Being, Not Doing

Credits

“If you had one professional wish for your future, what would it be?” In 2007 a life-long friend of Peg's, Dr. Ann Wigodsky, asked Peg that question. Peg’s answer was “I’d want to share knowledge about the benefits of grief and bereavement counseling as widely as possible.” How to Be with Someone Who is Dying is the result of that wish.

Over the past 25 years, Peg has counseled thousands of individuals, their families and other loved ones on the journey toward a conscious, transformative experience of death. Mary Denman’s intimate interview with Peg distills the hard-earned wisdom of those experiences into 31 questions and answers on How to Be with Someone Who is Dying. The making of the DVD was a joyful collaboration from start to finish.

Mary Denman, the interviewer, is often referred to as San Antonio's Barbara Walters. Mary's career in television and radio broadcasting places her in a rare category - that of women who have been on the air for fifty years. Her skills as an interviewer have been honored by the public and the broadcast industry. She is similarly regarded for her work as an actress in community
theaters, and she has served on numerous non-profit boards.

Sincere thanks and appreciation are offered to:

Ann Wigodsky, Ph.D. (Co-Producer) - Ann was a sophomore at Trinity University 35 years ago when she first met Peg, who was the Assistant Dean of Students. With Peg’s encouragement, Ann went on to earn her Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Ann’s private practice in Dallas focuses on empowering women. She views this DVD as an extension of her passion for helping people find meaning in their lives.

Susan Gore, Ph.D. (Co-Producer) - Since 1991, Susan has consulted with organizations ranging from Fortune 500 to small non-profits on leadership development, communication, and team-building. A completely unanticipated result of working on this DVD is that Susan is now training to become a counselor for terminally ill patients and their loved ones. Her goal is to open a private practice in the Dallas area in 2009.

Jacquelyn Kyle - Photography
Bradford Lawton Design Group, Inc. - Illustration
Maverick Video Productions, Inc. - Videography
Steven Halpern - Music used with kind permission from “Inner Peace Music” (“Sanctuary of the Heart”), Open Channel Sound Co. (BMI)

We are extremely grateful to everyone who helped us create this DVD with their time and energy, most especially Dorothy Haecker, Bruce Kibodeaux, Leslie Turner, Bonita Griffith, Pat Wood, Tory Schoppe and all the focus group participants in San Antonio and Dallas who helped ensure the right questions were answered.

In loving memory of Hope Bondurant, Rabbi Mark Goodman, Maggie Sheerin, Joan Reichert, and Cindy Deegear, from whom Peg says "I learned more than I taught".