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Month: March 2018

Nine Perspectives: “Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death” from PBS

March 27, 2018 pfrancis417

To hear a variety of perspectives on death, it’s worth watching Helen Whitney’s “Into the Night: Portraits of Life and…

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Posted in: Art, Philosophy

Adopting the Yahrzeit Memorial Soul Candle and Other Helpful Traditions

March 26, 2018 pfrancis417

In a talk with the book group, A Year of Reading Dangerously, Katy Butler (author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door) mentioned…

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Posted in: Grief, Learning from Different Cultures, Living after Loved One Dies

Poem about Death at the End of “The Shape of Water”

March 25, 2018 pfrancis417

I finally saw The Shape of Water last night (and the night before last).  I rarely watch movies twice and I’ve…

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Posted in: Art, Grief, Living after Loved One Dies, Philosophy

Redesigning How We Die

March 12, 2018 pfrancis417

Dr. BJ Miller, a hospice and palliative medicine physician, thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of…

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Posted in: Living Well to Die in Peace, Treatment at End of Life

How to Prepare “Just in Case” You Die Young

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Although many people don’t want to think about death while we’re still young, most of us know someone who has…

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Posted in: Advance Planning

Seeking Refuge Through Poetry (Ongoing Post)

March 9, 2018 pfrancis417

In my coaching work around end of life issues, I find that people take great comfort in poetry.  Sometimes in…

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Posted in: Art, Grief, Living after Loved One Dies, Treatment at End of Life

Helping a Terminally Ill Friend from a Distance

March 7, 2018 pfrancis417

When we learn about the terminal diagnosis of a dear friend who lives far away, it’s easy to feel despair,…

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Posted in: Interaction with the Dying

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