In this episode we discuss my recent experience with death; when my friend Erik died in an avalanche while we were skiing together. I use this time with Stephen in an attempt to be seen and heard, to learn, to share, to heal, to grieve. It was amazing and I hope you enjoy listening in on it. Thank you Stephen, for your time and inquiry and insight.

Ari in the Air: Stephen Jenkinson - Dancing With Death

The Conscious Perspective: Diving into the human condition with beings from all walks of life. Uncover a new perspective.

Stephen is a writer, public speaker, farmer and grief literacy advocate. He is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School which serves as a teaching and learning house for the skills of deep living and making of human culture.

The Conscious Perspective #130 with Stephen Jenkinson

Activism, art, education, science, psychology, philosophy, health, spirituality… All these and more are featured in this lively, short (10-20 minute) companion to the diverse, award-winning one-hour New Dimensions program that has been broadcast on public radio since 1973.

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New Dimensions Cafe - The Mystery Of Life Deepens In The Presence Of Death

In this conversation, Tad Hargrave interviews Stephen Jenkinson about culture work, its costs and its curriculum on the advent of the 10th Anniversary of his book Die Wise. 

On Culture Work with Stephen Jenkinson

Original composition, music and lyrics, by Ana Elia Ramon Hidalgo 

Ay mujer

Sung by Ana Elia. Original music and rendering: Fiona Mackenzie. Fiona Mackenzie sings bardachd from the collection of folklore - Ortha nan Gàidheal, collected by Alexander Carmichael.  The melody is inspired by the medieval Latin hymn Deus Aribus.  Recording of this version by Jordi Moliner Gilberga.  Singer: Ana Elia Ramon Hidalgo

Glèidh m' Anama - My Soul´s Healer

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Stephen Jenkinson's prayer

“You die in the manner of your living.” - Stephen Jenkinson teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School, founded in 2010. With Master’s degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work), he is revolutionizing grief and dying in North America. Stephen is redefining what it means to live, and die, well. Apprenticed to a master storyteller, he has worked extensively with dying people and their families, is former program director in a major Canadian hospital, former assistant professor in a prominent Canadian medical school, consultant to palliative care and hospice organizations and educator and advocate in the helping professions. He is also a sculptor, traditional canoe builder whose house won a Governor General’s Award for architecture.
He is the author of Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul (2015), Homecoming: The Haiku Sessions – a live recorded teaching (2013), How it All Could Be: A work book for dying people and those who love them (2009), Angel and Executioner: Grief and the Love of Life – a live recorded teaching (2009), and Money and The Soul’s Desires: A Meditation (2002), and contributing author to Palliative Care – Core Skills and Clinical Competencies (2007).
Stephen Jenkinson is also the subject of the feature length documentary film Griefwalker (National Film Board of Canada, 2008), a lyrical, poetic portrait of his work with dying people.

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