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Final Messages of the Dying
Finding meaning in metaphors and symbolic language
Join SevenPonds each month as Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN, offers practical on-hand guidance to demystify the dying process. As an RN since 1976, Tani has been working to empower families and healthcare professionals to have the best end-of-life experience possible both through education and the … Continue reading
Posted in Dying Well
Tagged Communication, Dying Process, final messages, Meaning, visions
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“The Denial of Death,” by Ernest Becker
How the fact of death powers the human drive to life
During our childhood, gradually through observation then perhaps all at once through our parents’ telling, we all come to learn that our life will not last forever. We become aware of death. Oftentimes, when we face death in our adult … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged 20th Century, Death, Denial of Death, Ernest Becker, Existentialism, Heroics, Kierkegaard, Life, Meaning, Psychology, Sigmund Freud
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