“Sanity and Sainthood” Book Talk with Dr. Tucker Peck [public]

​​This event is open to members and the general public.

​Join us for an intimate conversation with Dr. Tucker Peck about his newly published book, Sanity and Sainthood: Integrating Meditation and Psychotherapy. He's a clinical psychologist who has spent two decades bridging the worlds of psychological practice and meditation teaching. This session will be moderated by Cissy Hu, our General Manager @ The Commons.

​In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Peck challenges common misconceptions about intensive meditation while offering a fresh, evidence-based perspective on what practitioners can actually expect on their contemplative journey.

​Drawing from his extensive experience working with both therapy clients and advanced meditation practitioners, Dr. Peck reveals how intensive meditation practice often differs dramatically from popular expectations.

​Rather than promising a state of perpetual bliss, he explores how deeper practice can uncover hidden psychological content—sometimes leaving practitioners feeling worse before they feel better.

​The book offers a crucial roadmap for navigating these challenges, redefining enlightenment not as the absence of difficult experiences, but as a profound shift in how we relate to the constant fluctuations of consciousness.

​Sanity and Sainthood provides essential insights for meditation practitioners, offering a practical framework for integrating intensive meditation practice with psychological wellbeing. It’s an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand the complex intersection of deep contemplative practice and mental health.

​With wit and insight, Tucker has a knack for demystifying difficult subjects. In Sanity and Sainthood, he takes readers on an entertaining and informative exploration of the ways that dharma and psychology offer practitioners a mutually supportive environment for healing and self discovery"

​— Sharon Salzberg, bestselling author of Lovingkindness and Real Life.

​🧘 About Dr. Tucker Peck

​Dr. Tucker Peck is a meditation teacher and Clinical Psychologist.  A former professor, he is the founding director of the scholarship fund Open Dharma Foundation, and co-host of the podcast Teaching Meditation.  He lives in Alameda, California, an island in the San Francisco Bay. You can read more about Tucker here.

​🕕 Agenda

• ​​6-6:10pm: arrive & check in

• ​​6:15pm: fireside chat begins

• ​​7pm: Q&A

• ​7:30pm: book signing with Tucker

​​📍Finding The Commons

​We'll meet in 550 Laguna (the corner of Hayes & Laguna). ​​Once you arrive, go down the stairs to the basement level to enter space, check in, and please take your shoes off at the door.

​​​About The Commons
The Commons is a community-based “Fourth Place” that catalyzes each member’s path to authenticity, full self-expression, and aliveness - rooted in the belief that community is essential to that journey. Located in the heart of San Francisco, we are redefining what it means to gather, work, and connect. By day, we’re a playful co-working space; by night, a vibrant community meeting house.