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What Obituaries Don?t Tell You

By: Kathryn F. Weymouth, PhD

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What Obituaries Don?t Tell You

By: Kathryn F. Weymouth, PhD

The terminal diagnosis is given, the knock on the door comes, and someone you love is dying or has just died. Death happens every day, yet as one hospital chaplain said, "Most of the time we just live life as if it isn't an issue until it's in our face." It's not as if death is a secret. It's on the news and in the newspaper daily, but we don't talk about it very much, almost pretending as if it won't happen to us or our loved ones. But by not talking and not preparing, we make dying and death scarier and more difficult than it needs to be. That is one of the messages that the storytellers in What Obituaries Don't Tell You: Conversations about Life and Death want to impart. Talk and prepare is a theme repeated over and over. In these stories and interviews you are sure to find people and narratives that are meaningful to you, helping you heal from loss, assuring you that you are not alone in your experiences, and allowing you to find your voice and speak your truth in your own conversations about life and death. You may also be surprised. Did you know that there is a strong correlation between whether a death is deemed good or bad, easy or difficult, and the relationships in a person's life, including one's relationship to religious or spiritual beliefs? Whether you are a person who has lost a loved one, a person thinking about your own death and wanting to prepare for it, or a student or professional preparing to or already working with issues of death in any way, you may find that the information that helps you the most is not imparted to you in obituaries but in the stories behind the scenes.

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1452561982

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A Way Through

Healing from Loss a Workbook

By: Kathryn F. Weymouth PhD

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Healing from Loss a Workbook

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Have you ever had something happen that affected you so profoundly that you wondered if you would ever get over it and feel normal again? This is grief, a consequence of loss. Whether it be from a death or any other life-altering event such as loss of a relationship, job, home, health, safety, belief, or any of the other losses we experience as part of living, we need ways to heal and integrate the experiences into our life. The workbook, A Way Through: Healing From Loss, guides you through how to tell your story provides a check list to identify all the ways the loss has affected you helps you see where you are in your healing process helps you identify what remains to be healed provides over 80 resources and self-help techniques for Healing From Loss Used in the classroom, in workshops, in grief groups, in individual counseling, or on ones own, the workbook provides a structure that can be used as is or adapted to fit the needs of any program, instructor, or therapist.

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The Gift of a Peaceful Death

By: Kathryn F. Weymouth PhD

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Many times you will hear people say that they dont fear death but they do fear what they may have to endure before they reach that final passage. Relying on medical interventions and pharmaceuticals alone often does not bring the peaceful death that people hope for, but by integrating complementary and alternative methods with Western medicine the possibility of having that ease at the end is significantly heightened. In this book you will read accounts by practicing professionals on how and when they use complementary and alternative modalities with their patients and clients. You will read about the many uses of energy healing, including how a hospital chaplain uses it to ease the pain and fear of patients who are on a medical ventilator. You will read about nurses who use essential oils to induce relaxation, reduce pain, and eliminate nausea. The music therapist shares stories of how music can soothe, elevate mood, and bring families together at the end of life. You will see how simple massage techniques can reduce pain and stress and lower blood pressure, how acupuncture can ease symptoms and in one case restored a patients ability to breathe. With the probable exception of palliative care physicians, your medical provider may be prohibited from suggesting these be part of your treatment plan, but you, as the patient, or a family member, can ask for them. Creating an integrative treatment plan is consistent with the philosophy of hospice care: treat the whole person. The founder of the modern hospice movement, Dame Cicely Saunders, MD, saw the suffering of people with terminal illnesses who did not have adequate pain relief, who were lonely and isolated, and who felt spiritually bereft. This book shows how the complementary and alternative methods discussed fit perfectly within the model of holistic care and palliative medicine.

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A Way Through

Healing from Loss a Workbook

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Healing from Loss a Workbook

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The Gift of a Peaceful Death

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What Obituaries Don’T Tell You

Conversations About Life and Death

By: Kathryn F. Weymouth PhD

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What Obituaries Don’T Tell You

Conversations About Life and Death

By: Kathryn F. Weymouth PhD

The terminal diagnosis is given, the knock on the door comes, and someone you love is dying or has just died. Death happens every day, yet as one hospital chaplain said, Most of the time we just live life as if it isnt an issue until its in our face. Its not as if death is a secret. Its on the news and in the newspaper daily, but we dont talk about it very much, almost pretending as if it wont happen to us or our loved ones. But by not talking and not preparing, we make dying and death scarier and more difficult than it needs to be. That is one of the messages that the storytellers in What Obituaries Dont Tell You: Conversations about Life and Death want to impart. Talk and prepare is a theme repeated over and over. In these stories and interviews you are sure to find people and narratives that are meaningful to you, helping you heal from loss, assuring you that you are not alone in your experiences, and allowing you to find your voice and speak your truth in your own conversations about life and death. You may also be surprised. Did you know that there is a strong correlation between whether a death is deemed good or bad, easy or difficult, and the relationships in a persons life, including ones relationship to religious or spiritual beliefs? Whether you are a person who has lost a loved one, a person thinking about your own death and wanting to prepare for it, or a student or professional preparing to or already working with issues of death in any way, you may find that the information that helps you the most is not imparted to you in obituaries but in the stories behind the scenes.

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1452561990

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What Obituaries Don?t Tell You

What Obituaries Don?t Tell You

A Way Through

A Way Through

The Gift of a Peaceful Death

The Gift of a Peaceful Death

A Way Through

A Way Through

The Gift of a Peaceful Death

The Gift of a Peaceful Death

What Obituaries Don’T Tell You

What Obituaries Don’T Tell You

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