Tag: emotional estate planning
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Pandemic Traumatic Grief
To a certain degree there is trauma in every loss, whether it is the unexpectedness of it, the suffering of it, the impact of it, the violence of it or the massiveness of it. Every loss has an element of trauma to it. It is the magnitude of the event that makes it traumatic. As […]
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Employee End of Life Benefits
In my 30 year career I have worked several places and not one employer had what I call sufficient support for those who were bereaved. Not even the hospices. Three days of paid leave and maybe some flowers. That’s usually the sum total of support an employer lends to an employee after they experience the […]
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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 be reserved for those suffering a terminal or chronic illness who are nearing death. Just […]
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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 […]
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When Death Comes – An End of Life Doula Perspective
Early on Life taught me that it had a set of bookends named Birth and Death. I was not afforded the luxury of death denial. I understood clearly that death was always part of the deal. This perspective impacted my life in a deep soulful way. A way that made me seem odd in the […]