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A Conversation About the Healing Power of Shared Near-Death Experiences

By Mysterious Ways Staff — 2020

A researcher who studies the end of life explains what these experiences are—and what they can teach us about the mysteries of life after death.

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Eldridge & Co.: Jane Brody, Author, "Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond"

Ronnie welcomes "New York Times" health columnist Jane Brody, author of "Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life.

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Jane E. Brody
2010
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Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life

From the beloved New York Times columnist, trusted authority on health, and bestselling author comes this complete guide to everything you need to know–emotionally, spiritually, and practically–to prepare for the end of life.

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Jane Brody
2009
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A Beginner’s Guide to the End: How to Live Life to the Full and Die a Good Death

The end of a life can often feel like a traumatic, chaotic and inhuman experience. In this reassuring and inspiring book, palliative care physician Dr BJ Miller and writer Shoshana Berger provide a vision for rethinking and navigating this universal process.

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BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger
2019
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Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life

For more than two decades, hospice nurse Maggie Callanan has tended to the terminally ill and been a cornerstone of support for their loved ones. Now she passes along the lessons she has learned from the experts—her patients.

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Maggie Callanan
2025
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The Smooth River: Finding Inspiration and Exquisite Beauty during Terminal Illness. Lessons from the Front Line.

A couple developed a far more expansive and creative view of what strength means in response to a cancer diagnosis for which there are no medical cures. They called this the Smooth River.

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Richard S. Cohen
2021
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The Craft of Dying: The Modern Face of Death (40th Anniversary Edition)

Much of today’s literature on end-of-life issues overlooks the importance of 1970s social movements in shaping our understanding of death, dying, and the dead body. This anniversary edition of Lyn Lofland’s The Craft of Dying begins to repair this omission.

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Lyn H. Lofland
2019
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The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America

Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die well in the United States. When Ann Neumann’s father was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, she left her job and moved back to her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Ann Neumann
2017
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Reimagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials

Honor your loved ones and the earth by choosing practical, spiritual, and eco-friendly after-death care Natural, legal, and innovative after-death care options are transforming the paradigm of the existing funeral industry, helping families and communities recover their instinctive capacity to...

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Lucinda Herring
2019
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Finding Peace at the End of Life: A Death Doula’s Guide for Families and Caregivers

This groundbreaking book encourages us to face our fears and engage in an open, honest dialogue about death.

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Henry Fersko-Weiss
2020
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The Art of Death Midwifery: An Introduction and Beginner’s Guide

Winner of the 2009 USA Best Books Award and the 2010 International Book Award, The Art of Death Midwifery: An Introduction and Beginner's Guide, by ordained interfaith minister Joellyn St.

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Joellyn St. Pierre
2009
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