April 16th is Advance Care Planning Day in Canada!
Did you know that TODAY is Advance Care Planning Day in Canada? Did you know that some of the best conversations that we will have in our lives will be about what matters to each of us as individuals, what we value, what we hope for, what we live for…. what we want, what we […]
Having "the" talk
I have heard it said that “Life is terminal – and it is sexually transmitted! I do believe there is wisdom in the statement “Death education left to the death bed is as inappropriate as sex education left to the marital bed”. So, if death is universal and if we need to prepare… the big […]
“Don’t block the exit” – We need to learn to allow natural death before we legalize assisted dying!
As we listen to the debate about Medically Assisted Dying, and hear the appeal for Physician Assisted Dying, let’s step back a few years and learn from what once was. What would the picture look like if we allowed people to die when their bodies were dying, if we did not prevent death, and if […]
Planning for dying while living in the moment
Early morning discussion “what is important to me when I am dying”
