Resources
- Bookshelf ·
Unforgettable: A Son, A Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime
While NPR’s Scott Simon sat with his 84-year-old mother who was dying in the intensive care unit of a Chicago hospital, he sent out a…
- End of Life Preparation ·
Final Passages: Institute of Conscious Dying, Home Funeral and Green Burial Education
“Imagine: facing death with far fewer fears; a funeral ceremony being held in a home or a private, intimate setting, allowing for a longer and…
- End of Life Preparation ·
Death Makes Life Possible
“Being OK with dying is a weird place to be. People think that I’ve given in,” says one man at the centre of the documentary…
- Grief ·
Modern Loss
“One of the best things someone said to me soon after my partner died,” says therapist and writer Megan Devine, “was: With something this big, ‘just…
- Bookshelf ·
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast’s 2014 book, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? starts with this statement: “It was against my parents’ principles to talk about death.”…
- Bookshelf ·
Death’s Door: Modern Dying and the Way We Grieve
Prominent critic, poet and memoirist Sandra M. Gilbert explores death and dying after the untimely loss of her husband. She weaves cultural history, her personal…
- Bookshelf ·
In the Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying
After the loss of her brother in her youth and 20 years working in a hospice, Eve Joseph writes lyrical essays on death, dying and…
- Bookshelf ·
The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die
“Like many Westerners at the turn of the 21st century, my family and I had not had much to do with death,” says author Katherine…
- Grief ·
Circle of Mothers – Healing, Empowering, Fellowship
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, created the Circle of Mothers as a way to empower women. The purpose of the Circle of Mothers is…
- Grief ·
Pet Bereavement
“…grief is grief…” This Huffington Post article, Pet Bereavement Is No Different Than Human Bereavement discusses what you might expect to experience when you lose…
