By Gatwiri Muthara — 2019
End-of-life doulas provide a new type of caregiving to patients and families.
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CLEAR ALL
Cancer exists in nearly every animal and has afflicted humans as long as our species has walked the earth.
When forgiveness experts talk in binary language (’You either forgive the wrongdoer or you are a prisoner of your own anger and hate’), they are collapsing the messy complexity of human emotions into a simplistic dichotomous equation.
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The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’
To comfort someone, you really need to be with them, listen, and show empathy.
Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh says listening can help end the suffering of an individual, put an end to war and change the world for the better. Watch as he explains how to practice compassionate listening.
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