Key facts
- Born
- ( 1940-05-10 ) May 10, 1940, Detroit , Michigan, US
- Died
- August 29, 2015 (2015-08-29) (aged 75), Maui County, Hawaii , US
- Education
- BA History and Philosophy MA Psychology Ed.D Guidance and Counseling Wayne State University
- Occupations
- Author Motivational speaker Psychologist Therapist Show host Commentator
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Navy
- Service years
- 1958–1962
- Rank
- Petty officer second class
- Website
- www .drwaynedyer .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Maui
- Occupation
- psychotherapist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Your Erroneous Zones
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Official website
- www.drwaynedyer.com
- Image
- WayneDyerByPhilKonstantin.jpg
- Number of children
- 8
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- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1940-05-10
- cause of death
- coronary artery disease
- date of death
- 2015-08-29
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- birth name
- Wayne Walter Dyer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. Dyer earned a bachelor's degree in History and Philosophy, a master's degree in psychology and an Ed.D. in Guidance and Counseling at Wayne State University in 1970. Early in his career, he worked as a high school guidance counselor, and went on to run a successful private therapy practice. He became a popular professor of counselor education at St. John's University, where he was approached by a literary agent to put his ideas into book form. The result was his first book, Your Erroneous Zones (1976). This launched Dyer's career as a motivational speaker and self-help author, during which he published 20 more best-selling books and produced a number of popular specials for PBS. Influenced by thinkers such as Abraham Maslow and Albert Ellis, Dyer's early work focused on psychological themes such as motivation, self-actualization and assertiveness. By the 1990s, the focus of his work had shifted to spirituality. Inspired by Swami Muktananda and New Thought, he promoted themes such as the "power of intention," collaborated with alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra on a number of projects, and was a frequent guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wayne Dyer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.