death and dying

  • Free E-Book

    Just a quick post to let you know my new book, The Last Breath – The Truth About Dying Alone, is available for free in ebook format until Wednesday Sept 27. Every download helps my book go up in ranking… Continue reading

    Free E-Book
  • Best Death Possible – Part One -A Mother’s Death

    Today, December 13, 2020 is the fifteenth anniversary of my mother’s transition. Until this time I haven’t shared the details of my experience of her death. There are so many things I would do differently, most are details that would… Continue reading

    Best Death Possible – Part One -A Mother’s Death
  • Ask The Death Witch – Seeing Dead People

    A worried daughter asks, “What do we do when my mom hallucinates? She keeps seeing her dead father.” These are not hallucinations. There is a reason it is called ‘crossing over’ when people die. In every way it is a… Continue reading

    Ask The Death Witch – Seeing Dead People
  • What The Lack Of End Of Life Planning Really Costs

    I want to share a deeply personal story. At the time of his death my daughter’s father and I had been divorced for four years. During our 23 year marriage, because of my career, we always had open discussions about… Continue reading

    What The Lack Of End Of Life Planning Really Costs
  • To Tell, Or Not To Tell The Children, There’s No Question

    It is our job as parents to protect, nurture, and guide our children into whole human beings. It is our responsibility to do this to the best of our ability. If we do it right, the parenting role will take… Continue reading

    To Tell, Or Not To Tell The Children, There’s No Question
  • The ACTS Of Empowerment

    ACTS of Empowerment One of the scariest situations we can be in, is the one where we are not in control. This time in our country’s timeline will go down as one of the scariest of all; A time when… Continue reading

    The ACTS Of Empowerment
  • A Dialogue About Death

    Every story ever written has a beginning, middle and an end. Every author considers the end when first sitting down to write a storyline; However in the greatest story an individual will ever author, the end is often left unscripted.… Continue reading

    A Dialogue About Death
  • The Importance of Emotional Estate Planning

    True or False? “I’m not sick. I have plenty of time to do my emotional estate planning.” False. While it is never too late to start emotional estate planning, it is also never too early. Emotional estate planning should not… Continue reading

  • We Aren't Immortal

    “So I find myself speechless, an animal unheard of…my father is now on comfort care, unexpected to live past the weekend. Who prepares you for such a calamity of events? Who prepares you for a hostile mother, wickedness and comfortable… Continue reading

  • The Power of Presence

    It was a Monday, like any other Monday and I had a new patient to assess. Talking to the hospice nurse before I made my visit I learned that Violet had been admitted on Friday in stable condition was expected… Continue reading