Our Beloved Friend
Jean transitioned peacefully on May 16. We will be holding a memorial service on May 30. We will always treasure the time we were blessed to share with her.
Dr. Jean Houston at UCOA
Following are videos of Dr. Jean Houston sharing her wisdom and lifetime of learning with us at Unity Community of Ashland.
Having Courage in Dangerous Times
Interview with Dr. Houston
The Possible Human
The New Emerging Human
About Dr. Houston
Dr. Jean Houston, scholar, and researcher in Human Capacities, is one of the foremost visionary thinkers and doers of our time. She is long regarded as one of the principal founders of the Human Potential Movement.
Dr. Houston is noted for her ability to combine a deep knowledge of history, culture, new science, spirituality and human development into her teaching. She is known for her inter-disciplinary perspective delivered in inspirational and humorous keynote addresses.
Dr. Houston is a past-President of the Association of Humanistic Psychology and has lectured in philosophy, human development, psychology, and religion as well as cross-cultural studies at national and international colleges and universities including:
- Columbia University
- Hunter College
- the New School for Social Research
- Marymount College
- the University of California at Santa Cruz
- the University of British Columbia
Dr. Jean Houston in conversation with Oprah Winfrey.
Her work has been the core of a great many teaching-learning communities throughout many parts of the world. In 1984, she created a national not-for-profit organization, The Possible Society, to encourage the creation of new ways for people to work together to help solve societal problems. Giving seminars to large groups of citizens in 17 cities throughout North America, she established ongoing teaching-learning communities devoted to the enrichment of their citizens and the betterment of their cities.
“Jean Houston’s mind should be considered a national treasure”, said Buckminster Fuller, a renowned American philosopher, thinker, visionary, inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet and cosmologist. A life-long friend of Jean Houston, his observation is shared by the thousands of individuals, communities, organizations and nations that have been and continue to be inspired by her words.
To learn more about Dr. Houston and her amazing work, visit her website: