Preparing for death and living fully are the same work
Inadequate training and personal discomfort with death are the top challenges faced by clinicians in EOL care
100% of humans some day will die
Tell Me More About Healwell's End-of-Life Courses
Cal Cates is the lead facilitator for most of our end-of-life care courses. They have trained with Roshi Joan Halifax, Ram Dass, Frank Ostaseski, and other leaders in the field of contemplative care. In the video below, Cal will describe Healwell's End-of-Life care offerings to help you decide what is the best path for you.
End-of-Life Care: Starter Pack
Curious about end-of-life care? The three courses in this on-demand bundle offer a short introduction.
Opening to the Mystery
A live, 6-day online retreat with Cal Cates that invites you to deeply consider and even to befriend your own mortality.
A Year to Live
In-depth, in-person education that builds on the OM On-Demand Bundle. For therapists who want to work in a clinical setting or specialize.
Testimonials
Our EOL courses have changed the professional and personal lives of so many people. Here's what just some of them have to say.
Rediscover what you’ve thought you already know.
"I work at Alive Hospice as a Volunteer Coordinator and attended the Hands of Hospice course… WOW!!! I encourage everyone doing the beautiful work of hospice to attend. This two day course is a study in learning about yourself and becoming more present in the moment, not only with patients and/or caregivers but yourself as well. You will learn how to genuinely listen and offer your gift of being truly present with others and yourself. Rediscover what you’ve thought you already know."
Joy Nielsen, Volunteer Coordinator at Alive Hospice
Amazing and inspiring
I cannot tell you how much Opening to the Mystery has impacted me. This has been amazing and learning from Cal has been inspiring.
Orley Bills III MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW, C-SWHC
Challenging, enlightening and ultimately life-affirming
So grateful for this challenging, enlightening and ultimately life-affirming course and for your amazing instruction.
Sakinah Irizarry, LMT
One of the best courses that I have ever taken
A Year to Live was one of the best courses that I have ever taken. It gave me the tools necessary to decide if I was living my life to the fullest. It helped me to understand where I should lean in and where I should let go. But the most valuable take away for me was that it made me realize that if this is the last time that I am going to get to do something, I should do it the way I want to be remembered. I am now trying to live the way I want to be seen; with peace, joy and gratitude.
Gail Forney, LMT
I'm so grateful
Showing Up at the End of Life is really helping me process my feelings about death and dying and illness and what even is wellness?! I'm so grateful for Healwell and Cal in particular.
Heather Minter, LMT
Meet Cal Cates, Lead Instructor
Cal Cates is an award-winning writer, published researcher, international speaker, and the founder and Executive Director of Healwell.
Cal is an inspirational change facilitator.
They have trained thousands of healthcare providers in skills of resiliency, self-awareness, communication, and forgiveness. They have dedicated their career to advocacy in healthcare, massage therapy as social justice, and to revolutionizing education for healthcare providers. Cal has trained with Roshi Joan Halifax, Ram Dass, Frank Ostaseski, and other leaders in the field of contemplative care and has created curriculum and written for trade journals on topics ranging from end of life care to interdisciplinary education to racism and the endless ways that humans make it hard to live in successful, equitable harmony.
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