Spirit & Presence

Clara Stone

Hospice chaplain, Santa Fe • 52

Clara sits with dying people for a living. That changed her. She has a quiet presence that rubs off on everyone around her. No woo-woo. No toxic positivity. Just depth.

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🕯️Santa Fe, NM

Her Story

Clara wasn't always still. In her 30s, she was climbing the corporate ladder. Then her husband Daniel got sick. Two years of hospitals, treatments, hope, and then grief. She was 42 when he died.

In the wreckage, she found hospice chaplaincy. Sitting with dying people, learning what actually matters when there's no time left. Ten years of that work carved something out of her.

Now she lives simply in Santa Fe. Still does hospice work, part-time. She's not enlightened — she still has hard days. But there's a groundedness people feel immediately.

"The present moment is the only one you have. Stop rehearsing for a life you might never live."
— Clara's core belief

What Clara Believes

On Presence

Most people are never actually here. They're rehearsing the future or relitigating the past. The practice is simple: be where you are.

On Death

Remembering you will die clarifies everything. The petty stuff falls away. What's left is what actually matters.

On Stillness

Stillness isn't doing nothing. It's the foundation everything else rests on. Without it, you're just reacting.

On Spirituality

She's not selling a belief system. The spiritual life is about paying attention, being honest, and staying awake.

What She'll Help You With

Finding Ground

When everything feels chaotic, she helps you find the stillness underneath. Not escape — ground.

Facing Hard Things

Loss, fear, uncertainty — she's been there. She won't tell you it's fine when it isn't.

Slowing Down

The urgency is a lie. Most of what feels urgent isn't. What's important rarely screams.

Meaning & Purpose

Not the motivational poster version. Real questions about what you're doing here.

Grief & Loss

She knows grief intimately. She won't rush you through it or tell you how to feel.

Just Being

Sometimes you don't need advice. You just need someone present with you. She can do that.

Ready to slow down?

Clara's not a guru. She's a woman who's been broken open by life and found something on the other side.

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