Making Friends With Death

Author : Judith L. Lief
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0834822571

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Making Friends with Death by Judith L. Lief Pdf

In Making Friends with Death, Buddhist teacher Judith Lief, who's drawn her inspiration from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, shows us that through the powerful combination of contemplation of death and mindfulness practice, we can change how we relate to death, enhance our appreciation of everyday life, and use our developing acceptance of our own vulnerability as a basis for opening to others. She also offers a series of guidelines to help us reconnect with dying persons, whether they are friends or family, clients or patients. Lief highlights the value of relating to the immediacy of death as an ongoing aspect of everyday life by offering readers a variety of practical methods that they can apply to their lives and work. These methods include: Simple mindfulness exercises for deepening awareness of moment-by-moment change Practices for cultivating loving-kindness Helpful slogans and guidelines for caregivers to use Making Friends with Death will enlighten anyone interested in coming to terms with their own mortality. More specifically, the contemplative approach presented here offers health professionals, students of death and dying, and people who are helping a dying friend or relative useful guidance and inspiration. It will show them how to ground their actions in awareness and compassion, so that the steps they take in dealing with pain and suffering will be more effective.

Author : Kathryn Mannix
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780316504539

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With the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix Pdf

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying. Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar, peaceful, and gentle -- if sorrowful -- transition, death has come to be something from which we shield our eyes, as we prefer to fight desperately against it rather than accept its inevitability. Dr. Kathryn Mannix has studied and practiced palliative care for thirty years. In With the End in Mind , she shares beautifully crafted stories from a lifetime of caring for the dying, and makes a compelling case for the therapeutic power of approaching death not with trepidation, but with openness, clarity, and understanding. Weaving the details of her own experiences as a caregiver through stories of her patients, their families, and their distinctive lives, Dr. Mannix reacquaints us with the universal, but deeply personal, process of dying. With insightful meditations on life, death, and the space between them, With the End in Mind describes the possibility of meeting death gently, with forethought and preparation, and shows the unexpected beauty, dignity, and profound humanity of life coming to an end.

Author : Dale Carnegie
Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9788194790891

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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie Pdf

Do you feel stuck in life, not knowing how to make it more successful? Do you wish to become more popular? Are you craving to earn more? Do you wish to expand your horizon, earn new clients and win people over with your ideas? How to Win Friends and Influence People is a well-researched and comprehensive guide that will help you through these everyday problems and make success look easier. You can learn to expand your social circle, polish your skill set, find ways to put forward your thoughts more clearly, and build mental strength to counter all hurdles that you may come across on the path to success. Having helped millions of readers from the world over achieve their goals, the clearly listed techniques and principles will be the answers to all your questions.

Author : Kathleen Glasgow
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101934760

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How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a novel about love and loss and learning how to continue when it feels like you're surrounded by darkness. "A rare and powerful novel." --Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying and Two Can Keep a Secret Tiger's life changed with a simple phone call. Her mother has died. That's when darkness descended on her otherwise average life. Tiger's mother never talked about her father, and with no grandparents or aunts or uncles, her world is packed into a suitcase and moved to a foster home. And another. And another. Until hope surfaces in the shape of . . . a sister? Sometimes family comes in forms you don't recognize. But can Tiger learn to make friends with the darkness before it swallows her whole? "Stunning and beautifully written."-HelloGiggles "Breathtaking and heartbreaking." --Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places

Author : Bronnie Ware
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401956011

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Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware Pdf

Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.

Author : Michael Hebb
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780738235318

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Let's Talk about Death (over Dinner) by Michael Hebb Pdf

For readers of Being Mortal and When Breath Becomes Air, the acclaimed founder of Death over Dinner offers a practical, inspiring guide to life's most difficult yet important conversation. Of the many critical conversations we will all have throughout our lifetime, few are as important as the ones discussing death—and not just the practical considerations, such as DNRs and wills, but what we fear, what we hope, and how we want to be remembered. Yet few of these conversations are actually happening. Inspired by his experience with his own father and countless stories from others who regret not having these conversations, Michael Hebb cofounded Death Over Dinner—an organization that encourages people to pull up a chair, break bread, and really talk about the one thing we all have in common. Death Over Dinner has been one of the most effective end-of-life awareness campaigns to date; in just three years, it has provided the framework and inspiration for more than a hundred thousand dinners focused on having these end-of-life conversations. As Arianna Huffington said, "We are such a fast-food culture, I love the idea of making the dinner last for hours. These are the conversations that will help us to evolve." Let's Talk About Death (over Dinner) offers keen practical advice on how to have these same conversations—not just at the dinner table, but anywhere. There's no one right way to talk about death, but Hebb shares time—and dinner—tested prompts to use as conversation starters, ranging from the spiritual to the practical, from analytical to downright funny and surprising. By transforming the most difficult conversations into an opportunity, they become celebratory and meaningful—ways that not only can change the way we die, but the way we live.

Author : Judith Johnson
Publisher : Monkfish Book Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781948626545

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Making Peace with Death and Dying by Judith Johnson Pdf

Making Peace with Death and Dying dissolves death anxiety and equips readers to encounter death peacefully and well-prepared. Readers learn to: appreciate death as a natural part of life, be of greater service to the dying and grieving, live with greater purpose and passion, be more peaceful in the presence of death, and to approach death on one’s own terms with wisdom and competency.

Author : Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611808070

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Living Is Dying by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Pdf

An insightful collection of teachings about death and dying to help face life's greatest mystery calmly and with equanimity. Lifetimes of effort go into organizing, designing, and structuring every aspect of our lives, but how many people are willing to contemplate the inevitability of death? Although dying is an essential part of life, it is an uncomfortable topic that most people avoid. With no idea what will happen when we die and a strong desire to sidestep the conversation, we make all kinds of assumptions. Living Is Dying collects teachings about death and the bardos that have been passed down through a long lineage of brilliant Buddhist masters, each of whom went to great lengths to examine the process in minute detail. Renowned author and teacher Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse responds to the most common questions he's been asked about death and dying--exploring how one prepares for death, what to say to a loved one who is dying, and prayers and practices to use as a handhold when approaching the unknown territory of death. Whether you are facing death today or decades from now, preparing for it can help to allay your worst fears and help you appreciate what it means to be truly alive.

Author : Andrew Holecek
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781559394086

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Preparing to Die by Andrew Holecek Pdf

We all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a loved one comes first, how prepared are we, spiritually or practically? In Preparing to Die, Andrew Holecek presents a wide array of resources to help the reader address this unfinished business. Part One shows how to prepare one's mind and how to help others, before, during, and after death. The author explains how spiritual preparation for death can completely transform our relationship to the end of life, dissolving our fear and helping us to feel open and receptive to letting go in the dying process. Daily meditation practices, the stages of dying and how to work with them, and after-death experiences are all detailed in ways that will be particularly helpful for those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism and in Tibetan approaches to conscious dying. Part Two addresses the practical issues that surround death. Experts in grief, hospice, the funeral business, and the medical and legal issues of death contribute chapters to prepare the reader for every practical concern, including advance directives, green funerals, the signs of death, warnings about the funeral industry, the stages of grief, and practical care for the dying. Part Three contains heart-advice from twenty of the best-known Tibetan Buddhist masters now teaching in the West. These brief interviews provide words of solace and wisdom to guide the dying and their caregivers during this challenging time. Preparing to Die is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically. It is also for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is dying, both during the time of illness and death as well as after death.

Author : Joan Halifax
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0834821745

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Being with Dying by Joan Halifax Pdf

The Buddhist approach to death can be of great benefit to people of all backgrounds—as has been demonstrated time and again in Joan Halifax’s decades of work with the dying and their caregivers. Inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, her work is a source of wisdom for all those who are charged with a dying person’s care, facing their own death, or wishing to explore and contemplate the transformative power of the dying process. Her teachings affirm that we can open and contact our inner strength, and that we can help others who are suffering to do the same.

Author : J. D. Robb
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101206195

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Innocent In Death by J. D. Robb Pdf

Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher—and uncovers some extraordinary surprises—in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series. Eve Dallas doesn’t like to see innocent people murdered. And the death of history teacher Craig Foster is clearly a murder case. The lunch that his wife lovingly packed was tainted with deadly ricin. And Mr. Foster’s colleagues, shocked as they may be, have some shocking secrets of their own. It’s Eve’s job to get a feel for all the potential suspects—and find out why someone would have done this to a man who seemed so inoffensive, so pleasant...so innocent. Someone Eve could easily picture dead is an old flame of her billionaire husband Roarke, who has turned up in New York and manipulated herself back into his life. Consumed by her jealousy—and Roarke’s indifference to it—Eve finds it hard to focus on the Foster case. But when another man turns up dead, she’ll have to keep in mind that both innocence and guilt can be facades...

Author : Digby C. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Friendship
ISBN : IND:30000107370177

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Losing Friends by Digby C. Anderson Pdf

Author : B. C. Palmer,Marie Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1689640499

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A Spell for Shadows by B. C. Palmer,Marie Robinson Pdf

Between navigating my classes and figuring out my relationship status, a new torment promises Sophomore year to be a killer one. Literally. My freshman year saw us thwarting the apocalypse. Now, with Lucas and Isaac by my side, I'm determined to figure out what Hunter's problem is. At least I know where I stand with Nathan. He actually wants to kill me. To be fair, killing me might save the world. But after the chaos of my first year, all I want is to make it to graduation. It's not going to be easy. Something is hunting me through the halls of Rosewilde, one of my professors is hellbent of seeing me expelled, and the replacement Headmaster might be worse than the last one. Oh, and even my fearless BFF, Serena, is side-eyeing my new roommate. I'm pretty sure he wants to eat our souls. Welcome back to Rosewilde Academy of Magical Arts-where everything you thought you knew is wrong, and everything wrong feels right. A Spell for Shadows is the second book in the Rosewilde Academy of Magical Arts series following Amelia Cresswin after she gave up science for sorcery. She's got her BFF and lovers who are willing to share. This book is filled with scorching dramatics, men who love each other, and a rollercoaster of a magical adventure.

Author : Geneviève Castrée
Publisher : Drawn and Quarterly
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781770463219

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A Bubble by Geneviève Castrée Pdf

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Author : Laura Pritchett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781632280602

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Making Friends with Death by Laura Pritchett Pdf

Death is a great and grand mystery, and the actual act of dying is the last physical act of our lives. We can do it well, like a graceful well-rehearsed piano solo—or we can do it like that first awkward dance with a middle-school crush. But if anything deserves our full attention, some preparation, or some renewed clarity, death might be it. In this light-hearted, irreverent exploration of the one thing that is certain in all lives, Making Friends with Death offers a look at all the uncertainty that precedes this final act. A compelling mix of practical how-to advice and personal narrative, this book encapsulates our greatest quest—to make peace with death. Pritchett offers up wisdom she has gleaned from all sorts of places, including a decade of traditional research and a lifetime of other related, but less formal, pursuits (digging up a dead body, watching her dog be necropsied on the lawn, hosting Death Cafés, and confronting the grim reaper himself). Making Friends with Death broaches the sacred and the scary with warmth, research, and humor. Interspersed with a variety of workbook-like exercises, this book will prove to be the go-to companion for anyone who would rather be able to greet death as an old friend, rather than a spooky stranger.