Death can be an uncomfortable and scary topic. But J.S. Park, a hospital chaplain and author of As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve, says talking about it can help us prepare for and process ...

About a year into his job as an interfaith chaplain at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla., J.S. Park began to have what he calls "really awful death anxiety." "I saw all the ways people could be ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When Tawnya Healy, 56, recalls the moment she realized her calling was to sit beside the dying ...

A new Times series examines the topic of death and dying in 2025. Credit...Line Hachem Supported by By John Otis Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes ...

A skeleton doll and funeral flag adorn an information table at the Cleveland Death Society's monthly meeting at B-Side Lounge in Cleveland Heights. It’s a weeknight at the B-Side Lounge in Cleveland ...

Death may be a taboo topic at the dinner table, but maybe it shouldn’t be. Sure, death is terrifying, but it’s something that happens to everyone. We might be better off acknowledging it with ...

“People are afraid to talk about death and dying under any circumstances,” said Michelle Surdoval Michelle Surdoval Michelle Surdoval’s husband Wally Schauer was diagnosed with cancer and decided to ...

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Consciousness exists beyond death and the process of dying should be considered a ‘negotiable condition’, a bombshell study claims. Traditionally, death has been defined as the irreversible loss of ...

A while back, I posted a piece discussing research on people’s thoughts and feelings about death and dying, and I was interviewed for a magazine. Here is the transcript of the interview. First of all, ...