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Tag Archives: Death and Dying
“What to Do When I’m Gone: A Mother’s Wisdom to Her Daughter” by Suzy Hopkins and Hallie Bateman
A mother-daughter team collaborate to help daughters get through life after their mothers die
Can a book about death be laugh-out-loud funny? Can an instruction manual on what to do when you lose your mother be quirky and charming, witty and wise, painful and poignant? You bet. Suzy Hopkins and Hallie Bateman’s book, “What … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Dealing with death, Death and Dying, end-of-life, Grief, Hallie Bateman, Mother's Advice, Suzy Hopkins
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Free Online Heart Age Test Determines Cardiovascular Age
A new online calculator developed by UK health organizations assesses cardiovascular age compared to chronological age
The Heart Age Test is an online heart age calculator created by UK health organizations for users to assess how their cardiovascular heath aligns with their chronological age. To check their risk of heart attack or stroke, users answer 16 questions … Continue reading
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”
- Robert Browning
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Aging, aging gracefully, Death, Death and Dying, Dying Well, Living Well, Right of Passage, Robert Browning, SevenPonds
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What Is The Grief Dialogues?
An interview with Elizabeth Coplan about the non-profit artistic movement she created, Part Two
This month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Elizabeth Coplan, the brain behind The Grief Dialogues, a non-profit artistic movement dedicated to creating new dialogue about death, dying and grief. The Grief Dialogues started as a live theater event that included … Continue reading
The Dangerous Myth of a Good Death
Placing expectations on the dying can cause real harm
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. ~ Mary Oliver As a pediatric oncology nurse, I saw more than my fair share of death. My dying patients were children — some infants, some toddlers, some teens — all … Continue reading
