Is there the right time? The Atlantic doctor and writer, launched the challenge of reaching an ideal number of lived years that would validate their very existence. The result may be specific but the reflection is valid: what makes the life seem enough?
What happens inside a Crematory? The backstage of the funeral industry, told by a young scholar of death and its rites. It has strong descriptions that lead us, however, to sensitive and profound reflections on our mortality
Almodovar’s Juliet In his last film, Pedro Almodovar thrills us with a story of a complicated grieving process. The film is based on three short stories from the book "Fugitive" by a Canadian author, Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel literature prize in 2013.
The death worth living The book of a gerontologist doctor, Ana Claudia Quintana Arantes, is an open, sensitive and inspiring report, of her experience of taking care of the dying ones. Morte ê um dia que vale a pena viver, (Death is a day Worth Living) is a lesson of courage and empathy.
3 sensitive movies about losses and grieving The psychologist Teresa Vera de Sousa Gouvea, grieving specialist, has a great list of movies in her website "Laços e lutos". We asked and she chose 3 special movies that she recommends for the ones who go through the pain of a loss.
The good companion The grieving process can be less lonely in the company of books that reflect our feelings. This is an eclectic list of authors and sensitive texts that teach, inspire and move.
When Breath Becomes Air Life is short, even when it is long. Knowing the history of the dying, although it seems a bitter lesson, is the best way to learn to live. The American doctor bestseller Paul Kulanithi is the week's tip of this series of books to understand death
This too shall pass Being 40, an age she never saw herself in and losing her mom after going through a tough disease. This is the starting point for Milena Busquets, a Catalan writer, in her book “This too shall pass”, that tells a story, in a touchy but also ironic way, about the pain of death and the search for fitting it into life
3 Children’s books on death and losses Get to know these beautiful stories that might help kids to elaborate the idea of death and loss, distance and longing.
A club no one wants to be part of In a blog called Medium, the New Yorker Janine Gianfredi writes about her admission to the club of those who have lost their parents, no one wants to go to, but whose members support and welcome "new partners". with kindness and wisdom. Based on her experience, she gives tips on how to act to help those who are going through this difficult time of losing a parent
