David has enjoyed several careers all focused around assisting others with major life changes. He spent many years as a parish minister, several years as a marriage and family therapist and instructor teaching a class on the spiritual dimensions of psychotherapy, and many years as senior executive with a large private company assisting governments around the world with the development and management of their social assistance programs. David earned a BA in Philosophy at SUNY, College at Purchase, a M.Div. from Yale University Divinity School and another M. A. from the University of San Diego in Marriage and Family Therapy. He has always been interested in what motivates people to make dramatic change and believe that we will do for love what we will never do for principle alone. David is a keen observer of the struggles entailed in our “human condition” and hopes that his observations are communicated with compassion and understanding through his writing. David is the father of five children and three grandchildren and lives with his wife Lynda and their dogs in Durham, NC where he writes, does a little consulting, and visits inpatients and their families at the UNC Hospice Home each week. Join David on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dlheaney/