Resources
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Connections & Resources
We are stronger when we collaborate with one another rather than compete against each other. I am honored to share my connections with other individuals, groups, organizations, businesses and ideas I work with and celebrate.
Grief & Yoga
Advance Care Plannning
The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project® is a public engagement initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Our goal is both simple and transformative: to help everyone talk about their wishes for care through the end of life, so those wishes can be understood and respected.
The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project® is a public engagement initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Our goal is both simple and transformative: to help everyone talk about their wishes for care through the end of life, so those wishes can be understood and respected.
End-of-Life Planning & Documents
The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project is an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, focused on empowering individuals to have meaningful discussions about their end-of-life care preferences. It provides free, practical guides designed to help people navigate conversations with loved ones, health care proxies, caregivers, and medical teams. These resources include the Conversation Starter Guide, Guide to…
Colorado Care Planning
Colorado Care Planning provides resources and guidance to help individuals make informed decisions about their future medical care. Their offerings include a step-by-step **Advance Care Planning Roadmap**, which helps users think about their values, choose a medical decision-maker, and document their wishes. They also connect individuals with local community resources and provide free downloadable documents…
CaringInfo: Colorado Advance Directive Forms
CaringInfo provides information about advance directives in Colorado, which are legally binding documents that outline healthcare decisions when someone is unable to communicate their wishes. It includes downloadable templates in English and Spanish, along with instructions on completing, storing, and sharing the form. The page also explains what happens in Colorado if someone doesn’t have…
The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project is an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, focused on empowering individuals to have meaningful discussions about their end-of-life care preferences. It provides free, practical guides designed to help people navigate conversations with loved ones, health care proxies, caregivers, and medical teams. These resources include the Conversation Starter Guide, Guide to…
Colorado Care Planning
Colorado Care Planning provides resources and guidance to help individuals make informed decisions about their future medical care. Their offerings include a step-by-step **Advance Care Planning Roadmap**, which helps users think about their values, choose a medical decision-maker, and document their wishes. They also connect individuals with local community resources and provide free downloadable documents…
CaringInfo: Colorado Advance Directive Forms
CaringInfo provides information about advance directives in Colorado, which are legally binding documents that outline healthcare decisions when someone is unable to communicate their wishes. It includes downloadable templates in English and Spanish, along with instructions on completing, storing, and sharing the form. The page also explains what happens in Colorado if someone doesn’t have…
Recommended Reading
The Wild Edge of Sorrow
by Francis WellerIn The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief, Francis Weller explores the transformative power of grief and loss in reconnecting us to our inner selves and communities. He introduces the concept of the “five gates of grief,” which provide a framework for acknowledging and working through…
Still Here
by Ram DassIn Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying, Ram Dass reflects on the challenges and opportunities of aging and facing mortality. Drawing on his personal experiences, including recovering from a stroke, he explores how to find peace and purpose in life’s later stages. The book offers practical wisdom on accepting change, overcoming fear,…
Finish Strong
by Barbara Coombs LeeIn Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End by Barbara Coombs Lee, the author offers guidance on creating a positive end-of-life experience that aligns with individual values. Drawing from her expertise as a nurse, physician assistant, and advocate, she provides actionable advice to empower readers, covering topics such as communicating…
Falling into Grace
by AdyashantiIn Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering, Adyashanti invites readers to let go of the struggles and illusions that perpetuate suffering, opening themselves to spiritual awakening and the discovery of their true essence. Drawing on his experience as a spiritual teacher, he explores themes like the nature of the self, the…
Elderhood
by Louise AronsonIn Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson, the author offers an empathetic exploration of the aging process, combining personal experiences with insights from history, science, and culture. Aronson challenges societal views of old age as a decline, instead celebrating the potential for joy, wisdom, and meaning in elderhood. Drawing…
Being Mortal
by Atul GawandeIn Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Atul Gawande examines the limitations of modern medicine when addressing aging and end-of-life care. Through compelling research and personal stories, Gawande highlights how medical practices often prioritize prolonging life over ensuring quality of life. The book advocates for a more human-centered approach, focusing…
The Beauty of What Remains
by Steve LederIn The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift, Rabbi Steve Leder explores how loss and grief can teach us profound lessons about life and love. Drawing from his experiences as a rabbi and the personal loss of his father, Leder reveals how confronting death helps us appreciate…
Advice on Dying: And Living a Better Life
by Dalai LamaIn Advice on Dying: And Living a Better Life, His Holiness the Dalai Lama explores the process of death as a path to a better, more mindful life. He emphasizes the impermanence of life, encouraging readers to meditate on their mortality and focus their minds in the right direction, even in times of…
A Year to Live
by Stephen LevineIn A Year to Live, author Stephen Levine presents a transformative guide to living life with mindfulness and intention by imagining each year as if it were your last. Inspired by Socrates’ wisdom on the art of dying, Levine shares his personal experience of embracing this perspective for a year. The book provides…
The Wild Edge of Sorrow
by Francis WellerIn The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief, Francis Weller explores the transformative power of grief and loss in reconnecting us to our inner selves and communities. He introduces the concept of the “five gates of grief,” which provide a framework for acknowledging and working through…
Still Here
by Ram DassIn Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying, Ram Dass reflects on the challenges and opportunities of aging and facing mortality. Drawing on his personal experiences, including recovering from a stroke, he explores how to find peace and purpose in life’s later stages. The book offers practical wisdom on accepting change, overcoming fear,…
Finish Strong
by Barbara Coombs LeeIn Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End by Barbara Coombs Lee, the author offers guidance on creating a positive end-of-life experience that aligns with individual values. Drawing from her expertise as a nurse, physician assistant, and advocate, she provides actionable advice to empower readers, covering topics such as communicating…
Falling into Grace
by AdyashantiIn Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering, Adyashanti invites readers to let go of the struggles and illusions that perpetuate suffering, opening themselves to spiritual awakening and the discovery of their true essence. Drawing on his experience as a spiritual teacher, he explores themes like the nature of the self, the…
Elderhood
by Louise AronsonIn Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson, the author offers an empathetic exploration of the aging process, combining personal experiences with insights from history, science, and culture. Aronson challenges societal views of old age as a decline, instead celebrating the potential for joy, wisdom, and meaning in elderhood. Drawing…
Being Mortal
by Atul GawandeIn Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Atul Gawande examines the limitations of modern medicine when addressing aging and end-of-life care. Through compelling research and personal stories, Gawande highlights how medical practices often prioritize prolonging life over ensuring quality of life. The book advocates for a more human-centered approach, focusing…
The Beauty of What Remains
by Steve LederIn The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift, Rabbi Steve Leder explores how loss and grief can teach us profound lessons about life and love. Drawing from his experiences as a rabbi and the personal loss of his father, Leder reveals how confronting death helps us appreciate…
Advice on Dying: And Living a Better Life
by Dalai LamaIn Advice on Dying: And Living a Better Life, His Holiness the Dalai Lama explores the process of death as a path to a better, more mindful life. He emphasizes the impermanence of life, encouraging readers to meditate on their mortality and focus their minds in the right direction, even in times of…
A Year to Live
by Stephen LevineIn A Year to Live, author Stephen Levine presents a transformative guide to living life with mindfulness and intention by imagining each year as if it were your last. Inspired by Socrates’ wisdom on the art of dying, Levine shares his personal experience of embracing this perspective for a year. The book provides…
Organizations
CaringInfo
CaringInfo is a program of the National Alliance for Care at Home that provides free resources to educate and empower patients and caregivers facing serious illness and end-of-life decisions. It offers guidance on topics such as advance directives, palliative care, hospice, and caregiving, helping individuals make informed choices before a crisis occurs. The organization also…
Death with Dignity
Death with Dignity is a national organization advocating for end-of-life options and policy reform. Their mission is to ensure individuals with terminal illnesses can make informed decisions about their end-of-life care, including the choice of death with dignity in accordance with their values. They promote legislation modeled after the Oregon Death with Dignity Act and…
Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine
The Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine is a national organization that provides education, resources, and support for clinicians involved in medical aid in dying. It focuses on evidence-based best practices, offering continuing education, mentoring, and curricula for various end-of-life care professionals. Unlike advocacy groups, the Academy emphasizes clinical expertise in states where aid in dying is…
Death Cafe Metro Denver
Death CafeAt a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is…
End of Life Options Colorado
End of Life Options ColoradoEnd of Life Options Colorado is the statewide non-profit organization that provides education and support to anyone who wants to learn about their choices at the end of life. We work with individuals, families, community organizations and medical providers to help them understand the process and the laws, and how to…
CaringInfo
CaringInfo is a program of the National Alliance for Care at Home that provides free resources to educate and empower patients and caregivers facing serious illness and end-of-life decisions. It offers guidance on topics such as advance directives, palliative care, hospice, and caregiving, helping individuals make informed choices before a crisis occurs. The organization also…
Death with Dignity
Death with Dignity is a national organization advocating for end-of-life options and policy reform. Their mission is to ensure individuals with terminal illnesses can make informed decisions about their end-of-life care, including the choice of death with dignity in accordance with their values. They promote legislation modeled after the Oregon Death with Dignity Act and…
Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine
The Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine is a national organization that provides education, resources, and support for clinicians involved in medical aid in dying. It focuses on evidence-based best practices, offering continuing education, mentoring, and curricula for various end-of-life care professionals. Unlike advocacy groups, the Academy emphasizes clinical expertise in states where aid in dying is…
Death Cafe Metro Denver
Death CafeAt a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is…
End of Life Options Colorado
End of Life Options ColoradoEnd of Life Options Colorado is the statewide non-profit organization that provides education and support to anyone who wants to learn about their choices at the end of life. We work with individuals, families, community organizations and medical providers to help them understand the process and the laws, and how to…
End-of-Life Doulas
Golden Heart Transition
Golden Heart TransitionGolden Heart Transition offers End-of-Life Douala services, as well as grief support and end-of-life planning, coaching and consulting. We are here to inform, to guide, and to empower you, so that you find peace and acceptance as you face this change.Visit Website
Waking Root
Sarah Hitman is and end-of-life (EOL) guide, providing support and comfort to the dying person and their loved ones. She can work on legacy projects, help facilitate difficult talks, lead guided visualizations, help create and hold rituals, provide funeral assistance, and to run small errands as needed.
Golden Heart Transition
Golden Heart TransitionGolden Heart Transition offers End-of-Life Douala services, as well as grief support and end-of-life planning, coaching and consulting. We are here to inform, to guide, and to empower you, so that you find peace and acceptance as you face this change.Visit Website
Waking Root
Sarah Hitman is and end-of-life (EOL) guide, providing support and comfort to the dying person and their loved ones. She can work on legacy projects, help facilitate difficult talks, lead guided visualizations, help create and hold rituals, provide funeral assistance, and to run small errands as needed.