Sarah Bowen is an award-winning author, columnist for Spirituality & Health magazine, animal chaplain, and multifaith spiritual educator.
Especially interested in the intersection of spiritual values with animal welfare, Sarah is a fierce advocate for all creatures, teaching interspecies mindfulness practices, working with humans around the grief and loss of companion animals, loving up animals in shelters, and providing wildlife struck by cars a "sacred sendoff." Her newest book "Sacred Sendoffs: An Animal Chaplain’s Advice For Surviving Animal Loss, Making Life Meaningful, & Trying To Heal The Planet" will hit bookstores April 5, 2022. (monkfishpublishing.com)
Sarah's first book, "Void If Detached: Seeking Modern Spirituality Through My Father's Old Sermons," and second book, "Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Deeper Perspective and Higher Purpose," from Monkfish Publishing both received numerous book awards including the Nautilus.
Sarah writes regularly for Spirituality & Health Magazine and her work has also appeared in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Elephant Journal, Common Ground, Light of Consciousness, mindbodygreen, Shatterproof, and other media.
She is also an academic dean at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, where she encourages people to align their spiritual values with animal and planetary welfare. In addition, she has presented on animal death and interspecies spirituality in a wide range of venues, including United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week, Parliament of the World’s Religions, Compassion Arts Festival, Pace E Bene’s Campaign Nonviolence Action Week, The Spiritual Forum, and numerous podcasts.