Tag: death conversations

• 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 dying and death. We were open with our daughter about death, never shielding or protecting…

  Jade

  May 18, 2020

  death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, grief

  a good death, autonomy in death, death, death and dying, death conversations, death doula, end of life planning, positive death movement

• 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 us outside our comfort zone more often than it doesn’t. Sometimes stretching us into improved…

  Jade

  May 5, 2020

  death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, fear, grief, parenting, personal development

  a good death, autonomy in death, children, death, death and dying, death conversations, death doula, do death better, positive death movement

• 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. We can’t write death in on our calendars and begin to plan when it seems…

  Jade

  April 21, 2020

  death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, fear, grief, life, personal development

  a good death, autonomy in death, COVID-19, death, death and dying, death conversations, death doula, do death better, end of life planning, mortality, pandemic, positive death movement

• 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 in her environment. I’m not prepared, is anyone?” This is an actual facebook post of…

  Jade

  December 21, 2019

  death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, fear, grief, life, Life coaching

  death, death and dying, death conversations, emotional estate planning, positive death movement