Resources

The following resources are not an exhaustive list, but have been recommended by various members of our community based on their personal experience with death, dying, grief, and renewal.

Books
• Bearing the Unbearable Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
• Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Dr. Atul Gawande
• Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End by Alua Arthur
• Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson
• Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer to Near Death to True Healing by Anita Moorjani
• Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial by Mark Harris
• Heartspace: Real Life Stories on Death and Dying by Cathy Brooks Edwards
• Heartspace: II Real Life Stories on Loss and Renewal by Cathy Brooks Edwards
• I’m Still with You: Communicate, Heal & Evolve with Your Loved One on the Other Side by Sherrie Dillard
• Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life by Jane Brody
• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
• Memoir for Margot by Lyle Estill
• 7 Lessons from Heaven: How Dying Taught Me to Live a Joy-Filled Life by Dr. Mary C. Neal
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
• Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
• The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford
• The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over by Starhawk and M. Macha NightMare
• The Smell of Rain on Dust Grief and Praise by Martín Prechtel
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
• Who Dies? An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying by Stephen and Ondrea Levine

Digital Media
• An Act of Love: Talking with Your Family About Serious Illness and End of Life | Transitions LifeCare | youtube.com/watch? v=NWJhny4dsYw
• Being Mortal | Dr. Atul Gawande for Frontline | youtube.com/watch?v=lQhI3Jb7vMg

• Dying for Beginners | Dr. Kathryn Mannix | https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayMhA1pRLeY
• Staring Down Fate |wildsides.org/staring-down-fate-als-red-wolves
• The Art of Dying Before You Die | Dr. Aditi Sethi | https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjxp9Sy13Ro
• The Last Ecstatic Days | thelastecstaticdaysmovie.com
• The Order of the Good Death | orderofthegooddeath.com
• What Happens as We Die | Dr. Katherine Mannix | youtube.com/watch?v=v9f6twy70iM

Psychedelics
• End of Life Psychedelic Care | eolpc.org
• Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies | maps.org
• National Psychedelics Association | yournpa.org

Publications
• The Beginner’s Guide to Psychedelics by Matt Zemon | mattzemon.com
• The Veteran’s Guide to Psychedelics by Matt Zemon | mattzemon.com

Films
• DOSED The Trip of a Lifetime | donate.dosedmovie.com/d2
• Fantastic Fungi | watch.fantasticfungi.com
• How to Change Your Mind | michaelpollan.com/films/how-to-change-your-mind/

Digital Media

• Psychedelics Are Catalysts, Not Cures | Matt Zemon | youtube.com/watch?v=I97hjy2ezT8S

Death Doulas
• Cathy Brooks Edwards | listeningtoyoursoul@gmail.com

• Holly Lux-Sullivan | heartwooddeathdoula.com
• Holly Menard | hollyeoldoula.com
• International End-of-Life Doula Association | inelda.org

Advance Directives
• Five Wishes | fivewishes.org

Green Burial
• Green Burial Council | greenburialcouncil.org

Green Burial Shrouds
• New Karma for Old Threads | newkarma.oldthreads@gmail.com
• The Art of Dying | artofdying.earth

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