When Your Loved One’s Last Wish Was ‘No Funeral’
by Tré Miller Rodríguez
Over the past year, I’ve experienced several losses that, at the request of the deceased, did not include funerals. Grief rituals are central to my mourning process, but there’s no negotiating with the dead. In the absence of the most standard of ceremonies, how do you give expression to your grief while respecting someone’s final wish for “no funeral, please?”
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Bearing the Unbearable
Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
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If you love, you will grieve and nothing is more mysteriously central to becoming fully human. Continue reading »
Reiki for Coping with Loss
by Ashwita Goel – Reiki Master
One of the most traumatic events that can happen in life is to have to lose a loved one. Whether it is you who have lost a loved one, or you are trying to help someone who did, Reiki can help very deeply.
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The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
From one of America’s iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life – in good times and bad – that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.
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Dealing With Death
by Amit Sodha
The debate about what happens after death will continue well into this century but I have no doubt that one day soon we will have, not just the technology, but the ability to know and go beyond at will.
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