Family Guidance In The Final Hours and After…
In the hours to minutes before death, gather family and significant others. Encourage each person to spend some time alone with the person dying. This is the time to talk...
Something to Think About: a blog on end of life
Death
Conversations and Cake: Death Cafes Around the World
I see Death Cafes as the start of a conversation; the start of opening ourselves up to exploring end of life issues; the start of breaking the belief that if I talk...
How the Body Prepares to Die
Our body is programmed to die. We are born. We experience, and then we die...
Who Are You Remembering This Holiday Season?
Death has touched us all, some more recently than others. Grief has no actual timeline, no end point where we are suddenly “fine”. Each of us responds to our loss...
The Words We Use When It Comes to Death
Our job as end of life workers is to educate. We walk a thin line. Our words can be heard and misunderstood so easily. They can be interpreted differently than...
Do I Want FULL CODE or a NO CODE?
Medicine and medical technology can prolong our life but not indefinitely and it is generally at the expense of our quality of living. Or we can reframe how we think...
Holiday Celebrations and the Grief-Wound
We tend to play the “elephant in the room” game at the mention of our missing loved one. “If we don’t talk about how sad we are feeling we won’t...
How Am I Going To Die? When Will It Come?
I also thought as we get older that question tends to come out of hiding more easily. The older we are the more the question lies in the back of...
The Three Signs of Approaching Death From Disease or Old Age
Know that all of these signs of approaching death, whether indicating months or weeks, are just guideposts. Some people will show all of them...
"Grieving For Someone Who Treated Me Badly..."
Part of grieving is how you channel the feelings. Channel your anger, your disdain into how well you live your life now. Let your life experience be the learning tool...
Why Do Children Die?
Unfortunately, children die. We are born, we experience, and then we die. That's the name of this game called life...
Where Do I Scatter Mom's Ashes?
Maybe, at some point, you can find a place even though you move frequently. A place that has meaning to them or to you. Plant a tree in a park...