About

Shakuhachi

Hi. I’m Dr. Don Child, Ph.D.  I have grown up with the luxury of knowing that I will always be a Child, so life is a process of becoming, and there is no single desination that says “this is where I am, now that I’m a grown-up.” My late father, Bob Child, was the same way … he published his memoirs under the title, “My Life as a Child.”

I’m a poet and a writer. I am a health coach. I do technical writing for a living, including everything from proposals to on-line help systems. I’m also a philosopher, a healer, an erstwhile musician, an environmentalist who thinks that sustainability should be first thought in everyone’s mind. That’s how I define myself.

Others tend to define people by where they’ve been and what they’ve accomplished. Okay, I have a BA in Humanities from Colorado State University, a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Antioch University (the MACW program was in London), and a Ph.D. in Natural Health from Clayton College of Natural Health. I was born at the Stanford Medical Center, but grew up in Colorado, spent two years in the Army (drafted, I was a conscientious objector and ended up as an infantry medic in the jungles of Vietnam), five years in Alaska, and three or four years in England. Oh, yes, and don’t forget over 20 years in Hawaii, where I now live.

My family — I found my wife, Wyn, in England back in 1980. Our son Tristan lives in New York City, now starting to find his own way in the big world. And the rest of my family includes you. We are all connected at the heart. Welcome to my family.