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“Right, Before I Die” Portrays Inner Life of Hospice Patients
Photo essay by American artists Andrew George delivers life lessonsIn 2012, American artist Andrew George contacted the Medical Director of Palliative Care at Providence Holy Cross Medical Centre in Los Angeles, California. George proposed the project that, two years later, became the photo essay “Right, Before I Die.” This project is the culmination of George’s conversations with dying patients, which included having their photo…
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What is the Dougy Center? (Interview)
The Dougy Center’s former Executive Director talks about child and youth peer support and “posttraumatic growth”For over 30 years, The Dougy Center in Portland, Oregon, has provided peer support groups for grieving children, teenagers, young adults, and their families. Today, the peer support program they pioneered has served as a model for at least 500 organizations worldwide. In this interview, Donna Schuurman, who recently left her role as Executive Director of The…
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Our Weekly Tip: Try Hypnosis For Complicated or Chronic Grief
Hypnosis works with the subconscious mind to help you move through griefOur Tip of the Week: Grief is the natural emotional response to loss, and the temporary painful emotional states that typically arise while you’re grieving are actually your psychological tools for processing the loss. Though the anxiety, helplessness, anger, and sadness can be excruciatingly painful while they are happening, allowing yourself to go through them helps…
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“Sunshine: A Novel”
A young mother struggles with her impending death“Sunshine” by Norma Klein was published in 1974. It was loosely based on the true story of a young woman who died of cancer. During the last 18 months of her life, she made a series of audio tape recordings so that her baby daughter would have some idea of what her mother was like.…
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Life and Death on the Fourth of July
Some facts you might not know about the famous American holidayAs the Fourth of July came and went, most of us (including myself) were preoccupied with barbequing, firework watching, and perhaps some heavy drinking. While we all know this summer holiday marks our country’s self-declared independence, many do not know about the famous men who passed on the fourth. As history has it, both John…
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“Grace”
A stunning funeral song that celebrates both life and deathLike many of Jeff Buckley’s songs, “Grace” has taken on new meaning almost 20 years after the singer’s death. Buckley dives into an interesting paradox in the song: Life feels short and fragile, yet it also moves at a molasses-like pace. In some ways, this mirror’s Buckley’s own life. He died when he was just 30…
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Microsoft Diagnoses Cancer Before Doctors
Thanks to search engine analytics, you may know if you have cancer soonerResearchers at Microsoft have found some interesting patterns in search engine queries that have potential to predict the likelihood of someone having pancreatic cancer before any medical tests have been run. This is not the first time search engine data has been used in a health-oriented context. In 2013, a study found that this data…
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“The Raven”
A bird that speaks only one word shreds a man’s soulEdgar Allan Poe published “The Raven” to mixed reviews in January of 1845. He was paid only a modest fee for his work, which did not become famous until well after his death five years later. The cause of Poe’s early death — he was only 40 — is unknown. Various scholars have attributed his…
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