Teacher and author (The Five Invitations) Frank Ostaseski has decades of being with people at end of life. Here he considers the wisdom in grieving in the healing process, and the importance s of allowing the constellation of responses to loss. He offers how the pain of loss can be embraced and gradually released. His talk was to the Hospice of Santa Barbara.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, difficult conversations about death have become a very real part of life. But these conversations don’t have to be scary. They can be enlightening, even truly comforting. Authors and experts Shoshana Berger, BJ Miller, MD, Katy Butler, and Sunita Puri, MD show how we can remove the fear from the process of dying and create a much better experience for our loved ones and ourselves: one that brings us closer to the beauty and joy of life.
NHAELO Director Rebecca Brown addresses the Franconia Community Church on the need for better conversations around terminal illness and mortality, and the need for medical aid in dying in New Hampshire. Her talk starts at 33:55.
Roshi Joan Halifax addresses “Courage, Love, and Compassion” with the Hospice of Santa Barbara. Halifax is a remarkable teacher and a leading voice on death and dying. Her book, Being with Dying, Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death is an insightful, practical, and profound reading.
What is a good death? NHAELO Director Rebecca Brown joins a palliative care nurse, a spiritual director, and an end-of-life doula for this panel discussion at the Portsmouth Public Library. The event was sponsored by Hospice Help Foundation and Brookhaven Hospice in conjunction with the library.