Finding Joy in an Age of Anxiety

March 2, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Architecture 205 Add to Calendar

Conversation with Doug Abrams, co-author with the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of the bestselling Book of Joy, and Rachel Carlton Abrams, author of a breakthrough new book, BodyWise, on integrative medicine.

Douglas Abrams is the co-author (together with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu) of The Book of Joy. An international bestseller, The Book of Joy explores how we might find joy in the face of life's inevitable suffering. Douglas is the founder and president of Idea Architects, a creative book and media agency helping visionaries to create a wiser, healthier, and more just world. He is also the co-founder with Pam Omidyar and Desmond Tutu of HumanJourney.com, a public benefit company working to share life-changing and world-changing ideas. Doug has worked with Desmond Tutu as his cowriter and editor for over a decade, and before founding his own literary agency, he was a senior editor at HarperCollins and also served for nine years as the religion editor at the University of California Press.

Rachel Carlton Abrams is the author of BodyWise: Discovering Your Body’s Intelligence for Lifelong Health and Healing. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, received her MD from UC San Francisco and a Master’s Degree in Holistic Health from UC Berkeley. She is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine. In 2008 she opened the award-winning Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine Clinic. Dr. Abrams treats many of the world’s most influential people, from CEOs to billionaire entrepreneurs to Nobel Peace laureates. She has been voted “Best Doctor” in Santa Cruz County every year, from 2009–2016.


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Free admission

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American Studies, Mānoa Campus

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Robert Perkinson, 956-8570, perk@hawaii.edu

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