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Dec 2022
58m 40s

Living While Dying with Sensei Koshin Pa...

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
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“All the time I work with dying people, and only a few of them know they are dying.”  On this episode of Being Well, Soto Zen teacher Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison joins Forrest and Rick to explore living, dying, and personal practice in the midst of our beautiful, challenging, messy lives.    About our Guest: Sensei Koshin is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian p ... Show More
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