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- People who will die
- People who will care for a dying person
- People navigating grief and death in a death-phobic culture
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Let’s talk about the toxic relationships in our lives. We’ve all got them, but “toxic” is subjective and varies from one relationship to the next. It can be someone who literally puts lives at risk, or it can be your passive aggressive coworker. I’ve watched three generations of my family cycle through the effects of…
As a follower of my content, you’ve probably realized I have a close relationship with grief, loss, resilience, and death. So, it’s no surprise that I’ve started studying to become a death doula. The title sounds new age-y and, hey, I am kind of new age-y, but I’m also very practical and I know exactly…
This post is part of a series of journal entries written throughout my mother’s two-and-a-half-year journey with cancer. You can read Part 1 here. December 28, 2017 More than a year after my mother’s visit to Detroit, she was still alive and well. Though she had grown weaker, more forgetful and confused, and the cancer…
My very first official job was working at Walgreens. I was 17 when I started and spent hours shopping in the cosmetics section while waiting for my latest roll of film to be developed anyway, so it seemed like a no-brainer. I worked there for the next four years, off and on as I went…
Have you ever browsed pictures of homes on Zillow, Realtor, or even MLS and thought, “Whoa, this place is mess!” or “What am I even looking at?” When a seller posts bad photos in their listing, often buyers will click away and move onto the next house. Bad pictures hurt the chances of selling those…
Do you ever wish you could go back and give your less experienced self a bit of advice? That’s ultimately the point of the web series From Here to There. If you can enlighten me and the audience, you might save a life, spare hardship, or bridge a gap. How do I get from where…