Identifying health care advocates to represent you when you’re not able to represent yourself is one of the most important choices you’ll ever make. They need to understand the choices […]
The Most Important Things in My Life
We all carry within us the personal values and qualities that shape how we live our lives, most of the time without thinking about them. Every time we deal with […]
Critical Conversations
Talking about End of Life How do you start a conversation about something this touchy? And what can you expect to gain from it? For starters: relief, support, and direction. […]
The Story of Our Mortality
Who teaches us how to live and who teaches us how to die? How do we feel about the lives we will be leaving behind? The answers to these questions […]
Whispers and Words
Language Matters What does the word ‘dying’ mean to you? When do you start dying? Language informs how we understand and interpret what is going on. The words we say […]
In Lieu of Flowers
…call your mother These days, funerals and memorializations have become much more personalized and colorful. And so have obituaries. What do you want the world to know about your life […]
Life and Death
Can’t Have One Without The Other They’re not opposites and they’re not separate. How do we decipher that? And why should we? Because it may be the most important thing […]
I Ain’t Got No Body
We love bones. We hate bones. We’re scared of bones. And we make no bones about it. This presentation is a random collection of curious and fascinating death practices from […]