End of Life Family Support Bundle by Barbara Karnes
Caring for a loved one in their final days is a profound journey, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. The End of Life Family Support Bundle offers a compassionate roadmap for this difficult time. Featuring the New Rules for End of Life Care DVD and acclaimed guides like Gone From My Sight and […]
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me: A Memoir
On March 3, 2017, Amy Krouse Rosenthal published a “Modern Love” column in the New York Times titled “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” Written just ten days before she passed away from ovarian cancer, it wasn’t a goodbye—it was a creative, wry, and brutally honest “personal ad” for the man she was leaving behind. She didn’t want […]
Renegade Grief: A Guide to the Wild Ride of Life after Loss
Carla Fernandez pushes back on the death-denying culture we live in. After the death of her father, she co-founded The Dinner Party, a leading peer-support organization for people who’ve experienced a major loss. She wrote Renegade Grief with compassion, to help others adjust to change, and allow grief to become a catalyst to connecting with […]
The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing
Coping with death and grief is among the most painful human experiences. While the psychological and emotional effects of loss are often discussed, its impact on the physical body is frequently overlooked. Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, a leading researcher in the science of grief, addresses this gap in The Grieving Body, where she presents essential scientific […]
You Only Die Once
How many Mondays do you have left? This is the approach Jodi Wellman takes in her book “You Only Die Once: How to Make It to the End with No Regrets”. Statistically, we get about 4,000 Mondays in our lifetime, so if you’re halfway through your life, you might have roughly 2,000 Mondays to go. […]
When The Cranes Fly South
The power of this book by Lisa Ridzén lies in its simplicity. Ridzén’s story was inspired by the care-team journals kept while her grandfather was dying. It follows an old man in the Swedish north, living out his final days with his beloved dog and companion, Sixten. He grieves his wife, now lost to dementia […]
THE ENDLESS WAVE A Skateboarder’s Perspective on Death, Dying and Spirituality by Michael Brooke & Nathan Ho
“Millions of articles, books, videos, podcasts and pieces of art are dedicated to the ideas surrounding death and dying. But I’d wager a large fortune that very few of them give a perspective of death and dying through the lens of a skateboarder. This book aims to do just that – or at least start […]
The Final Act of Living by Barbara Karnes
This full-length audiobook with a newly updated preface is where Barbara Karnes shares her insights and experiences gathered over decades of working with people during their final act of living. For both professionals and laypeople, this book weaves personal stories with practical care guidelines, including: living with a life-threatening illness, signs of the dying process, […]
The Tao of Death by Dr Karen Wyatt
Dr Karen Wyatt has spent much of her 25-year career as a hospice medical director caring for dying patients in their homes. In The Tao of Death: The Secret to a Rich and Meaningful Life, Dr Wyatt addresses the fact that most of us are fearful of the idea of death and live in denial […]
We Are Carried by Sara Rian
We Are Carried is a collection of poetry about grief, death, and birth. This book captures the beauty and pain behind becoming a parent while grieving one. Sara Rian encompasses sorrow and loss with joy and learning that both can exist at the same time. It is a journey of loving. You can follow Sara […]