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Twelve Breaths a Minute: End-of-Life Essays/Edited by Lee Gutkind
A book of end-of-life essays sponsored by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation strives to open up a community conversation among medical providers and laypeople about their personal experiences with death and dying
Much like our Opening Our Hearts series here on the SevenPonds blog, Twelve Breaths a Minute: End-of-Life Essays is a book filled with essays about people’s personal experiences with the end of life. As the editor Lee Gutkind notes, Twelve … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Amanda J. Redig, Books about End-of-Life, Creative Nonfiction Literary Magazine, Death and Dying, Good Death, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Lee Gutkind, Opening our hearts, opening the conversation on death., The Measure of Time, Twelve Breaths a Minute: End-of-Life Essays, US Healthcare System
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Before I Die: Communities in Conversation about Death
Candy Chang created the first "Before I Die" wall, which has now become a sensation worldwide
When American Candy Chang stumbled upon an abandoned house in her New Orleans neighborhood — grey, decrepit, windows in shambles — she had an idea. Rather than let the building decay, she saw the potential for an inspiring project that … Continue reading
“Living Life Dying Death” by Jennifer Collins Taylor
Inspires us with ideas on how to talk about death and dying
Death is undergoing a current cultural movement. The Boomers are starting to talk about it and making death that natural part of life it should be. Yet there exists a wide schism between the older generation, who view death as … Continue reading
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Tagged A Book About Death, A Guide to healthy Conversations about Death and Dying to inspire Life and Living” by Jennifer Collins Taylor, Compassion, Hand-Sized Book “Living Life Dying Death”, Harp Music, How to talk about death and dying, opening the conversation on death., Spirituality at the end of life, terminal illness
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