Diane Rehm’s When My Time Comes advocates for compassionate choice in end-of-life care, sharing personal experiences with suffering, loss, and the importance of conversations about death and wishes for dying.

In "We Remember," Wendy Saul reflects on the deaths of her parents, describing the emotions and routines of caregiving, grief, and the bittersweetness of their passing, balancing sadness with gratitude.

Erica Buist, after a traumatic encounter with death, became fascinated with death anxiety. She advocates for normalizing conversations about death to alleviate fear, drawing on personal experiences and research.

Comfort food rituals around death have existed for millennia, from Neanderthals to modern times. Global funeral dishes, like Belgian soul bread, Chinese jai, and Jamaican johnny cakes, offer comfort and community.

Joanne Jacobson’s Every Last Breath: A Memoir of Two Illnesses explores her journey through chronic illness and witnessing her mother’s end-of-life process. Her memoir reflects on the proximity of death, transformation, and resilience.

Dr. Sunita Puri’s That Good Night explores palliative care, highlighting the intersection of medicine and spirituality. She invites readers to view death as a gift that compels us to create meaning in life, emphasizing that true happiness lies in detachment from the material world.

Katy Butler, author of The Art of Dying Well, found her path to end-of-life advocacy after her father's stroke, highlighting the failures of the medical system. Her exit plan is to be surrounded by stars, and she wishes for joy and acceptance in life and death.

Susan Ducharme Hoben, author of Dying Well…Our Journey of Love and Loss, emphasizes the importance of celebrating life and planning for a well-prepared death. Her book offers a personal account of navigating mortality with gratitude, love, and deliberate decisions, aiming to inspire others to live fully and plan thoughtfully for their end-of-life journey.