Sandra came out of the homelike room where her dad lay, now comfortable, dying. He hadn’t eaten or drunk anything for several days now, and, although he was restless a day ago, he was now quite ...

What happens when you die only you will ever know — because once it happens, there is usually no coming back and telling anyone about it. For the very rare occasions in which someone technically dies ...

Death doulas or soul midwives have increased in popularity in recent years. What do they do?

A deep conversation between two dedicated spiritual leaders in the end-of-life movement. Our most basic understanding of life is in many ways determined by our understanding of death. While to some, ...

People who fear the dying process itself often imagine catastrophic scenarios, such as being in intense pain, feeling humiliated in front of others, or burdening/causing pain to loved ones. My clients ...

Ines is a young, attractive, hard-charging executive who is on track to achieve her dreams. She plans to get married, have kids and reach the top of her field. But Ines has a secret she has tried to ...

Regarding the March 10 letter to the editor “Give Marylanders dignity in dying”: There is one thing that can be said of death. No one can escape it. As a terminally ill patient, I have learned that ...

The one big thing that people have in common is that we all will die, and we likely will experience the death of someone we love, too. And yet despite this shared future, death can be hard to talk ...