What do you think is     to die for     relatively speaking talking about death is talking about life A project to promote healthy conversations about death and dying by bringing awareness to the common phrases about death that permeate our everyday language. relatively speaking allows us to explore the boundaries of [...]

I am honored that Maria Shriver’s blog invited me to guest blog last week.  Her philosophy that “by sharing our worlds, we help one another make our lives matter” resonates with me.     I have received wonderful responses from the post which further confirms my belief that people are thinking about death & dying [...]

Last year I received some unsolicited marketing advice that I can’t get out of my head.   After learning about my book, my airplane seat mate, leaned over and said, “Lady, you’ve got a hell of a problem ahead,  you need to make death attractive, like a candy bar, it’s not going to be easy”.* [...]

The lyrics of music are a great source of healthy communication about death and dying.  Check out the Living Life Dying Death Playlist! Please send me your suggestions!

Talking about death and dying is talking about life and living!  I believe there are essential qualities to a healthy conversation about death and dying………..well……….really I believe they are the same essential qualities when having any conversation! Non-judgment ::: Tolerance for the opinions and variety of ideas and beliefs that will be presented. Compassion ::: [...]

“It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens”. Woody Allen This is so true for many people, including me:   “Hey, I’ve got plans next week!” . . . living life dying death. . . is a call to conversation. I am passionate about listening and talking [...]