Events
Vivir is a Dallas, TX-based institute working to make emotional fitness accessible in our local community and beyond.
From public and private speaking engagements and informational pop-ups to online webinars and community event sponsorships, we are dedicated to spreading the word that emotional fitness is attainable to all.
Learn more at one of our upcoming events, or bring Vivir to your community.
Upcoming Events
Partner with Vivir
Educational Outreach
We are available to partner with event organizers, venues, community groups, workplaces, and non-profits to bring emotional fitness education to their audiences in North Texas. For those outside the Dallas area, we offer virtual sessions so we can reach people wherever they may be.
Ways we can work with you:
Speaking engagements: A talk or seminar by Dr. Hercules, in-person or virtually.
Webinars: Live or pre-recorded online sessions for remote or distributed audiences.
Informational pop-ups: A Vivir table or booth at your Dallas-area event.
Community Sponsorships
Dallas is our home, and we’re proud to support the local organizations and events that help our neighbors live healthier, more connected lives. If your Dallas-area organization brings people together in a positive way, we’d like to hear about it.
We’re interested in sponsoring:
Health and wellness: Fitness, mental health, healthy living, and personal growth.
Families and kids: Parenting groups, youth activities, and family-friendly events.
Community life: Neighborhood gatherings, seasonal celebrations, festivals, and arts and culture.
Giving back: Charity events, fundraisers, volunteer days, and non-profit causes.
Speaking Engagements
Dr. Peter Hercules, M.D.
Founder, Vivir Emotional Fitness Institute
Dr. Peter Hercules is a physician with more than 40 years of clinical experience in emotional system dysfunction.
His work centers on rational-emotional integration: the principle that emotional fitness depends on the rational and emotional systems working together, and that this capacity can be strengthened through training, like any other form of fitness.
He is available for in-person and virtual speaking engagements. Lectures can cover one of the topics below, or focus on the needs and interests of your audience.
Select Lecture Topics:
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Why do so many people feel like they aren’t enough? Dr. Hercules explores why self-esteem and self-worth are so often confused, why achievement and praise can still leave us feeling empty, and why the difference between the two matters more than most people realize.
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Why do we sometimes react in ways that don’t make sense, even to ourselves? Dr. Hercules explains how triggered responses develop to protect us, why they can become outdated and keep us stuck in the past, and how they can be updated to fit our present reality.
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Why do our earliest years matter so much? Dr. Hercules explains how the nurturing we receive from the womb through early childhood shapes our sense of safety and belonging in the world, and why that foundation is essential to emotional fitness.
Foundations of Emotional Fitness
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Why do some relationships feel impossible to leave, even when we know they’re hurting us? Dr. Hercules explores codependency as a form of relationship addiction, why the intensity of “falling in love” can be a sign of old pain looking for relief, and why partners in these relationships are so often drawn to each other in the first place.
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Why do we so often bring our worst selves to the people closest to us? Dr. Hercules explores why conflict is inevitable in any relationship, why the only response we can truly control is our own, and how the way we handle conflict, more than the conflict itself, determines whether a relationship grows stronger or wears down.
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Why can rejection feel like the end of the world, even when we know it isn’t? Dr. Hercules explores why rejection is one of our most powerful emotional triggers, how it can reawaken old wounds and make present-day pain far greater than the situation warrants, and why our sense of self-worth shapes how deeply rejection cuts.
Relationship Issues
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Why do some people live in constant worry while others take life in stride? Dr. Hercules explores how anxiety is rooted in our basic sense of security in the world, and how our need for control shapes our response to an uncertain reality.
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Why do the defenses that help us survive trauma so often keep us reliving it? Dr. Hercules explores how post-traumatic responses form to protect us, how the “armor” we build can limit our lives long after the danger has passed, and why our emotional reactions can stay tied to the past even when we’re finally safe.
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Why does so much of modern life leave us feeling overwhelmed? Dr. Hercules explores how chronic stress moves us from alarm to exhaustion, why a world of constant pressure and bad news far exceeds what we evolved to handle, and how stress can overpower our ability to think clearly.
Mental Health Issues
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Why do so many accomplished people feel like frauds? Dr. Hercules explores why imposter syndrome so often affects the most capable among us, why no amount of achievement or reassurance seems to quiet it, and why understanding it isn’t the same as overcoming it.
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Is perfectionism really about high standards? Dr. Hercules explores why perfectionism is driven less by the pursuit of excellence than by the fear of falling short, why it so often undermines the very performance it aims to protect, and how it can drain the satisfaction from even our greatest accomplishments.
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Why do we put off things we know need doing, even when it’s easy? Dr. Hercules explores why procrastination is rarely about laziness, how avoiding a task can create more distress than the task itself, and why knowing what we should do so often isn’t enough to get us to do it.
Performance Issues
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