Guest Workshops & Presentations In recent years, Sharon has been invited as a guest lecturer and workshop leader at retreat centers, healthcare conferences and medical centers in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Europe.
(To contact Sharon about leading a workshop or speaking at your organization or conference, click here. )
Click on the image to hear Sharon on NBC News, San Diego, talking about Scripps' "Day of Celebration"
Recent Presentations/Workshops (2004 - present) 2011:
Healing Icons, Columbia, SC, with Heidi Darr-Hope
University of San Diego, "University of the Third Age," San Diego, CA
School of Ministry & Theology, Seattle, WA
5th Annual CAHM Forum for Healthy Minds, Poway, CA (with Sue Diaz)
2010:
4th Annual CAHM Forum, Poway, CA (with Sue Diaz)
Sutter VNA & Hospice, San Mateo, CA
Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, "Tuesday Night Talks"
Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Observership Program, UCSD, Moores Cancer Center
Stanford Medical School, McGann Women & Health Lecture Series, Palo Alto, CA
2009:
3rd Annual CAHM Forum for Healthy Minds, Poway, CA (with Sue Diaz, prize winning journalist)
WOW: Women on Writing Conference, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
Cancer Wellness House, Salt Lake City, UT
A Jewish Response to Breast Cancer, San Diego, CA
Dokkyo University School of Medicine Observership Program, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla CA
29th Annual Oncology Nurses Symposium, San Diego, CA
Utah Cancer Survivorship Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
Sutter VNA & Hospice, San Mateo, CA
2008:
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (collaborative sponsors)
St. Jude's Espiscopal Church, Cupertino, CA
Dokkyo University School of Medicine Observership Program, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla CA
2007:
Scripps Cancer Center, Scripps Clinic & Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA
CURE Day of Caring Breast Cancer Forum, Riverside, CA,June
CURE Patients & Survivors' Forum, Orlando, FL
Siskiyou Writers' Club, Yreka, CA
CURE Patients & Survivors' Forum, Chicago, IL
Dokkyo University School of Medicine Observership Program, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla CA
The Golden Door, Escondido, CA
St. George Breast Cancer Symposium, St. George, Utah
2006:
Stanford Cancer Center, Supportive Care Services
Story Circle Network Annual Conference, Austin, Texas
The Carle Hospital Foundation, Urbana, Illinois
The Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Urbana, Illinois
La Serrania Retreat Center, Mallorca, Spain
Book Passages, Corte Madera,CA
CURE Patients & Survivors' Forum, Washington D.C.
Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA
The Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin
CURE Patient & Survivors' Forum, San Diego, CA.
First Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2005:
Cure Magazine Survivors' Conference, Dallas TX
Swedish Cancer Center, Seattle CA
The 2005 Society for Arts in Healthcare, Edmonton,Canada (with artist, Heidi Darr-Hope)
The F. Holland Day Center for Creativity and Healing, Maine
La Serrania Retreat Center, Mallorca, Spain
2004:
The South Carolina Cancer Center, Columbia SC (with Heidi Darr-Hope)
Fuller Theological Seminary's 2004 Healthcare Missions Conference, Pasadena CA
Stanford Health Library, Palo Alto CA
Sutter Cancer Center, Sacramento CA