What I Learned About Life, Teaching About Death | Dr. Thomas Donovan | TEDxMontanaStateUniversity

Dr. Thomas Donovan discusses creating a safe space on a university campus to talk about death and what he learned about life from that experience. Thomas Patrick Donovan has served as a
Faculty Fellow in the Honors College at Montana State
University since 2011. He holds a doctorate in Psychology from
Pacifica Graduate Institute. Inspired by Ernest Becker’s The
Denial of Death, he is particularly interested in the existential
questions regarding living a meaningful life in the face of
awareness of inevitable finitude. He is the author of The Rail:
What Was Really Doin’ in the 60’s Bronx. He currently lives in
Bozeman, MT This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx