- Angela Oh, JD: attorney, ordained Zen Buddhist priest, healer across difference, and author of Open: One Woman’s Journey (November 4)
- Frank Ostaseski: an internationally respected Buddhist teacher, visionary co-founder of the first Buddhist hospice in America, and author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. (November 11)
Bonus event: Ladybird Morgan, RN, MSW: hospice and palliative care practitioner; co-founder of the Humane Prison Hospice Project (November 18)
This series is a fundraiser to support the free circles and trainings that we offer globally. If you are able, please consider a $28 contribution per session or $100 or more for the whole series. You can donate when you register, or you can donate below.
Healing and Purpose in Our Communities
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
Friday, October 14
10 am Seattle
1 pm New York
6 pm London
7 pm Paris
7 pm Cape Town
Rachel Naomi Remen is the New York Times best-selling author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and other books. A physician, Dr. Remen founded the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness, a training institute for health professionals. She also founded the Healer’s Art, a program offered at more than 90 medical schools in the US and abroad. As co-founder of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program, she and co-founder Michael Lerner were featured on Bill Moyers’ Healing and the Mind in a segment titled Wounded Healers. She joins Oren Slozberg, executive director of Commonweal and co-director of Healing Circles Global, for a conversation about healing, purpose, and medicine.
Intentional Healing
Michael Lerner, PhD and Diana Lindsay
Friday, October 28
10 am Seattle
1 pm New York
6 pm London
7 pm Paris
7 pm Cape Town
Join an intimate conversation with Michael Lerner, author of Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Therapies, co-founder of Commonweal, the Cancer Help Program, and Healing Circles, and Diana Lindsay, co-founder and co-director of Healing Circles Global, and co-author of Something More Than Hope/Something More Than Everything. Diana and Michael co-founded Healing Circles after realizing how valuable social support can be in increasing people’s quality of life and longevity. More than 15 years after Diana received a terminal cancer diagnosis, she and Michael Lerner will explore the concept of intentional healing.
Healing Across Difference
Angela Oh, JD
Friday, November 4
10 am Seattle
1 pm New York
5 pm London
6 pm Paris
7 pm Cape Town
Angela Oh is an attorney, community leader, ordained Zen Buddhist priest, and author of Open: One Woman’s Journey. In 1992, Oh gained national prominence as a spokesperson and mediating force for the Asian American community during the Los Angeles riots. She was appointed by President Clinton as one of seven Advisory Board members to the President’s Initiative on Race, which was charged with engaging the nation in a dialogue on race relations. She is a Commonweal board member and co-creator of the Gift of Compassion Project. Angela joins Lisa Simms Booth, executive director of Smith Center and member of the Healing Circles Global stewardship council, for a conversation exploring the concept of healing across difference.
The Healing of Wonder
Frank Ostaseski
Friday, November 11
10 am Seattle
1 pm New York
6 pm London
7 pm Paris
8 pm Cape Town
Frank Ostaseski is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and visionary co-founder of the Zen Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice in America. He also founded the Metta Institute, training countless healthcare clinicians and caregivers and building a national network of educators, advocates, and guides for those facing life-threatening illnesses. He has lectured at Harvard Medical School, the Mayo Clinic, leading corporations such as Google and Apple Inc., and teaches at major spiritual centers around the globe. Frank is the 2018 recipient of the prestigious humanities award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and is the author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. Frank joins Jaune Evans, member of the Healing Circles Global stewardship council and nonprofit and philanthropic leader, for a session about the healing of wonder.
Bonus event
This event starts at a different time. Register for it separately—even if you are registering for the series.
Healing Through Thresholds
Ladybird Morgan, RN, MSW
Friday, November 18
9:30 am Seattle
12:30 pm New York
5:30 pm London
6:30 pm Paris
7:30 pm Cape Town
Ladybird Morgan is a co-founder of the Humane Prison Hospice Project and works in palliative care with Mettle Health. She has guided medical practitioners, directors, families, and caregivers on how to be present to experiences that may be hard to hear or bear witness to. In addition to her 20+ years working in hospice and palliative medicine, she has a wealth of experience dealing with trauma, mental health, and the painful repercussions of sexual violence. She has worked with organizations including Doctors Without Borders, Zen Hospice Project, and the Commonweal Cancer Help Program. She joins Jaune Evans, member of the Healing Circles Global stewardship council and nonprofit and philanthropic leader, for a session about the healing of wonder. Ladybird will explore how endings are also beginnings and how we can be present for it all.
