ROY REMER at Books Inc. Alameda

We are thrilled present local author Roy Remer to present his new book: Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others.
About this Event

Books Inc. Alameda is thrilled to present local author Roy Remer to present his new book: Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others.

Practical advice, emotional support, and a path to spiritual solace

One in five American adults is now a caregiver. And many have found themselves unprepared for this difficult and emotionally taxing task. As a caregiver himself, and executive director of

Zen Caregiving Project, Roy Remer was inspired to write Zen Caregiving to help support the emotional burden many caregivers experience and to augment this essential component of our healthcare system. This motivational, therapeutic, and practical book covers:

• the four components of the Zen Caregiving approach — mindfulness, compassion, loss literacy, and self-care

• tools for expanding compassion, avoiding burnout, and finding comfort

• the value of grieving and processing loss

• advice for preparing medical directives and end-of-life arrangements

• how to create intimacy with oneself to prioritize self-care, one breath at a time

Roy Remer is the Executive Director of Zen Caregiving Project (formerly known as Zen Hospice Project). He has been an end-of-life caregiver and educator since 1997 when he trained with Zen Hospice Project (ZHP) to become a volunteer. He served at the bedside for six years at the Guest House facility before serving for seven years on San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital’s Palliative Care Ward. In 2008, Roy completed a yearlong end-of-life caregiver training at the Metta Institute in Sausalito, CA. A dedicated practitioner in Soto Zen tradition, Roy is a student at the San Francisco Zen Center. He is certified by the Stanford University Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), and the Compassion Institute as an instructor of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT©). Roy also guides wilderness-based rites of passage programs in partnership with EarthWaysLLC of Sebastopol, CA