Practical Wisdom Workshops

Marcus Aurelius was a great second century Roman Emperor who was also a great stoical philosopher.

Mary Magdalene was a great first century mystery, who may have been even more than the woman of human and divine spirit who stayed with Jesus at the cross after most of his official disciples fled.

Friedrich Nietzsche was a great German nineteenth century philosopher whose famous line `what doesn’t destroy me makes me stronger’ may mean even more to us now than it seems to.

In this session you will discover what these great life lovers can tell us about what we need to know now even more than we ever did, how to accept and even love reality…

Dr Stephen McKenzie is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, and is contributing to the School’s and Faculty’s expansion of online programs, including wellbeing related programs.

Stephen’s areas of expertise include mindfulness and his books in this area include Mindfulness for Life, Mindfulness at Work and Heartfulness: beyond mindfulness, finding your real life

Mrs Melanie McKenzie is a high school English teacher and a long term member of the School of Philosophy.

Andrew Percy studied acting at The National Theatre Drama School and has enjoyed plying his craft in the mediums of television and film formats since then.
Andrew once presented a weekly radio program on Pulse FM with Dr Stephen McKenzie and has also performed various characters created by Dr McKenzie which have been brought to life in previous Philosophy School presentations.