Helicopters were circling Berkeley the day the surgeon called to tell me she had found a tumor in my left breast. It was late April, 2017. I had just quit my job. In three days I was supposed to drive across the country to start an unpaid summer internship as a chaplain at a hospital … Continue reading On Hope
Retreats and Workshops
I offer retreats and workshops for groups and organizations that focus on developing resiliency. These are experiential sessions that help participants identify their connection to their own sources of inspiration and strength and find ways to cultivate strategies to stay grounded and hopeful in difficult times. Retreats include guided meditation, group discussion, activities, and exercises … Continue reading Retreats and Workshops
Spirituality
Spirituality is about being deeply connected with ourselves, with others, and with something greater – something that is transcendent or sacred to us. It could be god, or the force of love and compassion in the world, or something else entirely. Spirituality begins in doubt… If you can list a lot of things that you … Continue reading Spirituality
Leslie Leasure 