Michael Kearney

Michael Kearney was born in Cork, Ireland, and trained in London under Cicely Saunders, the founder of the modern hospice movement. He has spent more than 45 years as a palliative care physician, working at the bedsides of seriously ill and dying patients. He is the author of Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death, and Healing (Scribner, 1996), A Place of Healing: Working with Nature and Soul at the End of Life (Oxford University Press, 2000), The Nest in the Stream (Parallax Press, 2018), Becoming Forest: A Story of Deep Belonging (All Night Books, 2023), and My Redwood Teacher: Five Lessons on Deep Resilience (KDP Publishing, 2025). Michael continues to work part-time in palliative and hospice care and teaches classes and workshops on Self-Care and Deep Resilience, drawing on engaged Buddhism, Native American and Celtic spirituality, and insights from a deep connection with the natural world. Visit http://www.michaelkearneymd.com.