Reading: Sharon Lukert: Until My Memory Fails Me

This event is in partnership with Portland Shambhala Center. About Until My Memory Fails Me: A definitive guide for navigating cognitive decline using mindfulness and meditation practices that includes practical advice and poignant stories from a Buddhist chaplain diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment. When Buddhist chaplain Sharon Lukert was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), she turned to spiritual practice and community to help her adjust to a new and ever-shifting reality. In Until My Memory Fails Me, she shares her hard-won wisdom as a guide for anyone standing at the gateway of cognitive decline. Through poignant storytelling and practical wisdom, Lukert offers specific ways to build resilience against the emotional swings and existential fear inherent in cognitive decline. With raw vulnerability, Lukert demonstrates how to find courage, acceptance, and compassion even as your sense of self shifts underneath you. Sharon Lukert is a retired Buddhist chaplain who served patients and families in hospice and hospital settings for more than two decades. She studied with Pema Chödrön for more than thirty years and is a student of the Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. A former Buddhist monastic for three years, Lukert took precepts with Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche. She is also a former director of Gampo Abbey Monastery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and has facilitated workshops and study groups on Buddhism, meditation, death and dying, and bereavement support in various settings.

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