The Practice of Facing Mortality with Human Rights Lawyer Molly Reno

In this week's episode, Cheryl has a beautiful conversation with Molly Reno. Molly is a Somatic Coach with a long history as a Human Rights attorney. After her first encounter with breast cancer, she began leading support groups for cancer patients and became certified in a healing technique called Emotional Brain Training. Molly shares about her experience of staying awake to the cycle of life and death. Like all of us, she finds herself going back to sleep sometimes, but she always seems to find a way to wake up again and that is a true inspiration. 

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Grace in Dying by Kathleen Dowling Singh

The Way of Grace by Miranda MacPherson

Meditations on Boundless Love (Audio) by Miranda MacPherson

The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski

Cured by Jeffrey Rediger

A Matter of Death and Life by Marilyn Yalom, Irving Yalom

Wintering by Katherine May

In Love by Amy Bloom

The Mindfulness Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff PhD and Christopher Germer PhD

The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate

Go In and In by Danna Faulds (or any book of hers)

Feast of Losses: A communion of Grief and Gratitude spoken by Kim Rosen and accompanied by Jami Siebers https://jamisieber.com/feast-of-losses

Card Deck: The Cultivating Grace Card Deck by Miranda MacPherson

Podcast: Tara Brach particularly the interview of Roland Griffiths PhD on meditation and psychedelics in the face of stage IV cancer

Podcast: Insights at the Edge (Tami Simon founder of Sounds True)