ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

The Condolences End. Being a Widow Doesn't

By Lisa Kolb — 2015

The second year without my husband is in some ways harder than the first.

Read on www.washingtonpost.com

FindCenter Post-Image

How to Bring More Meaning to Dying

Palliative care specialist BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger explain how to bring more meaning and less suffering to the end of life.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 78, Dies; Psychiatrist Revolutionized Care of the Terminally Ill

Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the psychiatrist whose pioneering work with terminally ill patients helped to revolutionize attitudes toward the care of the dying, died Tuesday at her home in Scottsdale, Ariz. She was 78.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The MISS Foundation: A Lifeline to Grieving Families

Joanne Cacciatore of Sedona started the nonprofit MISS Foundation in 1996 to provide counseling, advocacy, research and education services to families who have endured the death of a child.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Joanne Cacciatore on Bereavement Work and Traumatic Loss: On the Future of Mental Health

Part of being human means that we do experience the natural ebb and flow of life. This brings sadness and joy, despair and happiness, pain and beauty, loss and love. These aspects of the human experience are normal.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Meet Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

Most of you know her as Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, founder of the MISS Foundation and professor and researcher at Arizona State University. Her expertise is helping those affected by traumatic death.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Rachel Held Evans, Hero to Christian Misfits

The firebrand writer died unexpectedly over the weekend at the age of 37.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

When Your Fears About Dying Are Unhealthy

The fear of death and dying is quite common, and most people fear death to varying degrees. To what extent that fear occurs and what it pertains to specifically varies from one person to another.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Poisoning of Spirit

Realizing the peak of one’s human potential is a divine grace promised when that wing is alive and spiritually alert. Its paralysis, however, means paralysis of the anatomical system of the human spirit; we briefly refer to this as the “poisoning of spirit.”

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

‘I Believed That I Would See Her Again’

This month’s conversation in our series exploring religion and death is with Karen Teel, who has been a member of the department of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego since 2007.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

What Does Taoism Teach About Life After Death?

It’s always useful to learn about death in different cultures. And Taoist beliefs about death—both religious and philosophical—are interesting and complex. By learning about Taoist beliefs about death and life after death, you can better understand many philosophies around the world.

FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Death or Loss of a Partner or Spouse