Dr. Loren Weiner
PhD — Practicing Analyst
Trained directly with Dr. Bail and sits on the board of the Holistic Psychoanalysis Foundation, using dream analysis to access and heal the unconscious.
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Guests of And Now Love
Psychoanalysts, researchers, faith leaders, artists, and nonprofit leaders — each one exploring, in their own way, what it means to put love into action. Select a category to filter, or select a guest to visit their organization.
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Dr. Lauren Dolinsky
PsyD, LMFT — Practicing Analyst
Practices psychodynamic psychotherapy centered on dreamwork, applying Dr. Bail's Theory of Imprinting in her own clinical practice in Santa Monica, CA.
Tom Paris, PhD
Practicing Analyst
Applies Dr. Bail's method of dream analysis and Imprinting in his own clinical work, with a focus on the masculine and men's roles.
Dr. Alan J. Coe
Psychoanalyst & Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst and psychiatrist specializing in addiction and the unconscious mind.
Dr. Cori Cross
Pediatrician
Pediatrician offering guidance on youth issues and the critical first five years of childhood development.
Dr. Tracy Bale
Neuroscientist & Epigeneticist
Researches how trauma and stress are passed down across generations, and what emerging epigenetic science reveals about the maternal imprint.
Kate Beauchene
Somatic Psychotherapist
Explores intergenerational trauma through the lens of somatic psychology and the body's role in healing.
Naomi R. Aguiar
Research Associate Director, Oregon State University
Studies children's emotional development, AI companionship, and media's effects on children and families.
Harry Reis
Relationship Scientist
Researcher on close relationships, exploring why feeling loved is one of the biggest predictors of happiness.
Kelly O'Connor
Executive Director, Maternal Mental Health Now
Leads work on perinatal anxiety and depression, supporting the mental health of new and expecting mothers.
Sam Lutzker
Researcher, UCLA
UCLA researcher whose ethnographic work focuses on Los Angeles's vehicle-dwelling population, exploring the human stories, compassion, and real solutions behind vehicular homelessness.
Rabbi Amy Bernstein
Rabbi, Reconstructionist Judaism
Explores faithfulness, women's empowerment, community, and post-traumatic growth through the lens of modern Judaism.
Reverend Debbie Gara
Faith Leader
Reflects on love and forgiveness as spiritual practices for healing and connection.
Father Greg Boyle
Founder, Homeboy Industries
Jesuit priest and founder of the largest gang-intervention and rehabilitation program in the world, built on kinship and unshakable goodness.
Frank Rogers, PhD
Center for Engaged Compassion
Teaches radical self-compassion, integrating contemplative traditions with contemporary understandings of trauma and healing.
Amy Turk
CEO, Downtown Women's Center
Leads trauma-informed housing, health, and employment services for women experiencing homelessness on Skid Row.
Erika Hartman
CEO, Safe Place for Youth
Leads services for youth experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, including housing, health, and employment pathways.
Rebecca Binny
VP / Executive Director, Casa De Los Angelitos
Leads a maternity home providing housing, education, and support for pregnant women experiencing homelessness.
Staci Miller
Co-Founder, Better Angels
Co-founded Better Angels to address homelessness in Los Angeles through prevention, shelter, housing, and technology.
Richard Garcia
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Alma Backyard Farms
Co-founded an urban farm that trains formerly incarcerated Angelenos in restorative, community-centered agriculture.
Brett Feldman
Director, USC Street Medicine
Brings medical care directly to people experiencing homelessness, meeting patients where they are.
Patti Giggans
Executive Director, Peace Over Violence
Leads work on sexual and domestic violence prevention across Los Angeles, and helped launch Denim Day.
Shirley Torres
Co-CEO, Homeboy Industries
Shares the work of Homeboy Industries and its message of nonviolence, hope, and humanity.
Adonai Melendez
Reentry Advocate
Shares his transformation from gang life to grace, and his work supporting others through reentry.
Sade Elhawary
CA State Assemblymember, District 57
California legislator working on systemic inequity and its effects on communities and families.
Dr. Niaz Kasravi
Criminal & Social Justice Expert
Expert on criminal, racial, and social justice, including the trauma-to-prison pipeline for incarcerated women.
Denver & Dylan Humphrey
Co-Founders, Fourddo
Co-founders of Fourddo, building bridges and amplifying young voices.
Compton Junior Equestrians
Youth Equestrian Program
A program using horses to help kids heal, grow, and find purpose.
Brandon Dean Johnson
Create Now
Explores what art makes possible for young people through the nonprofit Create Now.
Ashlee George & Leoni Wainwright
CTAOP & Vaul Institute
Discuss the philosophy of ubuntu and their work building safe spaces and youth programs for young people in South Africa.
Sara Elander & Jasmine McDonald
Saving Innocence & LA Regional Human Trafficking Task Force
Discuss how human trafficking exploits unmet needs for love and belonging, and their crisis response and advocacy work supporting survivors in Los Angeles.
Ken Moses
Founder, Pets in Recovery
Shares his own path through addiction and sobriety, and the volunteer network he founded that fosters pets for people entering addiction treatment.
Elya Braden
Founder, HaGomel
Founder of HaGomel, building expressive-arts workshops for women healing from sexual trauma, drawing on her own experience surviving childhood abuse.
Mädchen Amick
Actress & Co-Founder, Don't Mind Me
Actress and mental health advocate, co-founder of the youth mental health nonprofit Don't Mind Me.
Eisha Marjara
Filmmaker
Award-winning filmmaker whose work explores the imprint, recovery, and reclaiming the feminine.
Stephen Kalinich
Poet & Artist
Poet and artist exploring the movement from darkness to light through art and healing.
Bibi Kasrai
Author & Entrepreneur
Shares her journey of resilience, minimalism, and love.
Zach Coco
Photographer
Photographer documenting WWII veterans and preserving their stories.
Devi Jags
Founder, Sparkle On
Shares her journey to creativity and advocacy through the Sparkle On movement.
Crushow Herring
Artist
Artist finding purpose through art, fatherhood, and community on Skid Row.
Owen Hanson
Author, The California Kid
Shares his story from USC athlete to a life transformed.
Nadia Davari
Entertainment Attorney
Explores entertainment law in an age of emotion and innovation.
Adria & Jesus
Comedians
A conversation on new parenthood, caregiving, and comedy.
Jill Demby
Documentary Director
Director exploring the biographical life of Dr. Bernard Bail in the documentary And Now, Love.
Bobak Kalhor
Executive Producer & Storyteller
Explores dreams, the hidden potential of the mind, and the stories we inherit.
Brenda Ann Kenneally
Documentary Photojournalist
A documentary photographer whose intimate photojournalism among marginalized families grew out of her own path through addiction and recovery, and became both her healing and her advocacy.
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