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Experiencing Life and Death Across Generations

By Robert Kopecky — 2014

How personal experiences of life and death can be devalued if operating with self-centered priorities.

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An Introduction to Rest

Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.

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How Spirituality Affects Mental Health

Understanding the difference between a spiritual crisis and a mental illness is important to get to the root of the problem.

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Dan Brennan
2021
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When Spiritual Crises Show Up in the Mental Health System

Spiritual “emergencies” require understanding from mental health professionals.

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Robert T. Muller
2022
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Is Silicon Valley’s Quest for Immortality a Fate Worse than Death?

Funded by elites, researchers believe they’re closer than ever to tweaking the human body so we can live forever (or quite a bit longer)

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Adam Gabbatt
2019
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Humans Could Live up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests

A study counts blood cells and footsteps to predict a hard limit to our longevity

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Emily Willingham
2021
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An Introduction to Longevity

In the context of human lifespans, “longevity” refers to how long someone lives and is generally understood to apply to people on the longer end of the life expectancy spectrum.

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2022
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An Introduction to the Death-Positive Movement

In most modern cultures, it’s common for people to feel uneasy about death. We express this discomfort by avoiding conversations on the topic and lowering our voices when speaking of the dead and dying.

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2022
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How to Find Care for LGBT Seniors

The key challenges facing aging LGBT adults center around: chronic health care, caregiving, financial security for long-term care, social isolation, building resiliency and where to find trusted help.

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Leah Eskenazi
2015
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A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit

Studies of dying patients who seek a hastened death have shown that their reasons often go beyond physical ones like intractable pain or emotional ones like feeling hopeless.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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Terminal Options for the Irreversibly Ill

My Feb. 5 column, “A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit,” prompted a deluge of information and requests for information on how people too sick to reap meaningful pleasure from life might be able to control their death.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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