quinta-feira, 21 de novembro de 2013

Prime 6: Unit 5 - Fears and Phobias


Overcoming an Extreme Phobia
 
 
Social Anxiety Documentary: Afraid of People
 
Part 1 Primal Fear - BBC Explorations | Storyteller Media


quinta-feira, 7 de novembro de 2013

quinta-feira, 31 de outubro de 2013

Prime 6: Unit 4 - Downsizing

Baby Boomers Downsizing Their Lifestyle 
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/08/09/baby-boomers-enter-real-estate-market-to-downsize/


The Downsized Life
http://wgbhnews.org/post/downsized-life

Boston Public Radio's Jim Braude and Margery Eagan spoke with two people on Monday who are working to prove that less really can be more:

sexta-feira, 18 de outubro de 2013

Prime 6: Unit 4 - Stress Management

Gegorian Chants can be soothing and helpful in coping with stress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ElL8hdQD_4


How about learning somthing about chanting monks and monastic life with this 60 Minutes report about Greek Orthodox monks?

terça-feira, 8 de outubro de 2013

quinta-feira, 3 de outubro de 2013

Prime 6: Unit 4

Prime 6 - Self help -- The Secret
In Unit 4, we are talking about "self-help" books, workshops, etc.  The whole industry of "Gurus" trying to sell the steps to success, the rules for being happy, the cure-all diet... You get the idea.  The underlying question is, with this type of self-help material:  Does it work; is it real?

The book "The Secret" is one of these types of best sellers.  It was a movie first, and then the book was released.  Here are three links:

(1) To some Wikipedia information on the book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(book)

(2) To the movie trailer:
http://www.thesecret.tv/movie/trailer.html

(3) To a CBS debate between two experts with opposite views of "The Secret:"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn4EXAETBhA