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Events

I am proud to be represented by Authors Unbound.  Please see my Speaking Profile.

Check back for more events being added regularly!

 

 

 

2025

Keynote speaker: Trinity Church, Wall St. NYC

Hospice of Waterloo Region in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

American Red Cross – GNY

In the Footsteps of the Buddha: How we got suffering all wrong

Rensselaerville Presbyterian Church, NY

Every Body: Finding Strength in our Struggle with Illness

 

2024

Edith Wharton’s The Mount, How to Lead a Life Well-Lived – Workshop

UU Retreat – Silver Lake – October 2024 – Keynote

Engaged Mentorship with Elena Brower

Graceful Transitions – Vermont End-of-Life doula

All Soul’s Unitarian Church – New York City – sermon

Rensselaerville Presbyterian Church – Rensselaerville, NY – sermon

One Book, One Michiana Keynote – South Bend, Indiana

An Apple A Day Collective – Heartwood workshop

Reimagine – A Father’s Day conversation with Barbara and J.S. Park

WCA of the Greater Capital Region presents Annual BraVa! – presenter

 

Teachings and Workshops:

 

    • In the Footsteps of Peace Pilgrim: Reclaiming the Sacred Art of Pilgrimage
    • From the Ganges to Walden Pond: The Visionary Spirituality of the American Transcendentalists
    • Honoring our Often-Unspoken Losses: An Interfaith Reflection and Ritual around Pregnancy & Infant Loss  (details to come)
    • Own Your Story: Writing about Love & Loss – a periodic one-hour workshop at Uncommon Goods
    • 10,000 Joys and 10,000 Sorrows: Naming our Heartwood

 

Selected Book Talks and Keynotes:

  • Living with the End in Mind: A 2-day exploration of living fully in the present –
    • Church on the Hill, Lenox, MA with The Bookstore, Lenox
    • Recording:  CTSB – Community Television for the Southern Berkshires here
  • Wyckoff Y Veterans Luncheon, keynote
  • Franklin Lakes Public Library, book talk
  • Parliament of the World’s Religions, Plenary Keynote
  • Books & Books & Miami Book Fair, Barbara with Jonathan Haidt
  • Green-Wood Cemetery, Reimagine, Barbara with Sensei Chodo Robert Campbell
  • Merritt Bookstore, Heartwood Book Launch, Barbara with Joanna Rakoff
  • Woolfer Author Series, Barbara with Nina Collins
  • The Gathering: An evening on living with the end in mind
  • Zen Peacemakers International
  • Self-Leadership for Change Agents: The Art of Living with the End in Mind Columbia University Alumni Association, Singapore, London, New York
  • The Art of Living with the End In Mind, Rensselaerville, NY Presbyterian Church, sermon
  • Caregiver Summit, WellMed Charitable Foundation, Texas, keynote
  • Get in Touch Foundation, CT – keynote
  • Collaborative Gain, Fall Meeting of Business Executives – keynote
  • A New and Ancient Story (NAAS) – guest speaker

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Speaking 

Barbara speaks on a wide range of topics including: 

  • The art of living with the end in mind
  • Navigating life’s 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows
  • How to lead a life well-lived
  • Reclaiming the art of pilgrimage
  • Making interfaith families work
  • How to be a spiritual activist 
  • Writing your spiritual life
  • Meaningful mid-career pivots  
  • The visionary spirituality of Henry David Thoreau 

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