How can we start planning for our 100% mortality rate? Death educator Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist, starts those conversations with a weekly podcast titled The Doyenne of Death®. The series tackles end-of-life issues with a light touch on a dark subject.A Doyenne is a woman considered senior in a group
How can we start planning for our 100% mortality rate? Death educator Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist, starts those conversations with a weekly podcast titled The Doyenne of Death®. The series tackles end-of-life issues with a light touch on a dark subject.A Doyenne is a woman considered senior in a group
Ten Questions on Whether to Downsize Your Possessions From:
Downsizing: What to Keep, What to Let Go?
In downsizing while preparing for an estate sale at my parentsâ Albuquerque home, I came across a printout of an email. It listed 10 questions to evaluate whether to keep something before moving.
My Dad had printed this list in 2007. I found it in a file in his office, typically overwhelmed with clutter. My parents bought this house and moved in that same year, 2007. I found this document while downsizing in 2021, 14 years later.
My parents are still alive, now living in an assisted living place in Florida. Their attachment to the items at their home in New Mexico has made my job emotionally wrenching.
Can grief be a good thing? Recently, I participated in the Toastmasters International Speech Competition. The title of my speech: âGood Grief!â
With all of the losses we all have incurred during the pandemic, we may not recognize we are grieving â a lot. Using Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Rossâ model of the Five Stages of Grief, I talk about how to recognize grief. The key is that we need to allow ourselves to feel what many consider ânegativeâ emotions.
Hereâs the speech, followed by the text. I hope it helps you understand and feel better about all the challenges we are facing.
Royal Funeral Planning Applies to You Too From:
Royal funeral planning has lessons for us commoners.
The British Royal Family will have a funeral for Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, on Saturday, April 17. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no public involvement in his funeral.
According to the BBC, coronavirus restrictions in England mean only 30 people, socially distanced, are allowed to attend funerals. Full details of the invited guests are yet to be announced, but itâs expected the majority of the reduced guest list will be family members. Prince Harry will attend but his wife Meghan, who is pregnant, will not make the trip from the US, on medical advice. It is the first time the Duke of Sussex has returned to the UK since stepping down as a senior royal last year.