One valuable question for us all to ask ourselves is: When does the performance stop? For you, really. Maybe a more specific question is: When are you not performing? Dr. Sara Schneider is interested in questions about the human body, the way it moves, how people adorn their bodies, how we express, and what is the road less traveled when it comes to expression of the body, be it acting, singing, etc. She began exploring these questions more deeply as she contemplated the window displays on 5th avenue in NYC circa 1988, one artists romantic nights on the town with a mannequin, when art and life flow together in a seamless whole. We discuss death and dying, death and cultural differences, the relationship between grief and love, how we attend to the sick and dying as a culture, anticipatory grief, hospice care in Western culture, the healing nature of story and storytelling, we explore how Dr. Schneider maps Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey into gaming theory, storytelling, end of life transition, and the meaning making mechanism in groups. This process helps family and other systems experience conversations that would otherwise not typically happen. Bio: THE HUMAN JOURNEY® Founder/CEO Sara K. Schneider, Ph.D., is a performance anthropologist, theatre maker, and organizational consultant and facilitator, with degrees from Yale and NYU, who calls herself “an artist whose medium is groups.” Sara’s books on human performance have been published by Yale University Press, Cuneiform Books, and Pendragon Press. She has published chapters in education, design, anthropology, and medical training books, and her insights have been featured on a variety of NPR programs and television and video productions. She consults on organizational and leadership strategy, program development, and learning design to nonprofit, healthcare, and corporate clients and offers experiential training and workshops on professional skills, and bringing spirituality into professional life. Offering: THE HUMAN JOURNEY® would like to extend a special opportunity to John's listeners -- $100 off THJ®'s complete professional training package when you use the code SEEKER at our Eventbrite training registration site or this direct link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-human-journey-conductor-training-packages-tickets-104484417706?discount=SEEKER For learn more or to reach out, please see: Website: https://The-Human-Journey.com EventBrite Training Registration Site : https://bit.ly/2XHm3iM And you're welcome to follow THE HUMAN JOURNEY® on social media: \LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-human-journey/ Twitter: @thehumanjourne1 The Sacred Speaks is brought to you by: https://www.thecenterforhas.com Theme music provided by: http://www.modernnationsmusic.com Website for The Sacred Speaks: http://www.thesacredspeaks.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/ @thesacredspeaks Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/ WATCH Get Centered https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdbeVcDXWXezYMkHJg-2duw