Die wise
by Stephen Jenkinson · first published 2015
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"Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. Die Wise teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well. Die Wise is for those who will fail to live forever. Dying well, Jenkinson writes, is a right and resp
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This is a good example of death phobia. Anyone who is interested in research of someone who has faced death head on over 1,000 times should read "Die Wise" by Stephen Jenkinson. He was in charge of end of life care in Canada health care system for a decade. He despises palliative care and thinks it distances us from the reality of death which makes it all…
on “How Doctors Die (2013)” ↗…cure-all, but it’s a great medicine to retool old habits and deeply held beliefs. Your preparation and intention setting is the cornerstone of its efficacy. One book hit home with me after my first trip: Die Wise by Stephen Jenkinson. I highly recommend it even though I found the audiobook unlistenable before. It became a significant influence on my life afterward. The heart of psychedelic power against depression…
on “Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost” ↗Die Wise by Stephen Jenkinson is a masterpiece. I thought I had a pretty good relationship with death until I read this book. It starts out slow because that’s the thesis of the book: go slow and pay attention;…
on “Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021?” ↗I’m vulnerable to recency bias. The books that my recent life has pivoted on are Die Wise and Come of Age by Stephen Jenkinson. Both books are journeys that bedevil any effort to summarize. I highly recommend listening to the author read them as audiobooks - the words move too quickly on the…
on “Ask HN: What is one book you would recommend everyone to read?” ↗Stephen Jenkinson, author of Die Wise and founder of the School of Orphan Wisdom speaks a lot about this. The “wretched anxiety” he observed as head of palliative care in Canada he claims stems from fear of being forgotten. Which is tied…
on “The Deathbed Fallacy (2018)” ↗