The When You Die staff is committed to bringing death back into our everyday conversations as an integral part of our human journey.
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When our body ceases to function, what happens to it? Embalming? Organ donation? Cremation? Burial? It’s time to think through what we want to happen to this physical form.
What Happens As Death Approaches: The Nuts & Bolts
By understanding the physical and emotional stages of dying we begin to reclaim death and dying as a normal part of life.
Legacy Giving: You Can’t Take It With You
Your life, your legacy, and how you can help even after you’re gone.
When You Die Sits Down with Dr. Jessica Zitter
This doctor wants to keep you off the ‘end of life conveyor belt’ where, she warns, most wind up.
What Happens When You Die in Winter: Icy Green Burial
Green burial is affordable and eco-friendly—but what happens when you die in winter? Here are 5 ways to conduct a green burial in the cold.
Five Ways Your Pet Has More Rights in Death Than You Do
Pets face all kinds of legal restrictions in life, but once they cross the
Death Doula Jill Schock on ‘The Perfect Death’
Each body has its own way of shutting down due to illness or injury. In a natural death, your breathing will simply slow until it stops. That is out of our control. Eventually all of our bodies will wear down to nothing more than ashes and dust. But American culture struggles with accepting mortality. We don’t like to age; we don’t like ugly. Unfortunately, neither idealizing nor ignoring death will make it go away.
At the Bedside: What’s It Like?
In the Victorian era, birth and death happened at home, so people knew more or less what to expect. But that’s not true for us! And because we don’t talk much about death and dying we are left with whispered stories, scenes from movies, and random bits that cross social media.
