The California Center for Constructive Living

 in El Granada, California

El Granada House

The Madsons

training for ordinary life . . .

 

 

 

 

Ronald Madson and Patricia Ryan Madson of Stanford University, Certified Constructive Living Instructors since 1988, are available for individual instruction in Constructive Living.  We offer private instruction in person in our home in El Granada, CA. And for those living outside of this area instruction is available by telephone, by correspondance through letters or by email exchanges.

For fees and to learn more about instruction click the link below:

  Click this link for details:  What is Constructive Living Instruction?

Contact us at 650 712-0443 to make an appointment.

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The Madsons are senior certified Constructive Living instructors.  For over twenty years they have been teaching Constructive Living privately and to groups.  Patricia, a Stanford University faculty Emerita, has taught CL at Stanford in their Continuing Studies program in a course titled "Constructive Living: Zen Inspired Wisdom for Everyday Life." Both the Madsons have lectured in Japan to the International Congress of Morita Therapy and to the International Naikan Congress on Constructive Living topics.  Patricia was invited to Beijing to present a paper to the International Morita Congress in 1995. Her writings include an article,"Reality's Work" which is published in the anthology Mindfulness and Meaningful Work, edited by Claude Whitmyer (Parallex Press).   Her book, Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up was published by Bell Tower Books, a division of Random House in May, 2005. Patricia has been invited to teach Constructive Living at Esalen Institute, the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, the Vega Institute and the Meaningful Life Therapy Association of Kyoto, Japan. 

Ronald is the President of the International Association for Constructive Living. He was a featured speaker at the Louis Pasteur Institute in Kyoto, Japan and at the Shibata Hospital giving talks on CL to the Meaningful Life Therapy Association.  The Madsons live in the home built by Ron, a retired liscensed contractor, who used CL principles to build and remodel homes in the Bay Area. 

Contact: Ronald Madson or Patricia Ryan Madson

1049 Columbus St., P. O. Box 909

El Granada, California, 94018-0909

 
(650) 712-0443 or e-mail: clinform (at) comcast (dot) net
please substitute the appropriate symbols for the words at and dot

2007 New web site for Constructive Living:
  The Unpublished Manuscripts of David K. Reynolds

www.constructiveliving.org

  
Constructive Living in Canada
Our friends and colleagues, Trudy Boyle and Gottfried Mitteregger offer CL training for business professionals and mental health organizations as well as personal counseling
For information about this contact: Trudy Boyle and Gottfried Mitteregger
info@constructiveliving.ca
or check out their web site:
Canadian Centre for Constructive Living
2312 23rd Ave NW, Calgary Alberta Canada T2M 1W6
Phone: 403.698.6613






Constructive living . . . training for ordinary life

Here are some links that will help you find information about CL. We highly recommend reading the books written by Dr. Reynolds. They are usually available in libraries and bookstores worldwide. The following sites may also provide you with resources.


  • Dr. David K. Reynolds personal web site
  • The unpublished writings of David K. Reynolds
  • The Canadian Centre for Constructive Living in Calgary
  • In Vermont is a Center that offers some on-site and distance learning programs. CL books and tapes may also be ordered from this site.   ToDo Institute
  • To order constructive living books online visit Amazon.Com Bookstore
  • To find out of print CL books search at  Powells.com  or  Abebooks.com   or   Alibris.com
  • Constructive Living Basics "What is Constructive Living? - Part I "  a four part series of articles written by Patricia Ryan Madson
  • Patricia Ryan Madson's Home Page

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    To contact us by email : e-mail: clinform (at) comcast (dot) net
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      Last updated on April 12, 2008