About Speaker

Fr Seán ÓLaoire was born in Ireland and earned a B.Sc. degree (major in Mathematics) from the National University of Ireland. Ordained a catholic priest in 1972, he spent 14 years working in Kenya.  He is multi-lingual and has an M.A. and Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology; he is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice.  He is co-founder and the Spiritual Director of a non-denominational community called “Companions on the Journey” based in Palo Alto. He is the author of five books and co-author of a sixth:

1. “Ukweli ni Nini?”(What is Truth?) – written and published in Swahili in 1983
2. “Spirits in Spacesuits”- published in 2003
3. “Souls on Safari” - published in 2006
4. “A Sensible God” – published in 2008
5. “Why?  What Your Life Is Telling You about Who You Are and Why You’re Here”         - published in 2013 (with Matthew McKay, PhD and Ralph Metzner, PhD)
6. ”Setting God Free: Moving Beyond the Caricature We’ve Created in Our Own Image” - published in 2021