Ask a Mortician’s Caitlin Doughty tells TFD what it means to be “death positive,” plus other misconceptions about a healthy way to deal with death.
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What can deathbed conversations tell us about the mind as death approaches? This panel discussion gives audiences an opportunity to hear Dr.
Those who are nearing the end of their lives are often reported to say poetic, unusual things in the hours shortly before death. Are these communications just nonsense? Or do they hold a hidden message?
Best-selling author Elizabeth Lesser describes how observing her sister Maggie as she prepared for death made her believe more strongly in an afterlife.
This is a phenomenal short giving us a glimpse of the Contemplative End of Live Care retreat for which Roshi Joan Halifax and Upaya are famous.
Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of empathy.