Jennifer Block

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Personal Heroes & Mentors whose passionate efforts bring healing to the world.

  • Angeles Arrien
  • Peter Block
  • Norman Fischer
  • Chris Fortin
  • Gil Fronsdal
  • Kevin Griffin
  • Frank Ostaseski
  • Lauren Van Ham

Noteworthy Groups & Projects that have inspired me, shaped my work, or invited me to join in theirs.

  • Association of Professional Chaplains
  • Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
  • Broken Hearts Lifted Spirits
  • Buddhist Recovery Network
  • Caring Bridge
  • Center for Loss & Transition
  • Chaplaincy Institute for Arts & Interfaith Ministries
  • Everyday Zen
  • Final Passages
  • Healing Environments
  • Insight Meditation Center
  • Insight Prison Project
  • Institute for Buddhist Studies
  • Metta Institute
  • Mindfulness Care Center
  • New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
  • Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
  • San Francisco End-of-Life Network
  • San Francisco Zen Center
  • Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
  • New Ventures West
  • Threshold Choir
  • Zen Hospice Project

Grief & Loss

  • Grief & the Mindfulness Approach
  • Grief Primer for Mourners
  • Toward an Understanding of the ‘Going Crazy Syndrome’
  • Books About Grief

Death & Dying

  • Hospice Information & FAQs
  • How to Get Ready for Death
  • Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care
  • Short History of Hospice
  • Theravada Approach to Spiritual Care to the Dying & Deceased
  • Seven Ponds: End of Life Resources

Caregiving

  • Caring for Others Without Forgetting the Self
  • Exploring Our Intention in Service
  • In the Service of Life
  • Self-Care For the Hospice Professional

Chaplaincy

  • Chaplaincy: A Brief Introduction
  • Professional Chaplaincy White Paper
  • Developing a Buddhist Approach to Pastoral Care
  • Towards a Definition of Buddhist Chaplaincy
  • APC 2012 Conference: Paramitas
  • APC 2012 Conference: Rituals

Buddhism/Meditation

  • 9 Contemplations of Atisha
  • Legend Of Avalokitesvara
  • Life on the Inside
  • Meditation Is A Practice Of Dying
  • Meeting of Meditation and Psychology
  • Meeting the Divine Messengers
  • Simple But Astounding Ways to Calm Down

Religion & Spirituality

  • Regard for Our Neighbors
  • Religion & Spirituality
  • Secular Ethics for the 21st Century
  • Signs of Spiritual Progress
  • The Eloquent Sounds of Silence
  • The Essence of Prayer

Miscellaneous

  • Do Not Lose Heart

Poems

  • Bird Wings
  • Funeral Blues
  • Grief Deepens You
  • It is love that fashions Us
  • Kindness
  • Talking to Grief
  • Thaw
  • The Guest House
  • The Hero’s Journey
  • Wait
  • When Death Comes
  • Wild Geese


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