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Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)
by Sallie Tisdale • 2018
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
4.14
2k+
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support⚱️ Death Rituals🥀 Grief And Loss
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) 97%
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
by Sallie Tisdale 2018
4.14
2k+ ratings
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support⚱️ Death Rituals🥀 Grief And Loss
Nothing to Fear
by Julie McFadden • 2024
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
4.41
3k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care📋 Advance Care Planning💀 Death Positive Movement
Nothing to Fear Summary
Nothing to Fear 97%
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
by Julie McFadden 2024
4.41
3k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care📋 Advance Care Planning💀 Death Positive Movement
Briefly Perfectly Human
by Alua Arthur • 2024
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
4.19
6k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity🖐️ Body Wisdom🤲 Holding Space
Briefly Perfectly Human Summary
Briefly Perfectly Human 96%
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
by Alua Arthur 2024
4.19
6k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity🖐️ Body Wisdom🤲 Holding Space
On Death and Dying
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1969
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
4.16
28k+
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance💬 Patient Communication📚 Medical Humanities
On Death and Dying Summary
On Death and Dying 96%
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969
4.16
28k+ ratings
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance💬 Patient Communication📚 Medical Humanities
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms
by David Kessler • 2010
Dying people see deceased loved ones. Medicine calls it hallucination; the law calls it truth.
4.20
1k+
🛏️ Deathbed Visions🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Hospice Movement✨ Afterlife Beliefs🕰️ Facing Mortality
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms Summary
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms 96%
Dying people see deceased loved ones. Medicine calls it hallucination; the law calls it truth.
by David Kessler 2010
4.20
1k+ ratings
🛏️ Deathbed Visions🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Hospice Movement✨ Afterlife Beliefs🕰️ Facing Mortality
The Smell of Rain on Dust
by Martin Prechtel • 2015
Grief out loud is the highest praise. Our silence around it fuels addiction, revenge, and war.
4.26
897
🕯️ Grief Work👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Ancestral Healing🤲 Collective Trauma🌿 Nature As Healer🏹 Indigenous Wisdom
The Smell of Rain on Dust Summary
The Smell of Rain on Dust 96%
Grief out loud is the highest praise. Our silence around it fuels addiction, revenge, and war.
by Martin Prechtel 2015
4.26
897 ratings
🕯️ Grief Work👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Ancestral Healing🤲 Collective Trauma🌿 Nature As Healer🏹 Indigenous Wisdom
Come of Age
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2018
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
4.25
173
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings🕯️ Ancestral Memory🌉 Generational Wisdom
Come of Age Summary
Come of Age 96%
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018
4.25
173 ratings
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings🕯️ Ancestral Memory🌉 Generational Wisdom
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death
by Aroop Mangalik • 2017
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
4.00
14
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance📝 Advance Directives🤲 Palliative Care🕊️ Aid In Dying
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death Summary
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death 95%
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
by Aroop Mangalik 2017
4.00
14 ratings
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance📝 Advance Directives🤲 Palliative Care🕊️ Aid In Dying
The Etiquette of Illness
by Susan P. Halpern • 2004
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
3.76
601
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving💛 Practical Empathy🕯️ Grief Support
The Etiquette of Illness Summary
The Etiquette of Illness 95%
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
by Susan P. Halpern 2004
3.76
601 ratings
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving💛 Practical Empathy🕯️ Grief Support
Making Friends with Death
by Judith L. Lief • 2001
Contemplate your death to live fully, and the guidelines for sitting with the dying.
4.26
128
🪦 Death And Dying🪷 Tibetan Buddhism🧘 Mindfulness Meditation🍂 Impermanence💗 Compassion Practice
Making Friends with Death Summary
Making Friends with Death 95%
Contemplate your death to live fully, and the guidelines for sitting with the dying.
by Judith L. Lief 2001
4.26
128 ratings
🪦 Death And Dying🪷 Tibetan Buddhism🧘 Mindfulness Meditation🍂 Impermanence💗 Compassion Practice
The Wild Edge of Sorrow
by Francis Weller • 2015
Grief avoided deadens us; met with ritual, it opens a door to aliveness.
4.36
4k+
🌊 Grief Work🕯️ Ritual And Ceremony👪 Ancestral Healing🤝 Community Healing🖤 Shadow Work
The Wild Edge of Sorrow Summary
The Wild Edge of Sorrow 95%
Grief avoided deadens us; met with ritual, it opens a door to aliveness.
by Francis Weller 2015
4.36
4k+ ratings
🌊 Grief Work🕯️ Ritual And Ceremony👪 Ancestral Healing🤝 Community Healing🖤 Shadow Work
How We Die
by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
4.07
9k+
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying🩻 Clinical Realism⏳ Aging And Senescence
How We Die Summary
How We Die 95%
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994
4.07
9k+ ratings
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying🩻 Clinical Realism⏳ Aging And Senescence
Knocking on Heaven's Door
by Katy Butler • 2013
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
4.12
3k+
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving💰 Healthcare Economics📋 Patient Advocacy
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door 95%
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
by Katy Butler 2013
4.12
3k+ ratings
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving💰 Healthcare Economics📋 Patient Advocacy
Still Here
by Ram Dass • 2000
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
4.21
2k+
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence🧘‍♂️ Mindfulness Practice🪷 Reframing Suffering
Still Here Summary
Still Here 95%
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
by Ram Dass 2000
4.21
2k+ ratings
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence🧘‍♂️ Mindfulness Practice🪷 Reframing Suffering
The Beauty of What Remains
by Steve Leder • 2021
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
4.44
3k+
🪦 Death And Dying💔 Grief And Loss🧭 Mortality And Meaning🌊 Nonlinear Grief📜 Legacy Building
The Beauty of What Remains Summary
The Beauty of What Remains 95%
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
by Steve Leder 2021
4.44
3k+ ratings
🪦 Death And Dying💔 Grief And Loss🧭 Mortality And Meaning🌊 Nonlinear Grief📜 Legacy Building
Staring at the Sun
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2008
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
4.23
16k+
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making💀 Confronting Mortality🛋️ Therapists
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun 95%
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008
4.23
16k+ ratings
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making💀 Confronting Mortality🛋️ Therapists
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
by Sogyal Rinpoche • 1992
Preparing for death, in the Tibetan Buddhist view, is how you finally learn to live.
4.21
33k+
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism💀 Death And Dying🍂 Impermanence🧘 Meditation Practice🩺 End Of Life Care
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Summary
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 95%
Preparing for death, in the Tibetan Buddhist view, is how you finally learn to live.
by Sogyal Rinpoche 1992
4.21
33k+ ratings
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism💀 Death And Dying🍂 Impermanence🧘 Meditation Practice🩺 End Of Life Care
Grief Works
by Julia Samuel • 2018
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
3.98
2k+
📖 Modern Grief Work💀 Death And Dying🕊️ Loss And Healing📋 Therapy Case Studies🤝 Supporting The Bereaved
Grief Works Summary
Grief Works 95%
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
by Julia Samuel 2018
3.98
2k+ ratings
📖 Modern Grief Work💀 Death And Dying🕊️ Loss And Healing📋 Therapy Case Studies🤝 Supporting The Bereaved
The Five Invitations
by Frank Ostaseski • 2017
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
4.45
4k+
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance🧘 Buddhist Psychology❤️ Compassion
The Five Invitations Summary
The Five Invitations 95%
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
by Frank Ostaseski 2017
4.45
4k+ ratings
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance🧘 Buddhist Psychology❤️ Compassion
A Buddhist Grief Observed
by Guy Newland • 2016
A Buddhist scholar thought he understood impermanence. Then his wife died.
3.96
130
🖤 Bereavement Memoirs☸️ Buddhist Practice🍂 Impermanence💗 Self-Compassion In Loss🌊 Mindfulness And Grief
A Buddhist Grief Observed Summary
A Buddhist Grief Observed 94%
A Buddhist scholar thought he understood impermanence. Then his wife died.
by Guy Newland 2016
3.96
130 ratings
🖤 Bereavement Memoirs☸️ Buddhist Practice🍂 Impermanence💗 Self-Compassion In Loss🌊 Mindfulness And Grief
Grief Is a Journey
by Kenneth J. Doka • 2015
Grief has no stages, no timetable, no map. A guide to mourning your own way.
4.04
174
🧩 Grief Myths👤 Unrecognized Grief🕯️ Grief Rituals🌱 Posttraumatic Growth🤝 Supporting Grief
Grief Is a Journey Summary
Grief Is a Journey 94%
Grief has no stages, no timetable, no map. A guide to mourning your own way.
by Kenneth J. Doka 2015
4.04
174 ratings
🧩 Grief Myths👤 Unrecognized Grief🕯️ Grief Rituals🌱 Posttraumatic Growth🤝 Supporting Grief
After
by Bruce Greyson • 2021
When your brain shuts down, you might still be there. A near-death researcher's fifty-year case.
4.18
6k+
🌅 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Research🕊️ Life After Death👁️ Out-Of-Body Experiences🔬 Scientific Spirituality
After Summary
After 94%
When your brain shuts down, you might still be there. A near-death researcher's fifty-year case.
by Bruce Greyson 2021
4.18
6k+ ratings
🌅 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Research🕊️ Life After Death👁️ Out-Of-Body Experiences🔬 Scientific Spirituality
The Psychology of Grief
by Richard Gross • 2018
Grief has no stages, no timeline, no closure. What actually shapes how we adapt to loss.
3.66
38
🪦 Grief And Loss🔗 Attachment Theory🚫 Disenfranchised Grief🕯️ Cultural Death Rituals🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth
The Psychology of Grief Summary
The Psychology of Grief 94%
Grief has no stages, no timeline, no closure. What actually shapes how we adapt to loss.
by Richard Gross 2018
3.66
38 ratings
🪦 Grief And Loss🔗 Attachment Theory🚫 Disenfranchised Grief🕯️ Cultural Death Rituals🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth
No Death, No Fear
by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2002
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
4.22
6k+
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing🧠 Mindfulness Meditation🍂 Impermanence
No Death, No Fear Summary
No Death, No Fear 94%
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2002
4.22
6k+ ratings
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing🧠 Mindfulness Meditation🍂 Impermanence
Finding Meaning
by David Kessler • 2019
Five stages of grief aren't the whole map. The missing sixth that turns pain into purpose.
4.43
3k+
🕊️ Grief Counseling💀 Thanatology🌱 Meaning-Making🔗 Continuing Bonds🌋 Post-Traumatic Growth
Finding Meaning Summary
Finding Meaning 94%
Five stages of grief aren't the whole map. The missing sixth that turns pain into purpose.
by David Kessler 2019
4.43
3k+ ratings
🕊️ Grief Counseling💀 Thanatology🌱 Meaning-Making🔗 Continuing Bonds🌋 Post-Traumatic Growth
Getting Grief Right
by Patrick O’Malley Ph.D. • 2017
The five stages misread grief. Your own story matters more than any stage.
4.45
182
🕊️ Grief Counseling🌉 Continuing Bonds🧩 Attachment Theory📖 Narrative Therapy🚫 Toxic Positivity
Getting Grief Right Summary
Getting Grief Right 94%
The five stages misread grief. Your own story matters more than any stage.
by Patrick O’Malley Ph.D. 2017
4.45
182 ratings
🕊️ Grief Counseling🌉 Continuing Bonds🧩 Attachment Theory📖 Narrative Therapy🚫 Toxic Positivity
A Hole in the World
by Amanda Held Opelt • 2022
We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.
4.43
800
🕯️ Grief Rituals🤝 Communal Grief💪 Embodied Grief✝️ Theology Of Suffering📷 Memory And Loss
A Hole in the World Summary
A Hole in the World 94%
We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.
by Amanda Held Opelt 2022
4.43
800 ratings
🕯️ Grief Rituals🤝 Communal Grief💪 Embodied Grief✝️ Theology Of Suffering📷 Memory And Loss
On Grief and Grieving
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 2005
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
4.32
5k+
🗣️ Grief Counseling🤝 Bereavement Support🧩 Grief Stages⏳ Anticipatory Grief🪷 Meaning-Making
On Grief and Grieving Summary
On Grief and Grieving 94%
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 2005
4.32
5k+ ratings
🗣️ Grief Counseling🤝 Bereavement Support🧩 Grief Stages⏳ Anticipatory Grief🪷 Meaning-Making
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
4.40
10k+
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance💔 Spousal Loss✍️ Writing As Therapy
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 94%
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021
4.40
10k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance💔 Spousal Loss✍️ Writing As Therapy
The In-Between
by Hadley Vlahos • 2023
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
4.49
51k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions🕊️ Death Acceptance✨ Afterlife Beliefs
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between 94%
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
by Hadley Vlahos 2023
4.49
51k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions🕊️ Death Acceptance✨ Afterlife Beliefs
In Love
by Amy Bloom • 2022
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
4.26
26k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief🕊️ Assisted Suicide💀 Death Acceptance
In Love Summary
In Love 94%
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
by Amy Bloom 2022
4.26
26k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief🕊️ Assisted Suicide💀 Death Acceptance
Grief One Day at a Time
by Alan D. Wolfelt • 2016
Grief's daily companion: 365 meditations that turn small daily steps into a path back to life.
4.61
203
🕊️ Grief Support💔 Love And Loss📖 Grief Meditations🖤 Mourning Practices💬 Continuing Bonds
Grief One Day at a Time Summary
Grief One Day at a Time 94%
Grief's daily companion: 365 meditations that turn small daily steps into a path back to life.
by Alan D. Wolfelt 2016
4.61
203 ratings
🕊️ Grief Support💔 Love And Loss📖 Grief Meditations🖤 Mourning Practices💬 Continuing Bonds
From Age-ing to Sage-ing
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi • 1995
The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.
3.99
368
🌅 Conscious Aging👴 Elderhood📝 Life Review🕯️ Conscious Dying📜 Wisdom Traditions
From Age-ing to Sage-ing Summary
From Age-ing to Sage-ing 94%
The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi 1995
3.99
368 ratings
🌅 Conscious Aging👴 Elderhood📝 Life Review🕯️ Conscious Dying📜 Wisdom Traditions
Good Grief
by Theresa Caputo • 2017
Your dead loved ones are still here. A famous medium shows you how to notice their signs.
4.12
943
🕊️ Grief And Loss🔮 Spiritual Mediumship✨ Modern Spiritualism🧘 Self-Care Rituals🫂 Releasing Guilt
Good Grief Summary
Good Grief 94%
Your dead loved ones are still here. A famous medium shows you how to notice their signs.
by Theresa Caputo 2017
4.12
943 ratings
🕊️ Grief And Loss🔮 Spiritual Mediumship✨ Modern Spiritualism🧘 Self-Care Rituals🫂 Releasing Guilt
In My Time of Dying
by Sebastian Junger • 2024
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
3.82
9k+
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies🌌 Existential Meaning🧠 Consciousness Studies
In My Time of Dying Summary
In My Time of Dying 94%
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
by Sebastian Junger 2024
3.82
9k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies🌌 Existential Meaning🧠 Consciousness Studies
It's OK That You're Not OK
by Megan Devine • 2017
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
4.35
15k+
🕯️ Grief And Loss🤲 Grief Acceptance🔄 Non-Linear Grief👁️ Bearing Witness🎨 Creative Grief Work
It's OK That You're Not OK Summary
It's OK That You're Not OK 94%
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
by Megan Devine 2017
4.35
15k+ ratings
🕯️ Grief And Loss🤲 Grief Acceptance🔄 Non-Linear Grief👁️ Bearing Witness🎨 Creative Grief Work
Grace and Grit
by Ken Wilber • 1991
A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.
4.47
2k+
🎗️ Cancer Memoirs🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🌐 Perennial Philosophy💗 Compassion Practice🌸 Feminine Spirituality
Grace and Grit Summary
Grace and Grit 94%
A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.
by Ken Wilber 1991
4.47
2k+ ratings
🎗️ Cancer Memoirs🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🌐 Perennial Philosophy💗 Compassion Practice🌸 Feminine Spirituality
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty • 2014
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
4.22
110k+
💀 Death Acceptance⚱️ Funeral Industry🌿 Natural Burial🕯️ Death Rituals🚫 Death Taboos
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Summary
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory 94%
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
by Caitlin Doughty 2014
4.22
110k+ ratings
💀 Death Acceptance⚱️ Funeral Industry🌿 Natural Burial🕯️ Death Rituals🚫 Death Taboos
Loss, Trauma, and Resilience
by Pauline G. Boss • 2006
Therapy for loss without certainty: no funeral, no body, no goodbye. Resilience is still trainable.
4.27
99
📉 Prolonged Grief🩺 Trauma Treatment🔗 Family Systems🧭 Meaning-Making💪 Resilience Psychology
Loss, Trauma, and Resilience Summary
Loss, Trauma, and Resilience 94%
Therapy for loss without certainty: no funeral, no body, no goodbye. Resilience is still trainable.
by Pauline G. Boss 2006
4.27
99 ratings
📉 Prolonged Grief🩺 Trauma Treatment🔗 Family Systems🧭 Meaning-Making💪 Resilience Psychology
Recovering from Losses in Life
by H. Norman Wright • 1991
Grief erodes identity and joy. The Christian path to saying goodbye and becoming yourself again.
4.25
197
🖤 Grief And Loss✝️ Christian Grieving🔗 Unresolved Grief🕯️ Grief Rituals🪞 Identity Loss
Recovering from Losses in Life Summary
Recovering from Losses in Life 93%
Grief erodes identity and joy. The Christian path to saying goodbye and becoming yourself again.
by H. Norman Wright 1991
4.25
197 ratings
🖤 Grief And Loss✝️ Christian Grieving🔗 Unresolved Grief🕯️ Grief Rituals🪞 Identity Loss
Psychology of the Future
by Stanislav Grof • 2000
Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.
4.27
302
🧠 Transpersonal Psychology🔬 Consciousness Studies🍄 Psychedelic Therapy🌀 Altered States👶 Birth Trauma
Psychology of the Future Summary
Psychology of the Future 93%
Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.
by Stanislav Grof 2000
4.27
302 ratings
🧠 Transpersonal Psychology🔬 Consciousness Studies🍄 Psychedelic Therapy🌀 Altered States👶 Birth Trauma
Consciousness Beyond Life
by Pim van Lommel • 2007
When the brain flatlines, consciousness doesn't: a cardiologist's case from near-death research.
4.07
1k+
🔥 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Studies🌐 Nonlocal Mind⚛️ Quantum Consciousness📡 Brain As Receiver
Consciousness Beyond Life Summary
Consciousness Beyond Life 93%
When the brain flatlines, consciousness doesn't: a cardiologist's case from near-death research.
by Pim van Lommel 2007
4.07
1k+ ratings
🔥 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Studies🌐 Nonlocal Mind⚛️ Quantum Consciousness📡 Brain As Receiver
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz • 2019
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
4.60
20
🧠 Grief And Loss🪣 Death Cleaning💻 Digital Legacy📋 Settling An Estate🏺 Family Heirlooms
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time Summary
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time 93%
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz 2019
4.60
20 ratings
🧠 Grief And Loss🪣 Death Cleaning💻 Digital Legacy📋 Settling An Estate🏺 Family Heirlooms
Kokoro
by Beth Kempton • 2022
The Japanese call the heart's quiet intelligence kokoro. Here is how to hear it.
4.13
648
🎐 Japanese Philosophy🧘 Contemplative Living🍂 Embracing Impermanence🫙 Inner Stillness🕊️ Grief And Loss
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro 93%
The Japanese call the heart's quiet intelligence kokoro. Here is how to hear it.
by Beth Kempton 2022
4.13
648 ratings
🎐 Japanese Philosophy🧘 Contemplative Living🍂 Embracing Impermanence🫙 Inner Stillness🕊️ Grief And Loss
Dementia Reimagined
by Tia Powell • 2019
Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.
3.90
445
🧠 Dementia Care🧓 Aging And Health🕊️ End-Of-Life Care💔 Caregiver Burden💰 Healthcare Economics
Dementia Reimagined Summary
Dementia Reimagined 93%
Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.
by Tia Powell 2019
3.90
445 ratings
🧠 Dementia Care🧓 Aging And Health🕊️ End-Of-Life Care💔 Caregiver Burden💰 Healthcare Economics
Chasing Daylight
by Eugene O'Kelly • 2005
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
3.94
4k+
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring🌅 Present Moment👋 Intentional Goodbyes
Chasing Daylight Summary
Chasing Daylight 93%
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
by Eugene O'Kelly 2005
3.94
4k+ ratings
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring🌅 Present Moment👋 Intentional Goodbyes
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
4.41
820k+
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir🧠 Neurosurgery📜 Philosophy Of Medicine
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air 93%
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016
4.41
820k+ ratings
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir🧠 Neurosurgery📜 Philosophy Of Medicine
The Worm at the Core
by Sheldon Solomon • 2015
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
4.10
2k+
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Fear Of Death🪦 Death Denial🏛️ Symbolic Immortality🌍 Cultural Worldviews
The Worm at the Core Summary
The Worm at the Core 93%
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
by Sheldon Solomon 2015
4.10
2k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Fear Of Death🪦 Death Denial🏛️ Symbolic Immortality🌍 Cultural Worldviews
Never Letting Go
by Mark Anthony • 2011
Heal grief through the afterlife: signs, forgiveness, and contact with those you've lost.
4.54
278
🕊️ Grief Healing👻 Afterlife Communication✨ Life After Death🔮 Modern Spiritualism🤲 Forgiveness Practice
Never Letting Go Summary
Never Letting Go 93%
Heal grief through the afterlife: signs, forgiveness, and contact with those you've lost.
by Mark Anthony 2011
4.54
278 ratings
🕊️ Grief Healing👻 Afterlife Communication✨ Life After Death🔮 Modern Spiritualism🤲 Forgiveness Practice
The Antidote
by Oliver Burkeman • 2012
Positive thinking backfires. The case for embracing failure, mortality, and worst-case scenarios.
4.04
17k+
🔄 Anti-Self-Help📚 Happiness Studies🏛️ Modern Stoicism🧘 Buddhist Psychology🧠 Mindfulness Practice
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote 93%
Positive thinking backfires. The case for embracing failure, mortality, and worst-case scenarios.
by Oliver Burkeman 2012
4.04
17k+ ratings
🔄 Anti-Self-Help📚 Happiness Studies🏛️ Modern Stoicism🧘 Buddhist Psychology🧠 Mindfulness Practice
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