On a special episode (first released on September 4, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: If you’re the type of person who might enjoy five daily reminders about the certainty of death sent to your phone, ...

NEW YORK — It was the party of a lifetime, and Shatzi Weisberger wouldn’t have missed it for the world. After all, it was her funeral. Or, as she pronounced it, her FUN-eral. And so it was that a ...

The concept of death occupies a complicated place in American minds, especially when compared with other societies. In Ghana, the dead are honored with elaborately carved coffins representing the ...

“Death is a reality for all of us, but a pandemic will certainly bring it to the front of the mind," said Andrea Paradis, an end-of-life doula. During the coronavirus pandemic, many people consider ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Kacie Gikonyo of Parma became a death doula — a person trained to help others at the end of life — because of her calling to help people die better. “I loved being a nurse, until all ...

As part of this collaboration, the area’s first Death Positive Library opened in Cookstown last year, and the service has now been extended to Magherafelt and Draperstown, giving people access to a ...