by jenniedear | Feb 26, 2020
There is a time when it helps to know something about the physical process of dying—about what you might expect in your last hours of life. If you or someone close to you has a fatal condition, it’s good to know that physical pain seems to decrease significantly or...
by jenniedear | Jun 28, 2019
My book, What Does it Feel Like to Die?, launched June 25th with a reading and book signing at Maria’s Bookshop–and I’m still basking in the afterglow of wonderful community support and some beautifully poignant stories from friends and other audience...
by jenniedear | May 14, 2019
In the often-painful time after patients receive a fatal diagnosis, an opportunity can also arise. Something about the experience—its finality, its intensity, even its trauma—creates a kind of existential readiness, a moment of introspection and openness to other...
by jenniedear | Jul 1, 2018
“If you could just push a button, how many of you would like to live forever?” Dr. BJ Miller, a palliative care doctor and former executive director of San Francisco’s Zen Hospice Project, posed this question to a group of 25 hospice volunteers-in-training. Only one...
by jenniedear | Jun 30, 2018
...
