This past year, I hosted Death Cafés at my college, Duke University. A death cafe is a community gathering where people come together to freely talk about whatever they want related to death and dying,…
This past year, I hosted Death Cafés at my college, Duke University. A death cafe is a community gathering where people come together to freely talk about whatever they want related to death and dying,…
Revising the What Matters to Me Workbook In 2021, The Conversation Project and Ariadne Labs published the “What Matters to Me Workbook.” Our goal was to create a resource for patients with serious illness that…
There is no denying that when it comes to caring for individuals there is great power in shifting from a typical “What’s the matter with you?” clinical-based approach to a combined “What matters to you?”…
Tools to Ignite Impactful Conversations
Gene Hackman was one of my favorite actors. I adored him in The Birdcage. It deeply saddens me to think about how he and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, passed away. For the past 20 years…
While conversations about health care wishes are our special sauce, we always get questions about where to store documents (health care proxy, advance directives, etc.) once they have been filled out. Below are common scenarios…