During the almost 17 years I have been a nurse, most of my time has been working with terminally ill patients and the elderly. If I know nothing else in nursing, I know how to care for the dying. Still, for years, I viewed death as separate, something that was ‘happening to them.’ Death and… Continue reading Death is a Certainty

A death awareness practice is more than accepting your own mortality. We all know we die. Maybe we don’t talk about it, but we know it. Death lingers out there, taunting us with its mystery. To be death aware and to put it into practice is to have it as a constant companion and teacher.… Continue reading Be Death Aware to Awaken