Speaker: Michael Eselun

“So, Things Are Good?”

Popular guest speaker and UCLA oncology chaplain, Michael Eselun, will examine our cultural quest and even demand for “happiness” and for our lives to be good– to be “all good,“ in fact. How do we define happiness and “things being good?” What’s the criteria? Are those definitions universal? Or are … Read the rest

“Ragged Edges”

Michael Eselun serves as the Chaplain for the Simms/Mann‐UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology. Two-time TED-X speaker, Michael speaks extensively to healthcare professionals, patient populations and faith communities across the country. He’s also worked as an activist/educator addressing anti-LGBTQ bias in the larger community for over 30 years. He has 4 … Read the rest

Wheels on My Suitcase

We all carry around our own unique burdens—“our baggage,” if you will.  UCLA Oncology Chaplain and popular guest speaker, Michael Eselun, will look at what might be “the wheels” on that suitcase that we drag around. What are the ways we can make it all a little easier to maneuver … Read the rest

“The Thread”

Popular guest speaker and UCLA oncology chaplain, Michael Eselun will reflect and explore the idea of a single thread that may run through our entire lives—what it takes to find it, what is our relationship to it, and how it just might help us make sense of the whole journey … Read the rest

Face the Music and Dance

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Popular guest speaker, and UCLA oncology chaplain, Michael Eselun will explore the dance we do between acceptance and self-compassion. If we reach for acceptance of our circumstances as a pathway to inner peace, what part does self-compassion play?

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