Module 24 · 19 teachings

Compassionate Development in Dealing with Death and Dying

Death and dying remain taboo topics in Western culture, creating an illusion of immortality that disconnects us from life's preciousness.

Video Teachings

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Finding Strength and Dignity with Chronic Pain Viewed This teaching guides us on how to coexist with pain, when you have been informed it will be chronic or lifelong. It… Watch Understanding The Subtleties of Communicating with a Dying Patient Viewed Recognizing the importance of reverence, being invitational, exploring your own mortality in being a counselor for the dying.  This video explores what… Watch Death & Dying Self Compassion Viewed How to deal with a patient that is critical with themselves while they are dying?  Learning to ask them and yourself whether… Watch Understanding Displaced Anger in Dying Patients Viewed Educating families about displaced anger.  Learning how to be compassionate and communicative when our loved one is expressing this anger.  What role… Watch Death & Dying Do No Harm Viewed Supporting both the caregiver and the patient to be in a state of great kindness given what they are dealing with.  This… Watch The Importance of Presence Rather Than Knowing Viewed The priority for the counselor is to be present and a quality state of being.  The agenda mustn't be to "get somewhere".… Watch Death & Dying Responding vs. Initiating as a Counselor Viewed Recognizing the importance of nonverbal presence in the care for the dying patient even if the conversation doesn't go into 'important content'" … Watch Using Awareness of Mortality as a Support to Guide Your Life Viewed Being aware of the outrageous nature of mortality and the short term nature of life can give one motivation to inquire into… Watch Communicating Your Pain Needs to the Doctor Viewed Watch Death & Dying Compassion for Pain Viewed Learning the art of caring for the emotions that exist, while you are in pain.  This focus on self-compassion trusts our capacity… Watch

Articles to Read

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How Einstein Can Help You Care For Your Feelings Viewed How do you cope with difficult feelings? When you try to make yourself feel better, do you try to force yourself to… Read 6 min read Cultivating Intimacy Through Presence Viewed The subtle art of being here with yourself, others, and life Presence isn’t only a solitary state—it’s a gateway to intimacy. When… Read 3 min read Facing the End: A Pathway to Presence and Wisdom Viewed Death is the one certainty in life, yet it’s also the one thing most of us spend our lives avoiding. We sidestep… Read 6 min read Facing the Critic: Transforming Self-Rejection Into Inner Support Viewed Why we judge ourselves for suffering — and how to turn those judgments into self-love, strength, and the courage to be as… Read 3 min read Freedom Withdrawal: The Emotional Crisis Beneath the Quest Viewed Why choosing authenticity often triggers confusion, despair, and a dark night of the soul — and why this is not a mistake,… Read 5 min read How Understanding Our Mortality Opens the Doors of Life Viewed We live much of our lives avoiding one simple truth: we will die. Not someday in the distant future, but unpredictably, inevitably—we… Read 4 min read The Grace of Not Knowing Viewed We’re taught to value knowing—how it gives us control, security, a sense of self. From our earliest days, we’re praised for having… Read 3 min read The Illusion of Immortality: Avoiding “Death and Death-Related” Feelings Viewed Most of us are driven to avoid confronting feelings of helplessness, fear, inadequacy, and terror—emotions often triggered when we reflect on our inevitable death. This is… Read 6 min read Ego Death: The Freedom in Letting Go Viewed We grow up believing we are someone—a personality, a history, a bundle of memories, preferences, and dreams. We call it “me.” And… Read 4 min read
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