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 […]
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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 […]
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 – […]
Rethinking the New Year
Your most important resolution might be to remember that you have no guarantee that you’ll have another whole calendar year in you. What’s the first thing we do at the […]
The Conversation Project in Boulder County
The Conversation Project, in Boulder County was formed in 2013, based on the nationally-acclaimed work of Boston Globe columnist and author, Ellen Goodman. Her project took root after she had […]
THE ASSOCIATION FOR DEATH EDUCATION AND COUNSELING (ADEC) COMMUNITY EDUCATOR AWARD
I was thrilled to be able to meet with other death educators, all using different modalities and innovative practices with different audiences. ADEC has been my professional home since 1994. […]
Thanks for Everything
My field is working with death and grief. “Isn’t it morbid?,” people ask at parties. “Aren’t you sad all the time?” All the time, no. When I’m living through a […]
Death — it’s not just for EOL anymore
In September 1945, the late American author Ray Bradbury agreed to serve as “navigator” for a two-month auto trip into the heart of Mexico with his friend Grant Beach. His […]
DENVER POST: Voting for aid in dying was easy
DENVER POST: Voting for aid in dying was easy, but one Colorado couple struggled toward a graceful death A year ago in November, when Susan and Kurt Huschle cast their […]