Dale Borglum With Healing At The Edge

Poet and Author, John Fox, joins the show to talk about the healing power of poetry.

Sandra Fish joins the show to talk about her work as an advocate for compassionate end of life care in prisons. 

Buddhist chaplain, Susan Shannon, joins the show to talk about cultivating compassion and mindfulness with death row inmates at San Quentin. 

On this episode of Healing at the Edge, Dale speaks with author, Joe DiNardo, about confronting death and the role of practice in the process of grieving. 

Dale visits one of his oldest friends, and very special guest, Ram Dass to talk about lessons learned from their time in India with Neem Karoli Baba and ways we all can integrate the living/dying process. Ram Dass joins Dale for a moving conversation about their work with the dying and the importance of practice in the living/dying process that we all go through.

Dale has a conversation with Dr. Jim Smith about his battle with cancer, how it changed his perspective as a physician, and cultivating compassion. Dr. Jim Smith is a surgeon whose personal journey and practice has changed the way he has come to practice. Dale and Jim discuss the role of compassion and the need for doctors to cultivate as much compassion for themselves as they do their patients.

In this talk, given at the Symington Cancer Conference, Dale discusses conscious dying and working with suffering. Dale talks about the struggles of dying and methods of conscious dying that allow a person freedom from suffering.

Dale discusses healing the heart and staying on the path to God. On this episode of Healing at the Edge, Dale talks about staying motivated in our practice, how we deal with suffering, and healing the heart with compassion.

In this episode, Dale talks about the joy of taking refuge.   When we take refuge, we are seeking sanctuary in awareness, truth, and connectedness. Dale reminds us to let go and teaches us the joy of taking refuge.

Dale speaks with Melanie Bien, who has dedicated herself to working on the street with the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team. The two met a few years ago at a retreat led by Dale, after the death of Melanie’s mother. Melanie and Dale discuss how the practice that she has cultivated counterbalances the deep suffering she is exposed to on a daily basis. Reminding us that to have love and compassion means giving it to ourselves and our enemies as much as anyone else. “Love is contagious, those who haven’t got it catch it from those who do.” – Meher Baba

On this episode of Healing at the Edge, Dale chats with writer Anne Lamott about spirituality and politics. They discuss keeping an open heart and finding compassion while navigating the divisive political landscape. We are reminded by Anne and Dale that surrendering to compassion means having compassion for ourselves and our enemies, as well as our friends. Showing compassion for ourselves allows us to overcome our imperfections by accepting them. It is simply up to us to surrender to compassion.

Dale brings on his friend Donnie Nelson, RN, to talk about working with trauma and death. Donnie is a palliative care nurse in the San Fransisco area. During a moment of crisis, Donnie discovered Dale's teachings which transformed how Donnie approached his life and career. Hear Donnie's journey and how his practice has allowed him to better care for his patients and their families in times of crisis and suffering. How does becoming grounded allow us to keep trauma at a distance? In  the midst of America's heated political race, how do we discuss important issues without losing ourselves? Dale and Donnie discuss this and more on this episode of  "Healing at the Edge".