About this Event
SANTA ROSA --
Copperfield's Books welcomes beloved educator and end-of-life caregiver Roy Remer to Montgomery Village for his essential and therapeutic new guide book - .
He will be joined in conversation by local physician, wilderness guide and counselor, Dr. Scott Eberle.
Join us for a compassionate reading and discussion followed by an audience Q&A and booksigning.
Registration recommended for seating. Free and open to the public.
From the executive director of Zen Caregiving Project and creator of the Mindful Caregiving Education course comes a much-needed guide offering practical advice, emotional support, and a path to spiritual solace for the millions of undersupported caregivers in the US
Rosalynn Carter said, "There are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers." The past ten years have supported this observation, as the number of caregivers in the US has grown from 42 million to more than 53 million. With one in five American adults now in this role, many have found that they are emotionally and spiritually unprepared for the difficult and emotionally taxing task of caring for a seriously ill family member or patient.
As a caregiver himself, and executive director of Zen Caregiving Project, Roy Remer was inspired to write Zen Caregiving to help support the emotional burden many caregivers experience and to augment this essential component of our healthcare system. After developing the Mindful Caregiving Education (MCE) curriculum and teaching MCE courses for many years, Remer was motivated to share what he had learned and taught about mindfulness-based approaches to care.
Designed to be motivational, therapeutic, and practical, Zen Caregiving covers:
- the four components of the Zen approach to caregiving -- mindfulness, compassion, loss literacy, and self-care
- how to quiet the "thinking mind" to find solace and stay grounded
- methods and approaches for expanding compassion and avoiding burnout
- the value of grief and processing loss
- practical advice for preparing medical directives and end-of-life arrangements
- how to create intimacy with oneself to prioritize self-care one breath at a time
Zen Caregiving is an essential resource for those in need of spiritual guidance and emotional support as they navigate the often turbulent and uncharted waters of caring for a loved one.
Author:
An educator and end-of-life caregiver since 1997, Roy Remer is the Executive Director of Zen Caregiving Project in San Francisco and lead creator of the Mindful Caregiving Education curriculum. A dedicated practitioner in the Soto Zen tradition, Remer is a student at San Francisco Zen Center. He is certified by the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and by the Compassion Institute as a Compassion Cultivation Training instructor. Visit him online at http://www.ZenCaregiving.org.
Scott Eberle is a physician, wilderness guide, counselor, and writer. He does wilderness guiding with the School of Lost Borders in the deserts east of the Sierra and with EarthWays in the Bay Area. Scott recently retired from working as a hospice physician so he could focus his professional energies on rites-of-passage counseling and mentoring. This one-on-one work is well-connected to the wilderness programs that he co-guides. For more information, please visit https://www.scotteberle.net/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 22.00
