Magic: the power to apparently influence the course of events by using mysterious powers. Did you believe in magic when you were little? Did you ever stop? When we were […]
Breathing Your Own Air
“Don’t keep me alive on life support; I don’t want to be a vegetable.” When you ask most people how they want to die, they say, “just don’t keep me […]
Clean Up After Yourself
Have you ever thought about the day after? There are decisions to be made now. Clean up after yourself, so it’s easier on your loved ones later… The people you […]
UNDERSTAND HOSPICE NOW
Do you really understand hospice… and what it means? On paper, we say “it’s a way of caring for dying people and their families that addresses physical, emotional and spiritual […]
Physician-assisted death: Dying to Stay in Charge
Physician-assisted death or Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) is legal in eight jurisdictions, including Colorado. Kim Mooney of Practically Dying, demystifies the law, which is in its second year. Listen […]
Death Cafés bring surprising lightness to heavy topic
What is a Death Café? I’m honored to be quoted in the Considerable.com article, How to die the way you want, by Randi Hutter Epstein. What is a death café, you ask? Death […]
Breaking News! Kim Mooney on Channel 9 tonight
Kim Mooney: Interview tonight at 6pm on NBC’s Channel 9 News Kim Mooney, founder of Practically Dying, and end-of-life consultant will appear on Channel 9 Next, with Kyle Clark tonight at […]
Beyond Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
In 1969, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross published her seminal book On Death and Dying. She brought into popular consciousness the model of the Five Stages of Grief, gleaned from conversations she […]
Why Study Grief?
Why don’t we understand grief? Why isn’t it easy to just admit we’re grieving and help each other? Today we often don’t recognize it for what it is – even […]
Community Partner Profile Greenwood and Myers Mortuary
Greenwood and Myers Mortuary has built their business on their family values. As Mike Greenwood told me, “You see the same faces all the way through our time together – […]
Gratitude
Gratitude…. for the courage to grieve frightening times for the wisdom to hold to joy at the same time for love that comes in any form for the luxury of […]
After the Holidays
How do you cope after the holidays? When the din and press of the holidays have died down, sometimes it’s wonderful to just collapse on the couch and have the […]