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My Evening with Gloria Steinem and Letty Cottin Pogrebin – Who Would Have Thought We’d Be at This Feminist Junction
Feminism takes on it’s final movement: the right way to both age and die well
When I saw the name Gloria Steinem on the City Arts and Lectures mailer (also known as the NPR interviews,) I immediately phoned in for my ticket. I had no intention of missing one of my all-time favorite female pioneers. … Continue reading
Posted in Sharing Suzette
Tagged breast cancer, C Word, Cancer, City Arts and Lectures, Dealing with an Illness, Death and Dying, Gloria Steinem, How to Be A friend To A Friend Who’s Sick, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Loss, Ms Magazine, NPR, Sickness, terminal illness, The Big C, What to Do When Dealing With Terminal Illness
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TIME’s Joe Klein Talks End-of-Life Care in His Article “The Long Goodbye”
Klein recounts how the Geisinger Health System cared for his dying parents with an integral combination of clarity and sensitivity
“The circumstances of their deaths were not unusual,” begins TIME journalist Joe Klein, “[as] many of my friends have been through similar experiences with their parents in recent years.” Klein was referring to the painful and dizzying task of finding … Continue reading
Crazy Coffins: An Innovative Approach to End-Of-Life Receptacles
A British coffin company exhibits their unique creations
In the Western hemisphere, the funereal aesthetic is somber, heavy — even a bit austere. Death is often a taboo subject, where people are loath to discuss end-of-life arrangements prior to the fact. Levity and celebration are not considered a … Continue reading
What are Death Cafes? An Interview with Jon Underwood, Part I
Creating a safe environment for people to talk about death and dying
Today we talk with Jon Underwood, the founder of Death Cafe. Based on the sociology studies of the Swiss Bernard Crettaz, the goal of Death Cafe is to create a safe environment where people can engage in conversation about death … Continue reading
The Anthroposophical Perspective: Acceptance of Death in Life
The anthroposophical philosophy’s relationship Christianity and de-stigmatizing the dying process
At the turn of the century, the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) planted the first seeds for the anthroposophical movement, which continues to thrive today. Steiner became literally and figuratively an architect of our physical and emotional well-being. His design … Continue reading
“I can say without speculation that it is possible to approach our deaths without the degree of emotional suffering that we’ve come to accept as a given in our culture.”
--Ram Dass
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Accepting Death, Death and Dying, Death Quote, Ram Dass, Reduce Suffering, Spirituality
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