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Exit Interview

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Dear Friends,

Please know this: It is not a foregone conclusion that some people are just better than others at handling illness and death. Helping people at end-of-life is a skill that can be learned and developed by asking questions and using attentional activities.
 
A few years ago I was called upon to help people I knew. A couple of my friends were going through cancer and death, and my husband had become quite disabled by Parkinson’s. I also took on nursing as a second career, and I found myself in the position of helping many people at end-of-life. I needed to get better at helping out at end of life.

I have had a regular meditation practice for years. When another one of my friends was diagnosed with cancer, I added death meditations to my repertoire. I also helped to start a Death Cafe in my small town and started reading about death and dying. Also, I began attending small reading and discussion groups on death and dying.

I started putting these questions together, and a small group of us formed, people who were interested in what I was putting together, and we called ourselves  "The Death Preppers." We went through these questions and practices, and had a lot of fun. I have used these questions and this workbook on many people at and of life. It does help.

Marcie Vallette

 

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Exit Interview Vermont

Marcie Vallette

mvallette@hotmail.com