About this Event
Join us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore on Tuesday, April 21 when local author and practitioner Roy Remer comes to the store to share his new book Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others. Roy will sign copies of his book after the presentation.
to preorder a copy of Zen Caregiving.
“Caregivers like Roy Remer are the unsung heroes and heroines of our world. Roy’s many years volunteering in a hospice setting translate to pages suffused with wisdom, love, and immensely practical advice for the caregiver. A gem of a book!”
— Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water
One in five American adults is now a caregiver. And many have found themselves unprepared for this difficult and emotionally taxing task. 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. This motivational, therapeutic, and practical book covers:
• the four components of the Zen Caregiving approach — mindfulness, compassion, loss literacy, and self-care
• tools for expanding compassion, avoiding burnout, and finding comfort
• the value of grieving and processing loss
• 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
ROY REMER, an educator and end-of-life caregiver since 1997, is 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.
THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 6:00 pm on April 21.
BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend.
DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged.
WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows.
WE ASK that attendees arrive between 6:45 and 7:00 PM for the event.
PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home.
OUR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mrs Dalloway's, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, United States
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