What is All Saints Day? November 1st is All Saints Day, which is a day celebrated in most Catholic countries around the world. Though in some countries, the celebrations can go on for more than a day. For example, in the country I grew up in, All Saints Day was the time everyone would visit …
Gaining Perspective through Death Yesterday, my husband and one of my kids were a little sad because the All Blacks didn’t win the rugby world cup (my other son was wanting South Africa to win, so at least he was happy). One of my friends told me her husband goes into depression for at least …
We’re all Dying! “Oh no! Your Uncle/Auntie/Cousin/Sibling has just gotten diagnosed with cancer.” News we never want to hear. Hearing someone we know or love is dying soon, or has died often throws us off our axis for a few hours or days. We get shocked or shook when someone in our town or suddenly …
A different kind of freedom Facing death brings a different type of freedom. It’s not the type of freedom that makes you do crazy things. It’s a much deeper, more meaningful type of freedom. One that helps you let go of grudges that have weighed you down. This freedom allows you to love and care …
Suicide prevention month September is Suicide prevention month. While most people are afraid of death, there are also those who feel that death must be attained to achieve freedom from their difficulties and pain. How does facing death help with suicide prevention? Here are some examples: Death through suicide is not a happy or good …
Imagine a world where we talked about and prepared for death just as much as we did for birth. We’d have hundreds and hundreds of books helping people prepare. In-depth descriptions and dialogue helping people prepare for death. Anyone who has given birth or been present during a birth knows it is not easy experience …
Welcome! This blog is my humble effort to help people face death without fear, and find real happiness amidst grief. Death, dying, and grief are all topics most of us don’t even like to think about. But the irony is that, facing death and dying allows us to actually experience deep inner happiness and freedom– …
Most of us are terrified of even talking about dying. I’ve started this blog to help normalize talking about death. Death does not have to be a scary thing. Death is one of the few things in life that is a given. For each of us who have been born, each day passing brings us …