By Cynthia Greenlee — 2019
End-of-life caregiving is an ancient practice that’s now re-emerging in the death positivity movement, which urges a shift in thinking about death as natural and not traumatic.
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How can you sustain your friendships in a pandemic? The first step is recognizing their importance, argues author Lydia Denworth.
Friendships are affairs of the heart. How can we learn to treat them that way?
The people you surround yourself with have a profound impact on your happiness.
It’s become more and more difficult to remain vulnerable, trusting, and open to life in this era of uncertainty, global upheaval, divorce, and disrupted family life.
“Our boyfriends, our significant others, and our husbands are supposed to be No. 1. Our worlds are backward.”
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Platonic intimacy is the foundation of any friendship where everyone is invested in each other’s growth.
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Platonic love is a special emotional and spiritual relationship between two people who love and admire one another because of common interests, a spiritual connection, and similar worldviews.
Love is not found in just one person, but in many people and many aspects of our daily lives.
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The next time you pull a muscle and think, “Oh my gosh, not another one,” you may need to consider the location of your pain may not be the cause. If you are plagued with chronic muscle pulls or tendonitis-like symptoms you’ll need a more holistic approach to the problem.
I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn’t one of them. Although I was given a dry, leathery corpse to dissect in anatomy class in my first term, our textbooks contained almost nothing about aging or frailty or dying.