Katy Butler

Author, health-care journalist and essayist based in California. Founder of the “Slow Medicine” group on Facebook.

Health-care journalist and essayist based in California, and author of “Knocking on Heaven’s Door; The Path to a Better Way of Death” and “The Art of Dying Well; A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life. ” She also is the founder of the “Slow Medicine” group on Facebook.

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San Francisco-based writer Katy Butler shares the impact Thich Nhat Hanh had on her life and her memories of the Plum Village monastery in Southern France.

Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village

San Francisco-based writer Katy Butler shares the impact Thich Nhat Hanh had on her life and her memories of the Plum Village monastery in Southern France.

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