Kathy B Dempsey, RN, MED, CSP, didn’t expect to get her “death sentence” at 25 years old. But being diagnosised as the first healthcare worker in the country to test HIV positive, she learned, even as a ER trauma nurse, she was not prepared to die. Kathy is a keynote speaker, award winning author (8 books) who helps people of all ages with change and transitions. With Lenny the Lizard, the powerful metaphor that reminds people to SHED, their mantra is, From birth to death we continually let go of the old and take on the new. Kathy did her master’s thesis on Death & Dying and has been helping thousands of people SHED for over 30 years. She is also a Death Doula and took her training at the world renowned Omega Institute in New York.