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Tag Archives: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“The Barter” by Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates sheds light on this important stage of grief
In a recent post, I wrote about the influence of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s Five Stages of Grief; and while reading through the stories of one of Joyce Carol Oates’s collections, Sourland, I came across yet another short story which has, at … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Grief, Joyce Carol Oates, Sourland, The Barter
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“I’ve told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
What is Spiritual Healing? – An Interview with Dale Borglum
Considering conscious dying and spiritual healing as we plan for the end-of-life
Dale Borglum is the founder and Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project, a group that offers healing to those at the end-of-life and their caregivers. Dale has had a long and impressive career in healing, spirituality, and caring for dying … Continue reading
“Death May be Ageing” Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter's "Death May be Ageing" doesn't hold back in its representation of the topic
Death draws many reactions from people (some of which I discuss here and here), but one of the most common is anger. Though it’s abstract, Harold Pinter’s “Death May be Ageing” exemplifies the resentment that many experience after a loss. … Continue reading
On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1969)
The landmark text on grief: Is it still relevant?
(1926-2004) remains one of the most influential American psychiatrists of the twentieth century. Her “five stages of grief” model– alternately called the “Kübler-Ross model”– is still widely used, and has gained a good deal of cultural currency. This model was … Continue reading
