Tuesday, October 25, 9:30am
Sala Quetzal, Biblioteca, Relox 50A or Zoom sign up or email secretaryrotarysma@mail.com
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Breakfast starting at 8:30am
Meeting starts at 9:30am

By Robin Loving

Transition sounds like such a predictable, orderly process. And, they can be. But, of
course, that is not always how transitions happen. Are you going through some changes
and wondering what is going on? Maybe things are uncertain and you don’t know where life
is taking you. Maybe you are searching for answers and coming up short. You could be going
through a transition.

A transition is when you are forced to evolve beyond what you are. During a transition,
things in your life are ending. During a transition, nothing you do changes the
circumstances -- even with diligent effort. Philosopher Paul Brunton said, “What we
were in the past is not important. What we are now is important. What we intend to
make of ourselves in the future is vitally important.”

Brunton speaks of choice, and Transitions and Choice will be the topic at Rotary
Tuesday, October 25, at 9:30 a.m. when Wilka Roig, deputy director of education for the
global Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation, presents. Elisabeth Kubler Ross was the
author of the international best-selling book called On Death and Dying, in which she
shared the five stages of grief.

For her work, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and named by
Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Important Thinkers of the 20th Century. Her son,
Ken Ross, founded the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation, and is a personal friend and
colleague of Roig, who is the founder and curriculum developer of the first Life, Death,
and Transition School in Latin America.

“The unity between our character and our destiny is inseparable; the connection
between our way of thinking and the course of events is unerring,” says Brunton.
Ecumenist Father Richard Rohr, Founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation,
said, “We become what we are willing to see.”

Come to Rotary via the Biblioteca Publica’s Relox entrance, and enjoy breakfast
beforehand. Your choices for each could improve your day and your future!

About Wilka

Wilka M Roig, MA, MFA, PLC, holds a Master of Art in Transpersonal Psychology
specializing in Creativity and Innovation, and a Master of Fine Arts specializing in
Photography. She holds a Professional Dream Worker Certification from the Marin
Institute for Projective Dream Work, a Biomagnetism & Biodecoding Therapy
2

Certification from el Centro de Medicina Contemporánea, Level 1 and 2
Psychosynthesis Coaching Certification from the Synthesis Center, Level 1 Degriefing
Integrative Grief Therapy Certification, and has trained with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
in Archetypal and Cross-Cultural Psychology for four years, and with Dr. Gabor Maté in
Compassionate Inquiry.

Wilka is the president of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation branch in Central
México, Deputy Director of Education of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation Global,
and an end-of-life doula instructor of the International End of Life Doula Association
(INELDA). She is co-chair of the INELDA BIPOC Advisory Council, and member of the
Beautiful Dying Advisory Board. Wilka is an affiliate of Death Cafe, and administrator of
Death Café México.

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