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Angela Morris-Love Note to Grievers

Angela Morris-Love Note to Grievers

Grief is a skill that requires practice.

author interview, exit interview, podcast, ei podcast, podcastsCaren MartineauJanuary 15, 2024Bereavement, grief, loss, memoir, healing, Love Notes to Grievers, book, interview, love letter, love, Rumi, self care, author interview, complicated grief

Francis Weller-Wild Edge of Sorrow

Francis Weller-Wild Edge of Sorrow

Grief is feral and must be witnessed

Nancy Slonim Aronie-Memoir as Medicine

Nancy Slonim Aronie-Memoir as Medicine

Write your messy (gorgeous) life

William Peters-At Heaven's Door

William Peters-At Heaven's Door

The shared journey

Sigrid Nunez-What Are You Going Through

Sigrid Nunez-What Are You Going Through

Surrender into the experience

Joanne Jacobson-Every Last Breath

Joanne Jacobson-Every Last Breath

Human resilience relies on language.

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauJune 1, 2021cancer, Personal Memoirs Life Stages - Later Years Death, Grief, Bereavement, Documentary, Narrative non-fiction, University of Utah press, American Literature, University of Iowa, Yeshiva College, Middlebury College, University of Illinois Urbana, academic, author interview

Barbara Becker-Heartwood

Barbara Becker-Heartwood

Nature’s resilient heart

Lydia Dugdale, MD-Lost Art of Dying

Lydia Dugdale, MD-Lost Art of Dying

Reviving death’s lost art

Alexandra Vassilaros-Making Meaning

Alexandra Vassilaros-Making Meaning

Language awakens the capacity to heal.

John Leland-Happiness is a Choice

John Leland-Happiness is a Choice

Lessons from the oldest old.

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauMay 27, 2020New York Times, The New York Times, Metro Section, Journalist, Retirement, Religion, old age, aging, Ask a reporter, American columnists, author interview

Suzanne O'Brien-Creating Positive Passings

Suzanne O'Brien-Creating Positive Passings

Meet the RN who catalyzed the end of life doula movement

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauApril 11, 2020doulas, end of life care, hospice, compassionate communities, interview, dying at home, author interview

Dr. Ira Byock-Four Things That Matter Most

Dr. Ira Byock-Four Things That Matter Most

A clarion call for well-being.

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauFebruary 18, 2020dying, hospice, Palliative Medicine, medical director, physician, dying well, four things that matter most, the best care possible, author interview

Koshin Paley Ellison-Wholehearted

Koshin Paley Ellison-Wholehearted

Sensei’s guide to fulfillment.

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauNovember 11, 2019book, death literacy, Boomers, Anti-aging, culture change, contemplative care, new york zen center, Zen Hospice, zen practice, end of life care, Buddhist practice, love, Buddhist teaching, wisdom, Wholehearted, author interview

Barbara Coombs Lee-Finish Strong

Barbara Coombs Lee-Finish Strong

A good death is possible.

exit interview, wisdom, author interviewCaren MartineauMay 9, 2019end of life, compassionate communities, death with dignity, dying at home, hospice, death literacy, author interview

Frank Ostaseski-Five Invitations

Frank Ostaseski-Five Invitations

Know dying to live fully.

exit interview, wisdomCaren MartineauJanuary 22, 2019Frank Ostaseski, Zen Hospice, Metta Institute, The Five Invitations, Palliative Medicine, author interview