Spiritual care enhances healthcare by addressing deeper patient needs and inviting a broader perspective on health and well-being.

Grounded in Clinical Pastoral Education and backed by science, it explores how spirituality, distress, and grief impact health, metabolism, and readiness for change. You’ll gain a practical framework to integrate spiritual care into your work while strengthening your own emotional resilience.

For dietitians, physicians, nurses, and lifestyle medicine providers, this book offers:

* Tools to navigate complex patient interactions and ethical concerns.

* Strategies for deeper, more meaningful patient connections.

* Evidence-based approaches to spiritual assessment and care.

With actionable insights and practical tools, The Renewed Practitioner empowers you to provide truly holistic care while avoiding burnout and staying authentic in your practice.

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Mary Gannon Kaufmann, MS, MA, RDN, BCC, uniquely combines her expertise as a Registered Dietitian and Board-Certified Healthcare Chaplain to bridge the worlds of nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and spiritual care. Through her work in interfaith spiritual care and experience with Clinical Pastoral Education, Mary empowers healthcare professionals to embrace holistic healing practices that transform both practitioner and patient. Mary lives outside Denver, Colorado, with her husband, John.
They have six young adult kids.