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"Going to Essence: Aging into Wisdom with Intention and Grace is a compilation of forty-seven insightful poems, vignettes, and haiku. This work is accompanied by gorgeous nature photography from five photographers: internationally award-winning photographer David Foster (www.davidfosterimages.net), Cindy Addiss, Bryan P Sperry (www.bpsperryphotography.com), Julie Hliboki, and David Addiss. These offerings invite the reader to cultivate the wisdom that arises through the ache and awe of aging. Julie Hliboki writes in her introduction, ""Being human means we will ache; we will suffer. We will find ourselves at times confused, lonely, in pain, grief-stricken, outraged, fearful, depressed, hopeless-the ache we all have felt in body, mind, and spirit. And being human means we will experience awe in the miracles we witness every day-wonder, gratitude, friendship, love, kindness, beauty, and compassion. As we age, we have an opportunity to move more deliberately toward awe even as our aches increase. We can move toward acceptance and gratitude and away from resistance and bitterness. We can move toward love and compassion and away from judgments and condemnation. We can move toward wholeness and grace even as age unravels our body and mind. It is our essence-our essential nature-to become wise from our lifetime of experiences."" The forty-seven offerings are based on Dr. Hliboki's work over the past decade providing spiritual healthcare and well-being. In her work, Hliboki says, she has ""witnessed incredible courage, strength, dignity, faith, love, and friendship in the face of impossible hardship, unbearable pain, and intense suffering. The people I have accompanied are stellar examples of what it means to cultivate wisdom as we age-not ever easy but necessary for our spiritual, emotional, and mental health. Wisdom enhances our well-being no matter our physical condition."" Included with each poem and vignette is an invitational Intention and Grace meditation prompt for the reader to practice cultivating their own inherent wisdom. May you embrace the aging process-allowing it to reveal your essence, to cultivate your inherent wisdom, and to help you live with intention and grace."

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Julie Hliboki is a healer, spiritual guide, a student of mystery, and a keen observer of the ache and awe of being human. Her latest collection of poetry, images, and stories invite the reader to wade in where the water is deep, exploring how to be respectful of the currents of nature and graceful in the process of aging. She uses meditative suggestions to create a sense of spaciousness and stories to illustrate our shared human connection. In a culture where the gifts of aging often go unsung Going to Essence: Aging into Wisdom with Intention and Grace is refreshing, comforting, and wonderfully thoughtful. -Carrie Newcomer, Songwriter and Poet, Until Now and The Beautiful Not Yet This beautiful book is a garland of jewels of wisdom and great kindness. -Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, author of Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet and Being With Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death Going to Essence is a beautiful collage of encounters that leaves you pondering upon multiple dimensions of existence. Read it slowly. This book may well become one of your treasured sources of intentional energy to return to periodically. -Shams B. Syed, MD, Head Of Unit, Quality of Care, World Health Organization Julie Hliboki, with a grace and courage that is aspirational for many of us, provides a resource that engages mind, body, and spirit in places where the questions run deepest. This book is more than just a reflection companion; it holds us in the Light even as we journey into places that we do not seek but cannot avoid. -Trace Haythorn, PhD, Executive Director/CEO, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) Going to Essence is a dance of grace and hope. The poems and photographs have a prophetic role. They are about being and becoming, encouraging reflection, and inspiring a deep understanding of what it is to be human. This is a book where we can see the passing places of life, feel and understand the essence of time, recognise the generosity of life, and sing with joy because we value of ourselves and each other. -Liz Grant, PhD, Professor of Global Health and Development, University of Edinburgh After reading a few of Julie's selections and reflecting on each Intention and Grace, I had a tingling sensation of calm, compassion, and renewal flowing throughout my body. My mind wandered to my grandparents and their Essence, Aging, and Wisdom, which I am so blessed to have known and loved. An often missing smile came to my face, and I was thankful. -Bruce Compton, Senior Director, Global Health, Catholic Health Association of the United States In Going to Essence, Julie Hliboki invites us to breathe, laugh, and remember what we know to be true. This book is a gift. -Ashley M. Wilcox, author of The Women's Lectionary: Preaching the Women of the Bible throughout the Year Too often our fast-paced lives rob us of the time required to keep ourselves centered and our intentions clear. This beautiful book can be a powerful resource as we seek to live our lives fully and at peace with who we are. -The Rev. George Handzo, APBCC, HealthCare Chaplaincy Network

"""Julie Hliboki is a healer, spiritual guide, a student of mystery, and a keen observer of the ache and awe of being human. Her latest collection of poetry, images, and stories invite the reader to wade in where the water is deep, exploring how to be respectful of the currents of nature and graceful in the process of aging. She uses meditative suggestions to create a sense of spaciousness and stories to illustrate our shared human connection. In a culture where the gifts of aging often go unsung Going to Essence: Aging into Wisdom with Intention and Grace is refreshing, comforting, and wonderfully thoughtful."" -Carrie Newcomer, Songwriter and Poet, Until Now and The Beautiful Not Yet ""This beautiful book is a garland of jewels of wisdom and great kindness."" -Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, author of Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet and Being With Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death ""Going to Essence is a beautiful collage of encounters that leaves you pondering upon multiple dimensions of existence. Read it slowly. This book may well become one of your treasured sources of intentional energy to return to periodically.""-Shams B. Syed, MD, Head Of Unit, Quality of Care, World Health Organization ""Julie Hliboki, with a grace and courage that is aspirational for many of us, provides a resource that engages mind, body, and spirit in places where the questions run deepest. This book is more than just a reflection companion; it holds us in the Light even as we journey into places that we do not seek but cannot avoid.""-Trace Haythorn, PhD, Executive Director/CEO, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) ""Going to Essence is a dance of grace and hope. The poems and photographs have a prophetic role. They are about being and becoming, encouraging reflection, and inspiring a deep understanding of what it is to be human. This is a book where we can see the passing places of life, feel and understand the essence of time, recognise the generosity of life, and sing with joy because we value of ourselves and each other.""-Liz Grant, PhD, Professor of Global Health and Development, University of Edinburgh ""After reading a few of Julie's selections and reflecting on each Intention and Grace, I had a tingling sensation of calm, compassion, and renewal flowing throughout my body. My mind wandered to my grandparents and their Essence, Aging, and Wisdom, which I am so blessed to have known and loved. An often missing smile came to my face, and I was thankful.""-Bruce Compton, Senior Director, Global Health, Catholic Health Association of the United States ""In Going to Essence, Julie Hliboki invites us to breathe, laugh, and remember what we know to be true. This book is a gift.""-Ashley M. Wilcox, author of The Women's Lectionary: Preaching the Women of the Bible throughout the Year ""Too often our fast-paced lives rob us of the time required to keep ourselves centered and our intentions clear. This beautiful book can be a powerful resource as we seek to live our lives fully and at peace with who we are.""-The Rev. George Handzo, APBCC, HealthCare Chaplaincy Network"

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As a Spiritual Well-being chaplain, Dr. Hliboki has provided spiritual healthcare to individuals, families, and caregivers working through many aspects of living and dying including grief and loss, hospice, bereavement, critical illness, and crisis support. She has worked in venues such as Emergency Departments, Cardiac ICUs, Cancer Centers, Neonatal ICUs, and Pediatric ICUs. Julie has also provided Spiritual Well-being programs and support for hundreds of residents in independent-living senior affordable retirement communities. Julie has also provided Spiritual Accompaniment and Coaching for individuals and groups in a variety of settings over the past twenty years. She has developed curricula and taught graduate courses on global awareness, leadership, intergroup dialogue, and expressive arts; facilitated workshops, retreats, and conferences on personal and professional transformation; and provided executive coaching and organizational development services to individuals, teams, and divisions within many businesses and non-profit organizations. In addition, for over three decades Julie founded, developed, and led successfully multiple for-profit corporations and 501c3 non-profit organizations. Her rare combination of left-brained business acumen and right-brained artistic creativity, and her strong passion for engaging in transformative endeavors, led to creating and leading organizations that have both local and global impact.Julie received her Doctor of Ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation, an affiliate of Oxford University, and her Master of Arts in Transformation Studies from Antioch University McGregor. Her graduate research focused on the transformative nature of engaged altruism and interfaith collaboration. Julie holds graduate certificates in Authentic Leadership and Executive Coaching from Naropa University's Marpa School of Business and Economics, Holistic Studies from the College of Health and Human Services at Western Michigan University, and Expressive Arts Education from the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association. She received her coaching certification (2007-2017) from the ICF and in 2018 was designated a Board Certified Chaplain.For more information visit: www.JulieHliboki.com

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