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How Baby Boomers Will Change End of Life Care
The baby boomers, the largest generation in American history, are now almost all in the last third...
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LatestThe Footprint of Death
With all the attention on how we can reduce our carbon footprint, most of us don’t know that we continue to have a significant impact on the environment when we die. All this thanks to our toxin-riddled funeral industry. But a...
What Do the Suffering Really Want to Hear?
Recently I came across an article entitled “How to Talk to the Angel of Death,” by Kate Bowler (New York Times, Jan. 26, 2018). In this poignant article a woman with stage IV colon cancer discussed what to say and not say to...
Read MoreNew Year’s Greeting for 2020!
As this year closes and we look forward to the New Year I wish for you “wise hope,” seeing things just as they are. “Wise hope,” writes philosophers and sages alike, “requires that we open ourselves up to what we do not know,...
Read MoreThe Holidays
The Holidays are a time of joy, celebration and gathering of family and friends. But what if someone close to you has recently died or is terminally ill? For those of us who have experienced a recent loss of a loved one, the...
Read MoreDon’t Tell Me When I’m Going to Die
Prognoses are more of an art than a science. Deborah, a trim 55-year-old female, was hiking with her husband when the coughing started. She brushed it off, but as the cough became more severe, she had it checked out. The exam...
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Talking Death Cards
Talking Death Cards provide you with engaging questions that inspire deep and meaningful conversations among family, friends and colleagues in an easy to use playing card format.