Carl alasko biography

Carl Alasko, Ph.D.
Dr.
Carl Alasko is a three-time author for Penguin whose popular titles include “Emotional Bullshit,” which was translated into eight languages.

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Carl Alasko

The musical spans 30 years of Niccolò Machiavelli’s life, beginning in 1498 when he is appointed Second Chancellor of the Florentine Republic. It carries us through his semi-comic negotiations with King Louis of France, edgy encounters with four rapacious Popes, the notorious Cesare Borgia, and seductive sister Lucrezia. It ends in 1527 when Martin Luther’s Protestant troops sack Rome, abolishing the Florentine Republic.
Through those years, Machiavelli receives visits from Ashley Smith, an idealistic 21st century American senator. During each visit, Machiavelli gives Ashley political advice which she initially rejects as too harsh. When she finally accepts his wisdom, her career flourishes. Her success tells the story of how Machiavelli’s 16th century insights can be productively and ethically applied by anyone in a position of power, from parents to national leaders.
Niccolò and Ashley develop an impossible romance from “another time, another place.” The show concludes with both singing a heart-rending duet as Ashley convinces him that his “wisdom lives on in hi

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Johannes a Lasco

John à Lasco – A Polish Reformer in East Frisia

It is thought that Jan Łaski, the Latin form of which, Johannes à Lasco, is passed down from documents and writings of his day and which in recent times has become established in Germany,[1] was born in 1499 in what today is the district town of Łask, twenty kilometres to the south west of Łódź, into a family of prosperous and politically influential Polish nobility. The family owned three larger towns, Łask, Stryków and Bolesławiec, and around forty villages in various areas of Greater Poland and Lesser Poland. His father Jarosław was made Vovoide of Sieradz in 1511. His mother, Zuzanna z Bąkowej Góry, brought an extensive estate into the marriage. His eldest uncle on his father’s side, Andrzej, was a priest in Sieradz, Krakow, Poznań and Gnesen and died in 1512. His youngest uncle, Jan Łaski (the Elder, 1456-1531), was made Royal Secretary in 1501, Grand Chancellor in 1503 and Archbishop of Gnesen in 1510 and thus Primate of the church in Poland.[2]

Jan Łaski the Elder's prominent position meant that, under

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Dr. Carl Alasko, Ph.D., MFT, brings 25 years' experience as a practicing psychotherapist to his books and columns. While earning his degree Alasko studied at the Istituto di Terapia Familiare in Rome, Italy under Maurizio Andolfi, co-founder of the European Family Therapy Association and author of six widely-respected books on therapeutic technique. Following graduation Dr. Alasko trained extensively with Pia Mellody, author of Facing Codependence, and for many years thereafter used Mellody's model in conducting two-day, small-group intensives focusing on recovery from childhood abuse. Alasko also served for ten years on the Board of Directors of Beacon House, a Monterey Bay recovery center, instituting a free public lecture series on the subjects of codependency, parenting and healthy relationships. Alasko's weekly blog for the Experts' online section of Psychology Today attracts thousands of readers, and his weekly newspaper column "On Relationships" has run in the Monterey County Herald for fifteen consecutive years.

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