A Psychology of the Future: Thought Leaders and Visionaries Weigh In

More than thirty researchers, teachers, and personal-growth practitioners sat down to answer a single question: where is psychology headed? The result is a collection of video conversations, over ten hours in total, with people working across mindfulness meditation, self-transformation, science, technology, and spiritual practice. It comes paired with a free Kindle book.

The names involved cover a wide range of specialties. Dr. James Hardt talks about raising I.Q. Dr. Rick Hanson examines what meditation does inside the brain, drawing on his study of what he calls the Buddha's brain. Ken Wilber discusses integral psychology alongside the possibilities opening up through artificial intelligence. Virginia Wright speaks to psychedelic therapy, while Dr. Cheryl Fraser turns to relationships and sexuality.

The full roster reaches further still: Bill Harris, Dr. Daniel Siegel, Dr. Rich Fernandes, Jun Po Roshi, Rabbi Joel Bakst, Diane Musho Hamilton, Michelle Gale, Graham Hancock, Dr. Rick Strassman, Dr. Peter Pearson, Dr. Ellyn Bader, Lori Petro, Dr. Gay Hendricks, and Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, among others. Each brings a different angle to the same subject.

The recordings run as both presentations and back-and-forth dialogues. Some threads trace how society handles trauma and where psychedelic therapies might fit. Others sit with questions about living consciously and understanding where we came from. There is also traditional one-on-one Zen training offered as a serious intensive, not a casual workshop.

Taken together, the interviews are less a forecast than a set of informed guesses from people who have spent their careers studying the mind. What they believe about the future of psychology is, in the end, what they are each already building toward.