Being with Pain Series

Unattended pain leads to disconnection, from ourselves, from others, and from our world. Nature has lessons to guide us through the labyrinth of pain.

Michael Kearney, a palliative care physician whose day job is alleviating the pain and suffering of others, tells us that how we live with our own pain matters. Unattended suffering affects our quality of living and our capacity to find healing for ourselves, for others, and for our world. By sharing his personal and professional story, Kearney tells of how he discovered a new way of being with pain, inspired by his experiences with Native American spirituality. By remembering our deep interconnectedness with nature, and practicing openness to our own pain, we can awaken compassion for ourselves and others and enrich our lives with meaning and vitality.

Course Instructor

Michael Kearney MD is a palliative care physician. He trained at St Christopher’s Hospice in London with Dame Cicely Saunders, pioneer of the modern hospice movement. He later returned to his Ireland as medical director at Our Lady’s Hospice in Dublin. 

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