Our goal is to educate, provide information, share articles and resources, and to get discussions flowing. Death is a part of the life cycle. To be born, we will die one day. This is a fact.
Our book encompasses so much. Besides providing resource material, references, and quotes, we have professionals and individuals who contributed chapters about their own client’s/patient’s deaths along with their own family’s and friend’s deaths. We cover the death of spouses and life partners, parents, children, grandchildren, grandparents, siblings, infant death, multiple deaths, patient and client death, pet death, friend death, miscarriages, abortion, chronic illness and disease, natural aging, and suicide. We have a chapter that focuses on a very hot topic for some, but it is still an important topic–Assisted Dying/Euthanasia. At the time our manuscript was submitted for publication, we listed the countries, states, and provinces that had laws in place about and for assisted dying and euthanasia.
Who contributed to this book?
Nurses
Social Workers
Physicians
A Lawyer
A Funeral Home Director
A Rabbi
A Siam Reiki Master Teacher
A Former Police Officer
A Paramedic
A Military Veteran
Professionals that provide training in the areas of death and dying
Professionals and lay-people that run grief and bereavement groups
End-of-Life communication resources
End-of-Life training resources
Discussions about planning and preparedness
Natural Death
Death Midwifery or Death Doulas and their roles
Alternative Burial and Funeral Options are discussed
Grief & Healing Rituals
Death Cafés
Near Death Experiences
and more…
Part of what we will do in our blog posts is to share articles and important information that relate to death, dying, and end of life. Keep an eye out and share this book with friends, family, and professionals because death affects everyone at some point.
Julie Saeger Nierenberg is a freelance writer and editor, lifelong educator and artist, a proud parent and "grand-partner." Julie lives in Canada. Inspired by the experience of her father’s dying and death, Julie published a short memoir about her family’s grief and loss. Daddy, this is it. Being-with My Dying Dad launched a true journey of connection and transformation, as Julie reached out to share it with those who assist the dying and bereaved. Following that memoir's publication, Julie received numerous end-of-life perspectives from others, some of which are available in Journey's End: Death, Dying and the End of Life. Writing and publishing in this heart-led direction, Julie hopes to contribute to a cultural shift in how we prepare and support others in the final chapter of life. Julie also enjoys writing and editing legacy writing, fiction and nonfiction works; she feels privileged to help other writers succeed.
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