Hello and thanks for visiting my website. I am an author, international lecturer, clinician, and world traveler. I offer lectures/workshops to health professionals at conferences, universities, and hospitals worldwide about:

1. Illness beliefs of families and health care professionals, 
2. Spirituality, illness suffering, hope and healing,
3. Individual, couple, and family interventions that promote healing,
4. Don't get married ... unless.

One of my current goals is to visit 100 countries to understand more about illness, suffering, and families in various cultures and to offer this knowledge to health professionals.

Check out my tabs on Books, Publications, and DVD's if you would like to learn more about my writings and productions.

October 29
From Suffering to Hope: How does it Happen? Invited presentation at College & Association of Respiratory Therapists, Calgary, AB, Canada

June 25
Spirituality and Illness: How to move Families from Suffering to Flourishing to Healing. Invited Pre-Conference Workshop at International Family Nursing Conference, Kyoto, Japan

June 27
Different Perspectives on Suffering and Spirituality when Caring for Families. Invited Panel Participant International Family Nursing Conference, Kyoto, Japan

Austria Barbados Belgium Cambodia Canada Chile Czechoslovakia

Cuba England Egypt Finland France Greece Hong Kong

Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Laos

Luxembourg Macau Mexico Myanmar (Burma) New Zealand Norway Portugal

Qatar Scotland Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand

Russia United States Vatican City Vietnam United Arab Emirates Yugoslavia (previous)

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1. 3 new DVD's now available.
2. Guest on Dr. Janice Bell's Blog,
    read here.
3. Nursing Expert Impresses
    University of Calgary, Qatar     students. click here for more
4. Book: Don't get Married: Unless,
    Fall, 2010
5. Beliefs and Illness book to be
    translated into Japanese
6. New countries will visit in 2010:
   Brazil, Argentina, & Poland