After binge watching The Crown on Netflix when I had the flu in January, I was interested in seeing something else…
Bonnie Ware, who was a palliative care nurse, worked with many people during the last days of their lives. She…
Peter Saul’s Ted Talk, “Let’s Talk About Dying,” is a frank discussion by an ER doctor about how we are…
In a commencement address at Stanford University in 1995, Steve Jobs talked about death and how keeping the focus of…
In addition to exploring green burial options, the documentary A Will for the Woods shows how funeral planning can be palliative…
Body of Walden (collage painting by Patti Francis) Henry David Thoreau viewed living and dying as transition, noting that all…
The final pose of any yoga class is one of deep restoration: Savasana, the relaxation pose. Its Sanskrit name, “Savasana” (shah-VAHS-uh-nuh),…
Yesterday was Groundhog Day so I watched the classic movie Groundhog Day, which I hadn’t seen in years. The universal…
Today, as I listened to A Conversation with Brene Brown and DeRay McKesson, @WestsideNYC, called The Courage To Show Up,…
What would you do differently if you knew this was your last year on earth? Paradoxically, the mediation by Budhhist…