“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 […]
Breathing Your Own Air
Kim Mooney Speaking on KGNU 88.5 FM
Living with the Truth. How would you respond to the news that you are dying? There are many factors that figure into anyone’s reaction but high on the list are […]
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 […]
The Conversation in Action
CIVHC Connect: Caring and Preparing for Serious Illness Earlier this year, I presented with two colleagues at a day-long conference — CIVHC Connect: Caring and Preparing for Serious Illness. The […]
11th Annual Caregiver Conference
FREE educational event that includes a resource fair, lunch, and pampering. Kim Mooney and Megan Carnarius will keynote the event, and during the day there will be break-out sessions on […]
The Facts of Life and Death: Fact One: They’re Not Separate
We each want our personal values to be honored throughout the story of our life until the very end. But dying is complicated, and that may not happen at the […]
Thoughtful Endings
A day-long exploration, exploring issues of particular interest to older adults. The Keynote by Kim Mooney will be on Understanding the End-of-Life Landscape and Resources in Colorado. Other sessions offered […]
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 […]
Don’t Let the Boogeyman Get You
He’s not under the bed anymore. He’s not in your closet. He’s in your head. He’s the reason we shut our eyes and pretend we’re not going to die. Everybody […]
From Here to There
Understanding how end of life care is different End-of-life care has very different goals than the curative medical model we’ve worked in most of our lives. When getting better isn’t […]
Your Voice, Your Choice
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 […]