Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is a man of myriad interests: sports, technology, history, music, philanthropy, and the Pacific Northwest. Now he's taking on the subject of happiness in a new documentary featuring celebrities like Larry David, Alanis Morissette, John Leguizamo, Robert Kennedy, Jr., and Richard Gere:
Coproduced by Allen's Vulcan Productions and NOVA/WGBH Science Unit, the three-part series, "This Emotional Life," begins tonight on PBS.
The project explores the cutting-edge science that unravels some of the mysteries of human emotion, such as how infants form early attachments that determine lifelong emotional health, and how therapists use eye movement to help people reprocess disturbing memories.
But Allen wanted to go further, pairing scientific knowledge with personal stories and practical resources to help people cope.
The project includes online tools and multimedia and kicks off a two-year outreach to young parents and military families. Parents can connect with others and get information about early learning, and military families can get support and resources to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for example..................
