"This ... guide summarizes the principles of working with dying patients and their families as influenced by the commoner world religions and secular philosophies. It also outlines the main legal requirements to be followed by those who care for the dying following the death of …
This practical guide summarizes the principles of working with dying patients and their families as influenced by the commoner world religions and secular philosophies. It also outlines the main legal requirements to be followed by those who care for the dying following the deat…
In Making Friends with Death, Buddhist teacher Judith Lief, who's drawn her inspiration from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, shows us that through the powerful combination of contemplation of death and mindfulness practice, we can change how we relate to death, enhance our appreci…
"Making Friends with Death guides us in exploring our relationship to our own mortality and also in working with the dying. Highlighting the immediacy of death as an aspect of everyday life, Judith Lief offers practical exercises for deepening awareness and appreciation of chang…
Whatever the differences in their methods and goals, psychotherapy, existentialism, and Buddhism are concerned with the same fundamental issues of life and death and death-in-life. This work brings all three traditions together in a synthesis receptive to the insights of each, t…
The author recounts his experiences as a sixth generation funeral director, sharing how the practice of caring for the dead and their loved ones profoundly changed his faith and views on death.
The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director-what Time magazine called a "must read"--Reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets in…
The author recounts his experiences as a sixth generation funeral director, sharing how the practice of caring for the dead and their loved ones profoundly changed his faith and views on death.
We cannot choreograph our own death, but we can die well. This is a book for those who are facing death. It is also for their relatives, friends, and caretakers. John Wyatt looks at recent trends in dying. He examines the "art of dying," a Christian tradition from the past. We s…
