Here’s the description of the following Sesame Street scene: The actor who played Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street, Will Lee, died. The Sesame Street people decided to let the character die too, and used it as an opportunity to teach children about death. This clip demonstrates how to treat death in an honest and […]
The following are large-scale cultural attitudes towards death. These are taken verbatim from “Death and Dying, Life and Living”: 1. Tame Death: Death is familiar and simple; thatis, it is regarded as inevitable and not attempt is made to evade it. Persons who are dying typically calmly await their deaths, usually surrounded by loved ones and members […]
The sad fact of organ donation is this: If you are an organ donor, and you ever donate your organs, it’s probably because you died suddenly and tragically. And yet, organ donation is the one thing that can provide a ray of hope for those that survive you. It’s a gift that is given […]
In our culture, touch is too often motivated by 1.) Desire. 2.) Demand. Many don’t know how to touch outside of those two categories. There’s a rather new interdisciplinary area of study called haptonomy which explores how to touch outside of the desire and demand categories. Haptonomy is the study of psycho-tactile communication. Psychologist and […]
When you die, who is entitled to make your funeral and burial decisions? Have you created a will? Have you assigned an executor of your will? Have you designated a beneficiary of your estate? If you haven’t, that’s (sorta) okay because — by default — there is a legal (with emphasis on legal) next-of-kin (NOK). [1] For […]