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Mourning Around The World

KidSpirit | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Hindu Mourning, Jewish Mourning, Religious Traditions, Catholic Mourning, Mourning, Buddhist Mourning, Christian Mourning, Religious Rituals, Muslim Mourning, Mourning Rituals, Death & Dying, Religion News
KidSpirit

Almost every religion or culture has its own traditions involving mourning. They all ultimately achieve the same thing, which is coming to terms with death.

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Etan Patz And 5 Lessons That Loss Can Teach

Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Living With Loss, Loss, Grief, Life Lessons, Death & Dying, Judaism, Etan Patz, Mourning, Religion News
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D.

The pain of my childhood loss became something I could no longer deny, and I made a vow to turn my own life-long struggle to learn how to live with grief and loss into lessons that would guide the rest of my life.

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Death: The Final Word?

Robert V. Taylor | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Hospice, Compassion and Choices, End of Life Choices, Death With Dignity, Dying, Hospice Care Dying, Hospice Care, Death & Dying, Hospice Care Death, Death, Healthy Living News
Robert V. Taylor

In spite of decades working with the dying and bereaved families, my familiarity with end-of-life choices, death and grief was now staring me in the face, reflecting the image of the woman who gave birth to me.

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Are You Making Decisions About Your Health Care In A Vacuum?

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Aggressive Care, End of Life, Palliative Care, Death & Dying, End of Life Care, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

Knowledge is power. There is no knowledge more important than to have knowledge about what all of your options are as you approach the end of your life or as you make decisions about life-changing conditions.

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RIP You

James M. Lynch | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Vision, Strategy, Eulogy, Purpose, Contribution, Death, Emotional Wellbeing, Death & Dying, Life Purpose, Healthy Living News
James M. Lynch

You know we will all die, and hopefully have some sort of ceremony where loved ones and others get to say goodbye to us. But that inevitable death can make a big difference in the way we live our life today.

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Party Crasher At The Church

Mallory McDuff, Ph.D. | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Churches, Solar Power, Green Faith, Death & Dying, Christianity, Religion News
Mallory McDuff, Ph.D.

As I shared stories of people planting gardens around churches, installing solar panels on sanctuaries and advocating for renewable energy policies, I saw parishioners nodding in affirmation, even as they grieved a tragic death.

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Are There Really No Atheists In Foxholes?

Matthew Hutson | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Magical Thinking, Atheism, God, Religion and Science, Death & Dying, Ptsd, Prayer and Meditation, Agnosticism, Religion News
Matthew Hutson

New research suggests that inducing fear of death at least makes atheists a little less entrenched in their beliefs.

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Why Dying Is Different for Doctors

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Death and Dying, Doctors, Physicians, Dying With Dignity, Palliative Care, Death, End of Life Decisions, Health Care Decisions, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.

Because of our exposure to and understanding of how people die, physicians, at least in my experience, tend to deal with death differently than those outside of the profession.

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Redefining the 5 Stages of Grief

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Acceptance, Denial, Five Stages of Grief, Depression, Anger, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Grieving Process, Grief, Death & Dying, Dealing With Grief, Dealing With Death, Bargaining, Death, Grieving, Grief Stages, Stages of Grief, Healthy Living News
Claire Bidwell Smith

Only you know what path you need to take toward healing, and whether you accomplish this using every one of the five stages, shunning books about grief or never missing a session of your bereavement group, the key will consistently be to listen to yourself.

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Missing Maurice Sendak

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Bible, Holocaust, American Judaism, Children's Books, Judaism, The Holocaust, Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Hebrew Bible, Death & Dying, Jewish Books, Religion News
Brad Hirschfield

Sendack knew that we should never pretend about the potential danger of human rampaging, but neither should we lose hope about the possibility of returning home. We don't, as Reb Maurice teaches, escape to a better place, as much as we return to where we came from.

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How a Motherless Daughter Gets Through Mother's Day

Jeryl Brunner | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Motherless Daughters, Susan Marc Lawley, Hope Edelman, Loss, Mother's Day, Hieroglyphics of the Heart, Mother's Day and Loss, Death & Dying, Mother's Day Grief, Healthy Living News
Jeryl Brunner

As this Mother's Day looms, I think about how other motherless daughters cope. How can we feel included and feel better?

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Can A Person 'Suffer From Life'?

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Chaplain, Withholding Nutrition and Hydration, Dying, End of Life, Suffering From Life, Assisted Suicide, God, Alzheimers, Euthanasia, Charles Snelling, Netherlands, Death, Adrienne Snelling, Religion, Royal Dutch Medical Association, Right to Die, Christian, Dr. Petra De Jong, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

Do you think that there is such a thing as "suffering from life"? Do you think that people should be able to make their own decision as to whether or not to end their life?

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Strength For The Moment: 10 Tips For Family Caregivers

Lori Hogan | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Death & Dying, Chaplaincy, Dying, Strength for the Moment, Gps-Soul, Care Giving, Help for Care Givers, Tips for Care Givers, Sick, Religion News
Lori Hogan

Many baby boomers, often unexpectedly and for long periods, will likely be called to provide care for a loved one, and it is my hope that anyone could gain strength, encouragement and inspiration through the real-life caregiving stories.

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A Loss Of Family And A Change Of Faith

KidSpirit | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Judaism, Catholicism, Changing Faith, Soul, Loss, Faith, Belief, Agnosticism, Family, Death, Grieving, Catholic Church, Death & Dying, Religion News
KidSpirit

In the year since my grandfather's death, my views on faith and religion have changed a lot. After much inward debate I have decided to give up Judaism and become agnostic.

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How's Your Existential Maturity?

Judith Johnson | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Fear of Death, Death and Dying, Existential Maturity, Denial of Death, Existentialism, Accepting Death, Denying Death, Fear Death, Deny Death, Existentialism Death, Death Denying, Death & Dying, Understanding Death, Healthy Living News
Judith Johnson

I like to imagine what our lives and society would be like if we lived in a world that encouraged and valued existential maturity. What would it be like if we were taught and motivated to connect to a deep sense of self and to live our lives from that place?

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A Life Well Lived, a Love Well Shared

Dr. Lawrence M. Schall | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Death and Dying, Obituaries, Death & Dying, Regrets, Love, Remembrance, Death, Life, Honor, Healthy Living News
Dr. Lawrence M. Schall

It sure seems like a whole lot of the most special people in my life are leaving this life. I guess that happens as one gets older, and I honestly can...

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Thoughts On Mercy and Suicide

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hospice, Marriage, Mercy, Caregiving, Dying, Euthanisia, Hope, Suicide, Ballet, Mercy Killing, Love, Couples, Death, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

When I think of mercy, I think of receiving undeserved or unmerited kindness or treatment. A merciful act is one that reconnects us to humankind -- reminds us that we belong.

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Life, Death, and the Space in Between

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hl-Remembrance, Wisdom, Mindfulness, Grief, Emotional Wellness, Death & Dying, Loss, Appreciate Life, Death, Life, Appreciate Your Life, Healthy Living News
Susan Stiffelman

When we think we're going to live forever, the little things get missed; they don't matter all that much. We forget how wonderful it is to taste chocolate, or listen to a great piece of music.

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Death: A Spiritual Process

Sadhguru | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Mysticism, Death and Dying, Sadhguru, Isha Foundation, Spirituality, Death, Death & Dying, Death Spirituality, Death Uncertainty, Death Certainty, Healthy Living News
Sadhguru

It is only when you become aware of death that you want to know what life is about. Once you come to terms with death and you are conscious that you will die, you will want to make every moment of your life as beautiful as possible.

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When Your Loved Ones Hold Your Life in Their Hands

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Terri Schiavo, Advance Care Planning, End of Life Decisions, Healthcare, Family, National Healthcare Decisions Day, Advanced Care Directives, Death & Dying, Advanced Care Directive, Healthy Living News
Janice Van Dyck

National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) falls conveniently every April 16 so you can deal with the difficult matters of death and taxes all in one week. NHDD is one day when we're asked to put our own discomfort aside and think about the loved ones we leave behind.

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Into the Din of Life Comes the Quiet Hush of Death

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Friendship, Circle of Life, Death of a Friend, Reincarnation, Facing Death, Quiet of Death, Love, Spirituality, Death, Life, Loudness of Life, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Lorraine Devon Wilke

It's easy to forget -- when you're knee-deep in the process of living -- that Death is up ahead somewhere waiting to be dealt with, an inevitable passage we ponder and fear.

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Losing a Loved One and Confronting the Heartlessness of Health Care Cost Control

David Ropeik | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Hospice, Cost Benefit Analysis, Health Care, Value of a Statistical Life, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
David Ropeik

I want my loved one to get all the medication and medical attention that will carry him through his final days in comfort. I want to see him smile.

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The Skeleton Saint's Deadly American Debut

R. Andrew Chesnut | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Santa Muerte, Catholic Church, Christianity, Death & Dying, Skeleton Saint, Saints, Religion News
R. Andrew Chesnut

Having studied the cult of Saint Death on both sides of the border for the past three years, I feel compelled to respond to this abominable act perpetrated in the name of the Bony Lady.

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Oh, What a Difference She Made

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Greiving, Death, Death and Grief, Grief, Meaningful Life, Death and Dying, Death & Dying, Living a Meaningful Life, Grieving, Memories, Healthy Living News
Lisa Earle McLeod

If you want to be busy, keep trying to be perfect. If you want to be happy, focus on making a difference.

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Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day as If It Were Your Last

Carolyn Anderson | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Living a Full Life, Cancer, Dying, Death & Dying, Life, Transformation, Death, Esophageal Cancer, Lee Lipsenthal, Video, Books News
Carolyn Anderson

It is about living a life so rich, so meaningful, so moment to moment that if we were to die today we could do so knowing that we had sucked the marrow out of life and really maximized every moment.

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