In my last blog post I said that I wanted to explore the reasons for researching and writing about dying and death. Although the question was about why I, personally, …Continue Reading »
The Update It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, not because I haven’t been writing, just not writing on the blog. I am far enough along with my …Continue Reading »
My Dear Friends, According to the internet gurus, I have committed a huge faux pas: I have not done a daily, weekly, or (gasp) even a monthly blog post. For …Continue Reading »
Cutting the Ties That Bind: One person’s experience with cord cutting. Introduction I have a client who has asked me to tell her story because she wants you to know …Continue Reading »
A good death: Providing a peaceful passing with Healing Touch In the next few blogs I will explore the concept of what constitutes a good death. I want to begin …Continue Reading »
Benny & Joon, the movie. Romantic comedy, or something else? Starring: Aidin Quinn as Benny, Mary Stuart Masterson as Joon, and Johnny Depp as Sam Release date, 1993 Several weeks …Continue Reading »
From darkness into light: Techniques for healing from shock, trauma, loss, and grief. Death, death of any kind, is traumatic. Even if a death is expected, when it occurs it …Continue Reading »
Unprocessed loss and its relationship to trauma, complex trauma, shock, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and complicated grief As stated in my previous post on unprocessed loss, this post will examine …Continue Reading »
Unprocessed loss Recently eight of us met to talk about the stories from the book What Obituaries Don’t Tell You: Conversations About Life and Death. To prepare for the discussion …Continue Reading »
What do you say after someone dies? How do we talk to somebody about death? It’s not the kind of casual conversation we have when we ask about plans for the …Continue Reading »