Kathleen Donnelly Israel

Kathleen Donnelly Israel was born 1949 in San Diego, CA where she still lives. A devout Catholic, she has studied spirituality her whole life. Ron and Kathleen Israel raised their five children in Lakeside, San Diego County, CA. They were a Team Couple for Worldwide Marriage Encounter in the 70s and 80s. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Art from San Diego State University. She studied Expressive Arts Therapy at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. She is a certified Transformational Breathing Facilitator, Theta Healer, and has enjoyed a lifetime of walking, hiking, and running. Kathleen cared for her husband for the 17 years that he had Parkinson’s disease till he passed from this world in 2018. During this time, she studied spiritual healing, on the computer, from many enlightened thought leaders and teachers, developing her own wisdom and philosophies. Her first book is about real life and beauty on the Camino Santiago de Compostela and about the wisdom and philosophies she shared with the other pilgrims she met along the way.