Interview with William Damon: "A Round of Golf with My Father: The New Psychology of Exploring Your Past to Make Peace with Your Present"

William Damon is professor at Stanford University, director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.  William Damon notes: There is a paradox at the heart of a life review. The ability to look forward in a confident, well-directed manner requires looking back in an intentional and open way. We cannot separate the past, present, and future like walled-off compartments on a moving train. As Faulkner said, “The past isn’t dead; it isn’t even past.” To be fully alive now and in the future, we must realize that our past, far from being dead, is in many ways a living concern and has many life-giving lessons to teach us.”

Additional Information:

 https://spectator.org/why-everyone-could-benefit-from-a-life-review/