Stories

Our Good Death Survey

Turning a provocative conversation into a personal aspiration.

the big ideasCaren MartineauMay 16, 2019good death, end of life, death literacy, medium, culture change, entreprenuer, survey, aging well, dying well

A Few Words

At last, a line of painfully blunt (but still funny) maybe-you-won’t-get-well cards.

celebrateCaren MartineauMay 10, 2019cards, greeting cards, illness, cancer sucks, Emily McDowell, illustrator, illustrations, uncertainty, honesty, humor

When the Dying Tell Jokes

Laughing at Death part 2

Caren MartineauMarch 29, 2019

Gallows Humor and the Physician's Psyche

Gallows Humor and the Physician's Psyche

Laughing at Death part 1

Caren MartineauMarch 29, 2019

We Must Die Differently

Stephen Jenkinson asks why aren’t we allowed to say dying?

wisdomCaren MartineauJanuary 3, 2019Jenkinson, Stephen Jenkinson, on dying

Fake Funerals

Koreans are reducing life’s stresses by booking a funeral dress rehearsal.

cultureCaren MartineauJuly 24, 2018funerals, mock funerals, korea, coffin, get close to death

The Data of Death

Mining obituaries looking for clues that reveal lessons of lives well lived.

the big ideas, wisdomCaren MartineauJuly 24, 2018obituaries, data, fame, notable, meaning

The Death Lab

A master’s program is creating solutions for managing mortality in the modern metropolis.

cultureCaren MartineauJuly 24, 2018DeathLab, Karla Rothstein, solutions, Sylvan Constellation, GSAAP, Columbia University, bioconversion, decomposition, burial alternatives, eco burial, architecture, design, future

A Written Legacy

A lasting love is its own poetry.

celebrateCaren MartineauJuly 23, 2018poetry, Josephine Hart, Saatchi, London, legacy

A Packaged Deal

An invitation to cultivate a ‘don’t know mind.’

wisdomCaren MartineauJuly 19, 2018video, Frank Ostaseski, five invitations, Buddhism, contemplative care, mortality