Series Program | Thursdays 11AM-12:30PM (Eastern US)
APRIL 28 – KEN ROSS, WILKA ROIG, DIANNE GRAY
Healing through Grief: Alternative, Holistic & Creative Approaches – Introduction to the series & Elisabeth’s contributions
MAY 5 – ISABEL STENZEL BYRNES
Isabel integrates her professional training and over two decades of clinical experience working with those facing mental health challenges such as grief with a lifetime of wisdom from personal illness and loss into her practice as a bereavement program manager/counselor and licensed clinical social worker. She has also informed, engaged and inspired audiences globally as an acclaimed author and public speaker.
MAY 12 – JOANNE CACCIATORE
Joanne is a Zen priest who heads the Miss Foundation, dedicated to the practice of accompaniment in grief, and Selah Carefarm, a center of rest for people afflicted by traumatic experiences. She has a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research has been published in scientific journals and prominent media.
MAY 19 – JOHN E. WELSHONS
John is a highly respected contemporary spiritual teacher who lectures and leads meditation courses throughout North America. He has been a practitioner of vipassana (mindfulness) meditation and various forms of yoga for more than fifty years. He is the author of Awakening from Grief: Finding the Way Back to Joy and When Prayers Aren’t Answered, two books that emerged from forty-five years of experience helping people deal with dramatic life change and loss.
MAY 26 – CHRISTINE KOVACH
Christine has worked in hospice care since the early 90s, has a private counseling practice focused on grief and loss, and is the Bereavement Manager at Mission Hospice in San Mateo, CA. Her grief work include the use of guided imagery and art in the service of healing through grief. Each year, she facilitate a series of Art for Healing workshops.
JUNE 2 – NICOLÁS DUMIT ESTÉVEZ RAFUL ESPEJO & GROUP
Free to Love, Free to Grieve: Impermanence and the gift of life
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles treads an elusive path that manifests itself performatively through creative experiences that he unfolds within the quotidian. He holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art/Temple University; and an MA from Union Theological Seminary. Born in Dominican Republic, he was baptized as a Bronxite in 2011. Nicolás is the founding director of The Interior Beauty Salon, an organism living at the intersection of creativity and healing.
Chris Camarata, M.D. is a retired Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of New Mexico. He also worked in the Palliative Medicine Division of the Department of Internal Medicine at UNM. He is a Professor Emeritus of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
Susanne Fest, Ed.D. As a cancer survivor since 2010, Susanne Fest has experienced firsthand the benefits of integrative models of health care. As a former psychotherapist, educator, volunteer, and Program Manager at Healing Circles Global, she aims to give meaning to her experience by accompanying others on their paths toward healing – whatever healing may mean to them.
Robin Fried, M.A., is a volunteer with Healing Circles Global. Following her healing journey from breast cancer in 2005, she earned her Certificate as an Advanced Integrative Energy Healing Practitioner and trained as a hospice volunteer. An eternal seeker and student, Robin’s professional life has been grounded in lifelong learning with extensive experience creating and managing innovative educational programs in the academic, public, private, and volunteer sectors.
Diana Lindsay, M.A. is co-founder and co-director of Healing Circles Langley and Healing Circles Global. She is the author of Something More Than Hope: Surviving Despite the Odds, Thriving Because of Them.
JUNE 9 – LANISE SHORTELL
Lanise serves her local community as a perinatal and pediatric hospice nurse in Atlanta, Ga. She facilitates family centered grief groups and speaks internationally to spiritual leaders on the importance of family grief support to enhance communities around our world. Lanise is a member of the advisory committee for the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation and is certified and internationally recognised as a compassionate bereavement care provider.
JUNE 16 – DR: ELISABETH KÜBLER-ROSS
Special film screening and closing discussion panel with series presenters
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