Growth and Change
Discover more great classes on growth and change – available on demand, anytime.
Explore classes from our past seasons focused on growth and change below. Learn more by viewing a personal video introduction to each on-demand session.
Then, get a ticket – or a Multi Pass – and start learning right away.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from acclaimed writer Rabih Alameddine, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Rabih’s class, and discover the Five Things He’s learned about the elasticity of identity and imagination.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from doctor, educator, professor of medicine, and Pulitzer Prize Award finalist Louise Aronson, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Louise’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about improving our shared healthcare system, aging, and the decades of old age now increasingly known as elderhood.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from grief expert and author Claire Bidwell Smith, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Claire’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about reconciling the anxiety and loss that accompanies grief – and about the writing process that can bring hope, transformation, and healing when we lose someone we love.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Myisha Cherry, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Myisha’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential roles that rage and anger play in public life – and in our principled responses to all forms of social injustice.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from writer and speaker Nina Collins, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Nina’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the richness and promise that shape the second half of women’s lives.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from award-winning cartoonist Liza Donnelly, right here on substack.
Then, check out the archive of Liza’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s learned from a lifetime of drawing and writing, and from the fulfillment that comes with looking inward and observing of the world around you.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from entrepreneur, professor, MacArthur Fellow, and President Obama’s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts, Aaron Dworkin, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Aaron’s class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the life-changing power of diversity in the arts.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from acclaimed writer and historian Thomas Dyja, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Thomas’ class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how we can use our city’s structures and energies to improve our well-being and help create a better place for all.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from writer, editor, speaker, and broadcaster Pauline Frommer, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Pauline’s class, and discover Five Things She’s Learned about the ways in which new places and experiences teach us that the person we are at home isn’t the only being we can, or should, be.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from multi-award winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Janine’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about understanding and surviving the moral injury individuals suffer when forced to witness an event that goes against their moral core.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from professor Timothy Hampton, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Timothy’s class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the historic roots of cheerfulness, and about how our control this essential tool of emotional life lies not in our deepest selves but in our social relationships.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from songwriter, singer, recording artist, and Grammy-winning record producer Joe Henry, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Joe’s class, and discover the ways he’s found that the process and progress of our lives – like Song – knows more than we do.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from author and senior fellow at the Milken Institute Paul Irving, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Paul’s class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how each of us can make the most of the unprecedented potential and possibility that awaits our coming years.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from acclaimed writer Pico Iyer, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Pico’s class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about opening up space in our heads, and in our days.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from acclaimed writers and interviewers Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Pico and Micheal’s class, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned from their own experience — and from the experience of the many creative figures they’ve met — about cultivating and deepening the creative flow.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author and Omega Institute co-founder Elizabeth Lesser, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Elizabeth’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what happens when women trust their instincts, dignify their values, and speak their truths — and redefine what it means to be a hero.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Julie’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about deepening her ability to love others, and the practical steps that help her build, maintain, and celebrate her most important relationships.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from hospice and palliative care specialist Dr. BJ Miller, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of BJ’s class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned anew about living and preparing for death after this year of shared loss, challenge, and renewal.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from singer/songwriter, producer, and author Allison Moorer, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Allison’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about sharing her family’s stories in prose and in song – and about all that taking ownership of our most personal stories makes possible.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from speaker, researcher, and UCSF Clinical Professor Andrew Penn, right here on substack.
Then, check out the archive of Andrew’s class, and discover the Five Things he’s learned about the ways that psychedelic-assisted therapy is revolutionizing medical treatment for hard-to-treat illnesses including addiction, anxiety disorders, depression, and PTSD.
View the first five minutes of this 90-minute class from Pulitzer-Prize winning art critic and New York magazine columnist Jerry Saltz, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Jerry’s class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how artists and art lovers become really good at art.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from scholar, writer, translator, and teacher Bob Thurman, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Bob’s class, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about achieving reliable and lasting happiness during his lifetime learning and teaching the Buddha’s curriculum.
View the first five minutes of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, right here on Substack.
Then, check out the archive of Brooke’s class, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned during her nearly two decades of leading and championing women-only publishing about the ways that women writers work, collaborate, and succeed.
Visit myfivethings.com to view personal video invitations from these and other writers, thinkers, and artists we admire – and to get special discounted pricing with our Five Things I’ve Learned Multi Pass.
