End-of-Life Curiosity
Groups & Events
These are ongoing groups that are meeting to discuss various aspects of dying, death, and end-of-life. Some are held regularly, others pop up from time to time.
Death Over Drinks
We meet the 3rd Thursday of the month for an hour-long, informal drop-in conversation about a variety of end-of-life issues. We meet by Zoom to accommodate the people from all over who joined us during Covid! Please email Carrie Andrews if you'd like to join in and I'll add you to the monthly notification list and send you the link. We take a break during July & August.
Dying Matters Guild
Description coming soon.
End-of-Life Deathcare & Psychedelics
Description coming soon.
Death Cafe
Join Sarah Seltzer for a Death Cafe! These Death Cafes are a casual, friendly place to come talk about death and dying— our experiences, fears, hopes & plans. Everyone is welcome! (Note - this is not a bereavement or grief support group or counseling session.) For more more information on the growing Death Cafe movement, visit their web site.
Book Group
Join the "Aging & Ending" book group at the Jefferson County Library hosted by Joanna Englund. Upcoming book groups have been postponed until further notice, but visit the Resources page for lots of great reading ideas!
Recommended Resources
This is a random collection of books , films, websites, and other resources on a wide variety of end-of-life topics. Have a suggestion for something to include? Please email me— I'm adding more all the time!
End of Life
Memoir
Philosophical/Spiritual
Planning
Practical
Right to Die
Films:
Games & Activities:
Organizations:
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These are ongoing groups that are meeting to discuss various aspects of dying, death, and end-of-life. Some are held regularly, others pop up from time to time.
Death Over Drinks
We meet the 3rd Thursday of the month for an hour-long, informal drop-in conversation about a variety of end-of-life issues. We meet by Zoom to accommodate the people from all over who joined us during Covid! Please email Carrie Andrews if you'd like to join in and I'll add you to the monthly notification list and send you the link. We take a break during July & August.
Dying Matters Guild
Description coming soon.
End-of-Life Deathcare & Psychedelics
Description coming soon.
Death Cafe
Join Sarah Seltzer for a Death Cafe! These Death Cafes are a casual, friendly place to come talk about death and dying— our experiences, fears, hopes & plans. Everyone is welcome! (Note - this is not a bereavement or grief support group or counseling session.) For more more information on the growing Death Cafe movement, visit their web site.
Book Group
Join the "Aging & Ending" book group at the Jefferson County Library hosted by Joanna Englund. Upcoming book groups have been postponed until further notice, but visit the Resources page for lots of great reading ideas!
Recommended Resources
This is a random collection of books , films, websites, and other resources on a wide variety of end-of-life topics. Have a suggestion for something to include? Please email me— I'm adding more all the time!
End of Life
- At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life - Samuel Harrington MD
- Awake at the Bedside - Koshin Paley Ellison
- Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
- Bridging the Gap - Kimberly C. Paul
- Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul - Stephen Jenkinson
- Dying Well - Dr. Ira Byock
- Extreme Measures - Jessica Zitter
- Final Exam - Pauline Chen
- Final Gifts - Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelly
- Final Journeys - Maggie Callanan
- How We Die - Sherwin B. Nuland
- That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour - Sunita Puri
- The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America - Ann Neumann
- The Needs of the Dying - David Kessler
- The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade - Thomas Lynch
- With the End In Mind - Kathryn Mannix
Memoir
- A Different Ending - Judith Landau
- Gratitude - Oliver Sacks
- How Shall I Tell the Dog? - Miles Kington
- Knocking on Heaven's Door - Katy Butler
- Mortality - Christopher Hitchens
- My Father's Wake - Kevin Toolis
- No Happy Endings - Nora McInerny
- The Bright Hour - Nina Riggs
- The Hot Young Widows Club - Nora McInerny
- The Unwinding of the Miracle - Julie Yip-Williams
- When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
Philosophical/Spiritual
- A Year to Live - Stephen Levine
- Being with Dying - Joan Halifax and Ira Byock
- Carpooling with Death - Margaret Meloni
- Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief - David Kessler
- How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life - Seneca (ed. James S. Romm)
- On Death and Dying - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- On Living - Kerry Egan
- The 5 Invitations - Frank Ostaseski
- The December Project - Sara Davidson
- The Grace in Dying - Kathleen Dowling Singh
- Walking Each Other Home - Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush
Planning
- A Beginner's Guide to the End - Dr. BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger
- Let's Talk About Death over Dinner - Michael Hebb
- Making Tough Decisions about End-of-Life Care in Dementia - Anne Kenny
- Reimagining Death - Lucinda Herring
- Take Care of Dying - Get On With Living - Theo Wells
- The Conversation - Angelo Volandes, MD
Practical
- Advice for Future Corpses - Sallie Tisdale
- Fear of Death: It's About Life, Actually: Let's Talk About It - Amy Wallace, MA
- From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death - Caitlin Doughty
- Handbook for Mortals - Joanne Lynn
- Living at the End of Life - Karen Whitley Bell, RN
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty
- The Art of Dying Well - Katy Butler
- The Dying Time - Joan Furman, RN & David McNabb
- Will My Cat Eat MY Eyeballs? - Caitlin Doughty
Right to Die
- A Good Death - Sandra Martin
- Choosing to Die - Phyllis Shacter
- To Die Well - Sidney Wanzer
- When My Time Comes - Diane Rehm
Films:
- Consider the Conversation
- Speaking of Dying
- Departures
- An Honest Death - A Pallative Care Doctor's Final Days
- After Life (Japanese movie with English subtitles)
- Go Gentle
- Coco
- Harold & Maude
Games & Activities:
- Hello - board game
- The Death Deck - card game
- Go Wish - card game
- WeCroak - mobile phone app
Organizations:
- End of Life Washington
- People's Memorial Association
- Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest
- Compassion & Choices
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Shomer Collective
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