Inspirational

Colleen “Coke” Tani

Colleen “Coke” Tani is a spiritual director/companion, writer and InterPlay(c) leader. She was once a hospice/bereavement therapist as well as congregational coordinator of spiritual nurture. She misses and communes with her deceased parents everyday.

Cathie Tani

Cathie Tani is a retired elementary and middle school teacher and a bereaved mother of two children. She helps lead grief support ministries and coordinates memorial services at her church, offering comfort and compassion to those experiencing loss.

Leigh Shindo

Leigh Shindo is an Educator, Family Assistant and a Reiki Master Practitioner. Caregiving her brother and parents through their transitions, she feels, is an honor. She lives her life with love, gratitude and resilience at its core.

Cathie Tani, Leigh Shindo, and Coke Tani

Cathie, Leigh, and Coke are educators, grief support facilitators, energy healers, artists, and spiritual directors who have all experienced great losses as well as life in the aftermath. Their unique approach to bereavement care includes movement meditation, arts & crafts, and communal altar-making.

Creative Journey from Grief to Joy,

Fr. Roy Pereria

Terry Hershey

TERRY HERSHEY—author, humorist, inspirational speaker, dad, ordained minister, golf addict, and smitten by French wine. He divides his time between designing sanctuary gardens and sharing his practice of “pausing” and “sanctuary,” to help us rest, renew, and live wholehearted. Terry’s book, This Is The Life, offers the invitation and permission to savor this life, to taste the present moment. Most […]

Pilgrimage of the Heart: Weekend Retreat,