Category Archives: Lending Insight

“A Monster Calls” was an award-winning young adult novel before it was a movie based on the book. Written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, the book grew from an original idea by author Siobhan Dowd, who died … Continue reading →

In the Netflix film “Dick Johnson is Dead,” documentary filmmaker Kirsten Johnson explores the process of coming to terms with her father’s looming death. When Dick Johnson begins double-booking clients at his psychiatry practice and forgetting everyday details, Kirsten and … Continue reading →

The terrain of grief and loss is challenging enough on its own. But when a loved one’s death is shrouded in trauma, these emotional regions can remain long unexplored, as though obscured by thick fog. In “Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s … Continue reading →

Maggie Smith is an award-winning author of several books of poetry. One of her most well-known works, “Good Bones,” a straightforward, powerful poem about the dark pains and mixed hope of life, spread like wildfire on social media in 2016, … Continue reading →

  “The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life,” coauthored by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski, is a book for now. As we enter November, the United States is falling off the precipice of … Continue reading →

In her memoir “Dear Life,” Rachel Clarke recounts the unusual journey that led to her work as a palliative care physician in a UK hospice. Growing up with a passion for science and a child’s reverence for her doctor father, … Continue reading →