Listen to let go (the power of Question Number 13)
Each of the questions resonated with me, but number 13 had a special ring to it. I had been sitting for an hour or two pondering my responses to the first 12 questions, then came [...]
Who do you want to be when everything changes?
“Hey! Weren’t you one of the frontliners in that organization of people who want to make a “last will pill” available to its members to realize their self-chosen death when their time has come? ...
Wat kan ik verwachten van de avond met Stephen Jenkinson en de film Griefwalker?
Stephen Jenkinson is een verhalenverteller, een ontmoeting met hem is een belevenis.
It is imperative to enage in the conversation of dying well
What moves me in Jenkinson’s work is his activist tone of voice. “It’s not success; it’s not growth; it’s not happiness; it’s the love of life that cradles the moment that signifies the end is [...]
Death is The Cradle of Your Love of life
The crucible of making human beings is death. Every culture worth a damn knows that. It’s not success; it’s not growth, it’s not happiness; it’s death.
Why should dying be news to anyone?
So I’m telling you that I believe the depression, which is misdiagnosed all the time, does not come from the fact that we are dying; It comes from the fact that we are dying here… now…
Letting Go In Love – A Story of Living and Dying, Celebrating and Grieving, and Finding a Way Forward
My Father’s Wish To Die In Dignity – A Story About Euthanasia and Letting Go Of Life In Love by Patricia Koster
I don’t want it to hurt
‘So here’s the dilemma” Stephen Jenkinson addresses his audience in the documentary ‘Griefwalker’; ‘The old scheme of pain and symptom-management was going to be the magic bullet, meaning people will be able to die well. The consequences being what?...
The Vital Energies of Dying – Interview with Ineke Koedam, National Expertise centre for Dying
The National Expertise Centre for Dying is a non-profit organisation. The 4 women behind the foundation, Ineke Koedam, Els den Outer, Lyda Westenbrink and Ineke van der Ouderaa, regard it as their mission to create a contribution to the quality of living for every person who is dying by giving insight in the process of dying as well as enhancing the knowledge and wisdom in relation to the end-of-life experience.
