Alive for Now: Using Death as a Teacher to Thrive in Life
This book is a guided journey in using practical, action-based, transformative practices for thriving in life that are otherwise quite easily diverted for a lifetime.
"It quickly became apparent to me that waiting to live life in any way could have serious consequences, yet it was still incredibly difficult to do what was necessary to make change. I didn’t initially presume that this phenomenon had anything to do with a relationship to death, but I now suspect that it has everything to do with it. We don’t have forever to start living the lives we are capable of, but it seems to be easy to act like we do. The conclusion I’ve come to all these years later through navigating illness and working for hospice is: if we’re not in touch with death, if we treat it as taboo, then of course it’d be easy to act as if we have forever, and to wait for a time that never actually comes to start living"
(An excerpt from the preface)
"It quickly became apparent to me that waiting to live life in any way could have serious consequences, yet it was still incredibly difficult to do what was necessary to make change. I didn’t initially presume that this phenomenon had anything to do with a relationship to death, but I now suspect that it has everything to do with it. We don’t have forever to start living the lives we are capable of, but it seems to be easy to act like we do. The conclusion I’ve come to all these years later through navigating illness and working for hospice is: if we’re not in touch with death, if we treat it as taboo, then of course it’d be easy to act as if we have forever, and to wait for a time that never actually comes to start living"
(An excerpt from the preface)
The chapters include...
Seeing the End of all Things
What Makes you Feel Alive?
Unwinding
Gratitude
Exploring Regret
The Dark Side of Positivity
Forgiveness
Death & Femininity
Advance Directives
Honoring Loved Ones
What you Leave Behind
Life Review
"...an easy-to-use tool that may prove to be of immense value to those with the courage to use it."
-Greg LaGoy, CEO of Hospice Maui
Seeing the End of all Things
What Makes you Feel Alive?
Unwinding
Gratitude
Exploring Regret
The Dark Side of Positivity
Forgiveness
Death & Femininity
Advance Directives
Honoring Loved Ones
What you Leave Behind
Life Review
"...an easy-to-use tool that may prove to be of immense value to those with the courage to use it."
-Greg LaGoy, CEO of Hospice Maui
