EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION BEFORE OCTOBER 20TH

We are very excited to announce that our Keynote Speaker this year will be Kim Bateman, Ph.D. Kim Bateman, Ph.D. is the author of Crossing the Owl’s Bridge: A Guide for Grieving People Who Still Love (Chiron, 2016) which uses the wisdom of worldwide folk tales and case stories to demonstrate how to share, ritualize and transform grief. She is a Clinical Psychologist, Storyteller, Death Educator, and End-of-Life Doula who happens to make fabulous smoked salmon. She also facilitates memorial textile art workshops and writes a Death Dialogues blog. Dr. Bateman presented a TEDx talk called “Singing Over Bones” on bereavement and serves as the Executive Dean and a Psychology Professor at Sierra College in Tahoe-Truckee, California, USA. Visit her website: kim-bateman.com for more information. 

Watch her TEDx Talk, Singing Over Bones