EVENTS IN THE US

PAST EVENTS

Conversations for Life™ Founder, Mary Matthiesen and partners have offered programs to the following healthcare, hospice and community audiences in the past:

First UK event open to all!

10th, October, 2008
Conversations for Life Event
Gorton Monastery

2007 EVENTs

Harvard Medical School, Mind/Body Medical Institute and George Washington Institute of Spirituality and Health. Program: ‘Spirituality and Your Practice: Getting Comfortable with Mystery in the Clinical Setting’

2006 EVENTS

Saturday, Oct 7, 2006
2nd Annual Caring Counts Conference for Baby Boomers, Family Caregivers, and Older Adults. Napa, CA

Program: A Conversation for Life! Tools for Choosing Quality of Life in Our Care.
The Meadows, Napa, CA
Monday, Oct 9, 2006: University of San Francisco School of Nursing

Program: Facing Death: Emotional Presence and Self-Care to benefit Patient Care at End of Life. Death And Dying, Nate Hinerman Associate Professor.
Friday – Sunday, December 1-3, 2006: Spirituality & Healing in Medicine Conference
Harvard Medical School, Mind/Body Medical Institute and George Washington Institute of Spirituality and Health. Program: ‘Spirituality and Your Practice: Getting Comfortable with Mystery in the Clinical Setting
‘The Westin Copley Place, Boston MA

March 7-10: Berkeley, CA
California Hospice and Palliative Care Conference
“Courage to Care” Sustaining Emotional Presence for Healthcare Professionals

February 25: Marin County, CA
Courage to Choose: A Life Legacy Workshop for Women
Start the New Year focused on what matters most! Learn the power of living with the end in mind, how to have one of the most important conversations of your life, and begin creating a legacy to live by. Unity of Marin.

2005 EVENTS

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December 10-11: Boston, MA
Spirituality & Healing in Medicine Conference
Harvard Medical School, Mind/Body Medical Institute and
George Washington Institute of Spirituality and Health
Care for the Journey: A New Approach to Presence
With Gary Malkin

March 12: Eugene, OR
Pain Society of Oregon

April 17-19: Santa Fe, NM
Spirituality & Healing in Medicine Conference
Harvard Medical School, Mind/Body Medical Institute and George Washington Institute of Spirituality and Health.

January 27-29 Stockton, CA
Sacred Dying Training for Central California
Hospice and Church Volunteers
With Chris Bennet

Sonoma State Nursing Program, Sonoma, CA

George Washington Medical School, Washington, DC
Medical Residents Program: “When Medicine Isn’t Enough”
With Michael Stillwater

2004 EVENTS

October 12,
Seton Cove Healthcare System Austin, Tx

Hospital Based Spirituality in Healthcare Initiative, Baltimore, MD

October 1-3,
Sacred Dying Training, SF, CA
With Megory Anderson and Chris Bennet

September 23-25,
Wellness Place, Chicago, IL

March 17-21,
Tucson, AZ Sunstone Retreat Center
With Lora Matz, Michael Stillwater and Gary Malkin