."

Barasch's last book, Healing Dreams (Riverhead, PenguinPutnam, 2000), was hailed by the Washington Post as "lucid...courageous...trailblazing." It won the Nautilus Award for Best Psychology Title 2001. His previous book, Remarkable Recovery (Riverhead/Putnam, 1995, with Caryle Hirshberg), a study of spontaneous remission, was a national bestseller and a Literary Guild Main Selection. It was translated into a dozen languages, was the subject of a full-length feature in Newsweek, and continues to be used in medical schools, hospitals, and healing centers worldwide.

Barasch is also the author of the award-winning classic, The Healing Path (PenguinPutnam), about which Dr. Larry Dossey has written, "If you read one book about the mind-body connection, make it this one. It is a beacon of science, spirituality, and sanity."

In the television field, Marc was the writer and co-producer of the Emmy-nominated "One Child, One Voice" (www.earthsecure.org) an international TV special for the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), which aired in 150 countries.

Barasch was educated at Yale University and has taught at Naropa University, where he was one of the founders of the M.A. psychology program. As a hobby, he plays and records with the "lit-rock" band The Rock Bottom Remainders (Stephen King, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, et. al.). Interview magazine once called him "one of today's coolest grown-ups." He is a member of the National Arts Club and the recipient of many awards and honors.

Marc has received media exposure through the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, People, O, Reader's Digest, Good Morning, America, NBC Dateline, National Public Radio, Psychology Today, Utne Reader, Tikkun, Science of Mind, Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle.

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