Resources and Things of Note
This is a on-going work in progress but I am going to be adding more as I read/learn more. I'll also be adding direct links to make it easier to find.
Books I've Read
Caring For the Dying aka Finding Peace at the End of Life A Death Doula Guide For Family and Caregivers - Henry Fersko Weiss
The Mortal's Guide To Dying Well - Cindy Kaufman
The Art of Death Midwifery - Joellyn St. Pierre
Dying A Natural Passage - Denys Cope, RN BSN
Farewell - Vital End of Life Questions with Candid Answers - Edward T Creegan MD
Advice for Future Corpses - Sallie Tisdale
How We Die - Reflections on Life's Final Chapter - Sherwin B Nuland
Dying to Know - Straight Talk - Tani Bahti
A Beginner's Guide to the End - BJ Miller MD and Shoshana Berger
Dying with Confidence - Anyen Rinpoche
Death Nesting - Anne Marie Keppel
How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies - Therese Rando
The Dying Process - Your Essential Guide to Understanding Signs, Symptoms and Changes at the End of Life - Katie Duncan
Death Doula Tools and Techniques for EOL Support - Kelly Ruby Hanson
No Death, No Fear - Thich Nhat Hahn
Living When A Loved One Has Died - Earl Grollman
Bearing the Unbearable - Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief - Joanne Cacciatore, PhD
The Courage to Grieve - Judy Tatelbaum
Deathing - Anya Foos Graber
Books on My To Read List
Higher Self Now - William and Susan Buhlman
Gone From My Sight - The Dying Experience - Barbara Karnes
Dying A Book of Comfort - Pat Mcnees
Die Wise - S Jenkinson
Beyond the Good Death - Green
Living Into Dying - Nancy Jewel Poer
The Sacred Art of Dying - Kenneth Kramer
Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals For End of Life - Megory Anderson
Graceful Exits - Sushila Blackman
The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life - Katy Butler
The Wild Edge of Sorrow - Francis Weller
Death Across Cultures : Death and Dying in Non Western Cultures
Handbook of Structured Life Review B & B Haight
Love Letters From God
Staying Well With Guided Imagery - BellRuth Naparsteck
Death, Near Death and the Afterlife - Kurt Leland
Home Funeral Ceremonies (Las Ceremonias Bonitas) - Unullisi and Belk
Planning Guide and Workbook for Home Funeral Families -Webster and Belk
The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End of Life Care - Angelo Volandes MD
The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully - Frank Ostaseski
Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving - Julia Samuel
And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life - Sharon Kaufman
Misc Books I've Read - Memoirs, Bios, Etc
Dying A Memoir - Cory Taylor
Last Wish - Betty Rollin
Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
From Here to Eternity - Caitlin Doughty
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal Rinpoche
Near Death in the ICU - Laurin Bellg MD
Body of Work - Christine Montross
The Death Class - Erika Hayasaki
Choosing to Die VSED - Phyllis Shacter
Dying Well - Susan Hoban
Dreamers Book of the Dead - Robert Moss
Books I've Read on NDEs
Life After Life - Raymond Moody
Surviving Death - Leslie Kean This is also a fabulous documentary series.
The Science of Near-Death Experiences - John Hagan
Sam Parnia - Aware Studies - Books: Erasing Death and What Happens When We Die
Consciousness Continues - Heather Dominguez
The Purpose of A Life Revealed - David Sunfellow
Links
Funeral Consumers Alliance - information so you can fully prepare and protect yourself and loved ones while planning a funeral.
National Home Funeral Alliance
National Death Care Center - know you legal rights and sacred options when it comes to death and dying and the planning needed.
Living Wills - Advanced Care Registry
Advance Directives
DNRs (medallion)
POLST - Medical Orders/Honoring the Wishes of the Patient.
legally needed to avoid life sustaining treatment etc
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - links and information for each state.
Green Burials - Green Burial Council
End of Life Checklists? - Get your shit together!
Retireguide.com - This is an amazing resource - not just for seniors or retiree's but for anyone wanting to plan for their future. The Legacy and family history page is full of great information and a step by step guide to creating a lasting legacy story and it makes it easy to do so.
Everplans - Organize, store and securely share information, legal documents, end of life wishes and more. This lets your family and friends access your wishes if something happens to you.
Websites of Note
Conversation Project - Helping People Share Their Wishes For Care at the End of Life
Death Over Dinner - Let's have dinner and talk about death
Endwell - A non-profit dedicated to the belief people should experience and end of life that matches their values and goals
Lets Reimagine - Reimagining how we face adversity, loss, grief and mortality and channel the hard parts of life into meaningful action and growth
Recompose Life
Chalice of Repose - Music Thanatology
Threshold Choir - Singing for the Dying
Order of the Good Death
Death with Dignity
Nursing Homes Abuse - Education about the abuse that goes on in too many nursing homes and what can be done about it.
Music/CD's
Life Beyond Words - Jennifer Taylor
Music for the Dying - Donalyn Gross
Listening at the Threshold - Threshold Choir
Tenderly Rain - Threshold Choir
The Healer's Way Volumes 1 & 2 - Stella Benson
Soundscapes - Distant Trains Echoing in the Rain
The Sacred Veil - Whitaker and Silvestri
Songs in the Key of Life
A Love Supreme
Video/Films Etc
Surviving Death - Leslie Kean (2021)
Alive Inside (2014)
Dying Wish: A Dying Doctors Decision to Stop Eating and Drinking (2008)
Frontline: Being Mortal (2015)
Grief Walker (2012)
Lessons For the Living (2011)
Expedition Unknown Search for the Afterlife (2018)
Books I've Read
Caring For the Dying aka Finding Peace at the End of Life A Death Doula Guide For Family and Caregivers - Henry Fersko Weiss
The Mortal's Guide To Dying Well - Cindy Kaufman
The Art of Death Midwifery - Joellyn St. Pierre
Dying A Natural Passage - Denys Cope, RN BSN
Farewell - Vital End of Life Questions with Candid Answers - Edward T Creegan MD
Advice for Future Corpses - Sallie Tisdale
How We Die - Reflections on Life's Final Chapter - Sherwin B Nuland
Dying to Know - Straight Talk - Tani Bahti
A Beginner's Guide to the End - BJ Miller MD and Shoshana Berger
Dying with Confidence - Anyen Rinpoche
Death Nesting - Anne Marie Keppel
How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies - Therese Rando
The Dying Process - Your Essential Guide to Understanding Signs, Symptoms and Changes at the End of Life - Katie Duncan
Death Doula Tools and Techniques for EOL Support - Kelly Ruby Hanson
No Death, No Fear - Thich Nhat Hahn
Living When A Loved One Has Died - Earl Grollman
Bearing the Unbearable - Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief - Joanne Cacciatore, PhD
The Courage to Grieve - Judy Tatelbaum
Deathing - Anya Foos Graber
Books on My To Read List
Higher Self Now - William and Susan Buhlman
Gone From My Sight - The Dying Experience - Barbara Karnes
Dying A Book of Comfort - Pat Mcnees
Die Wise - S Jenkinson
Beyond the Good Death - Green
Living Into Dying - Nancy Jewel Poer
The Sacred Art of Dying - Kenneth Kramer
Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals For End of Life - Megory Anderson
Graceful Exits - Sushila Blackman
The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life - Katy Butler
The Wild Edge of Sorrow - Francis Weller
Death Across Cultures : Death and Dying in Non Western Cultures
Handbook of Structured Life Review B & B Haight
Love Letters From God
Staying Well With Guided Imagery - BellRuth Naparsteck
Death, Near Death and the Afterlife - Kurt Leland
Home Funeral Ceremonies (Las Ceremonias Bonitas) - Unullisi and Belk
Planning Guide and Workbook for Home Funeral Families -Webster and Belk
The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End of Life Care - Angelo Volandes MD
The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully - Frank Ostaseski
Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving - Julia Samuel
And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life - Sharon Kaufman
Misc Books I've Read - Memoirs, Bios, Etc
Dying A Memoir - Cory Taylor
Last Wish - Betty Rollin
Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
From Here to Eternity - Caitlin Doughty
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal Rinpoche
Near Death in the ICU - Laurin Bellg MD
Body of Work - Christine Montross
The Death Class - Erika Hayasaki
Choosing to Die VSED - Phyllis Shacter
Dying Well - Susan Hoban
Dreamers Book of the Dead - Robert Moss
Books I've Read on NDEs
Life After Life - Raymond Moody
Surviving Death - Leslie Kean This is also a fabulous documentary series.
The Science of Near-Death Experiences - John Hagan
Sam Parnia - Aware Studies - Books: Erasing Death and What Happens When We Die
Consciousness Continues - Heather Dominguez
The Purpose of A Life Revealed - David Sunfellow
Links
Funeral Consumers Alliance - information so you can fully prepare and protect yourself and loved ones while planning a funeral.
National Home Funeral Alliance
National Death Care Center - know you legal rights and sacred options when it comes to death and dying and the planning needed.
Living Wills - Advanced Care Registry
Advance Directives
DNRs (medallion)
POLST - Medical Orders/Honoring the Wishes of the Patient.
legally needed to avoid life sustaining treatment etc
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - links and information for each state.
Green Burials - Green Burial Council
End of Life Checklists? - Get your shit together!
Retireguide.com - This is an amazing resource - not just for seniors or retiree's but for anyone wanting to plan for their future. The Legacy and family history page is full of great information and a step by step guide to creating a lasting legacy story and it makes it easy to do so.
Everplans - Organize, store and securely share information, legal documents, end of life wishes and more. This lets your family and friends access your wishes if something happens to you.
Websites of Note
Conversation Project - Helping People Share Their Wishes For Care at the End of Life
Death Over Dinner - Let's have dinner and talk about death
Endwell - A non-profit dedicated to the belief people should experience and end of life that matches their values and goals
Lets Reimagine - Reimagining how we face adversity, loss, grief and mortality and channel the hard parts of life into meaningful action and growth
Recompose Life
Chalice of Repose - Music Thanatology
Threshold Choir - Singing for the Dying
Order of the Good Death
Death with Dignity
Nursing Homes Abuse - Education about the abuse that goes on in too many nursing homes and what can be done about it.
Music/CD's
Life Beyond Words - Jennifer Taylor
Music for the Dying - Donalyn Gross
Listening at the Threshold - Threshold Choir
Tenderly Rain - Threshold Choir
The Healer's Way Volumes 1 & 2 - Stella Benson
Soundscapes - Distant Trains Echoing in the Rain
The Sacred Veil - Whitaker and Silvestri
Songs in the Key of Life
A Love Supreme
Video/Films Etc
Surviving Death - Leslie Kean (2021)
Alive Inside (2014)
Dying Wish: A Dying Doctors Decision to Stop Eating and Drinking (2008)
Frontline: Being Mortal (2015)
Grief Walker (2012)
Lessons For the Living (2011)
Expedition Unknown Search for the Afterlife (2018)
