Hal Smyer

Hal Smyer has provided volunteer bedside care, community outreach and volunteer training with Zen Hospice Project since 2003. He has received extensive training as a clinical chaplain both at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley as well as Sati Center For Buddhist Studies. He is currently endorsed by Spirit Rock Meditation Center as a clinical and community minister. Hal’s hospital and hospice work have given him extensive exposure to people and families facing the loss and grief associated with serious illness and end-of-life. Hal currently lives in Oakland with his wife, two teen-aged children and Charlie the “love dog.”

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