The full audio for this interview can be found here. My guest today is Stephen Jenkinson. Stephen Jenkinson is an activist, teacher, author, and farmer. He’s the founder of the Orphan Wisdom School in Tramore, Canada, and the author of four books, including Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, the award-winning book about grief and dying […]
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You can listen to the full audio of the interview here, starting with a bonus track of Lisa Hodgson singing Dark, Dark Heart from Dark Roads (the new album from Stephen Jenkinson and Gregory Hoskins). Below you can read an augmented transcript of the interview. – Introductions – Tad: My name is Tad Hargrave. I
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* “Elders are the axis mundi of our mutual life” * That is a quote from Stephen Jenkinson’s new book Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble. I’ve interviewed Stephen twice before, the first on the issue of ‘right livelihood‘ and the second around the question, ‘Am I ready to
In February of 2015, I sat down to write a blog post that it felt ridiculous for me to be writing. It was entitled, 36 Reflections on “Who am I to teach and charge for it?”. Being 39 years young at the time, and an elder in training at the very best, it felt like
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I first heard the name Stephen Jenkinson years ago. But, it wasn’t until I found myself lying in a bed in the King’s College Hospital in London, England with the very real possibility of death looming over me with its unwelcome finality, that I knew I had to pursue his work further. “You’d love Stephen’s
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