Category Archives: hospice

Stages – Good Grief

Posted on September 9, 2015 by webmaven

Before we talk about the stages of physical death we will have a short discussion about what are commonly thought of as the stages of dying followed by a must read article by Meghan O’Rourke published in the New Yorker … Continue reading →

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Why do readings for someone who is dead or dying? An examination of the time and timelessness that characterizes physical death.

Posted on August 26, 2015 by webmaven

Why do we do readings? What is it that we are trying to do? If at all, how are we helping? It has taken me years to understand and formulate the basis of the practice of Labyrinth Reading but I … Continue reading →

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Bhutan’s dark secret to happiness

Posted on July 21, 2015 by webmaven

This is a wonderful  article with, surprisingly, quite a bit of material to contemplate. Why are we so out of touch with death in the west? Well, for a start, because we don’t take a moment to ever even think … Continue reading →

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What it means to “hold space” for people and the Labyrinth Reader’s Mindset

Posted on March 14, 2015 by webmaven

“What does it mean to hold space for someone else? It means that we are willing to walk alongside another person in whatever journey they’re on without judging them, making them feel inadequate, trying to fix them, or trying to impact the … Continue reading →

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Artocratic: American Book of the Dead

Posted on January 26, 2015 by webmaven

An engrossing well written article about one man’s relationship with death & dying and with a text that we talk a lot about around here.  Artocratic: American Book of the Dead. From the article: “The stated goal is for the reader … Continue reading →

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How ghost hunting made me a better caregiver

Posted on December 4, 2014 by webmaven

How ghost hunting made me a better caregiver for my parents Now this sounds pretty far-out, right? Think we’ve gone off the deep end a bit? Well, of course that happened lonnnnng ago! 🙂 Actually this is a really good … Continue reading →

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