In my work with the dying I feel so much gratitude, for they have given me so many gifts of loving wisdom and intimate moments of deep understanding and especially comfort and ease about my own life’s sojourn, that I wish to share the story of a few patients, out of the many hundreds I […]
Aloha and The Heart of Huna
Living part time in Hawaii is one of great joys of my life and it’s not just the beauty of a tropical paradise or the magical sunsets. For me, it’s the Aloha! Aloha means hello and good-bye. It also means love and blessings. But it’s not just the word and it’s meanings, it’s that when the Hawaiian’s […]
Growing Old Gracefully
If you have been listening to the media’s predictions concerning health care in the next decade, it probably sounds something like this: “North Americans are quickly becoming a society of aging baby boomers. The pressure is mounting as our rapidly aging population puts increased demands on an already strained medical system. As the nightmare grows to epidemic […]
Death and the Gift of Completion
“We never believed it would happen to us” said a friend who had within a month, lost her father to an illness. We watch it happen to others all around us and for a moment, we feel their sadness, their loss. But, like weathering a passing storm, we soon forget and continue on with our lives. […]
Our Ancestors are Part of Us
Searching for ancestors in a shamanic way is like some kind of archeology, — in a shamanic way. We all have ancestors, like it or not. But do we have a connection to them, — or they to us? Or are there some we know nothing about? Is there a problem that was very real and […]
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