Children often ask the best questions—sometimes about things I’ve never even considered myself, but suddenly I want to know the answer too once the question has been asked. That’s why I highly recommend Caitlin Doughty’s book “Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death”, in which she uses her expertise, warmth, and humor to answer thirty-five questions from curious little kiddos.
Looking for a new project to tinker with? How about building a coffin or urn – for yourself, or someone else?
Funeral homes offer a wide range of options, but sometimes nothing quite feels right. That’s when the option to build one yourself comes in.
I’d like to recommend one of my favorite games where Death takes center stage: A Mortician’s Tale.
It’s a small but eye-opening game — especially for those of us who don’t live in the U.S., and perhaps even more important for Americans to learn about the choices they actually have when it comes to both their loved ones’ funerals and their own.
What happens when we stop silencing the voice that whispers about death — and instead start talking about it openly?
Being death positive isn’t about celebrating death, but about understanding it, giving it a natural place in our conversations, our culture, and our communities.
By talking about death with curiosity, honesty, and respect, we can reduce the stigma and fear surrounding it — and live a little more freely while we still can.
Right now, Sweden’s national Donation Week campaign is underway — an initiative designed to encourage more people to make a decision about organ and tissue donation.
Whether you’re for or against donating your organs or tissues after death, make sure to register your choice in the National Donation Register.
It’s free, takes less than a minute, and you can change your decision anytime.
My “book friends” and I want to wish you a delightfully spooky Halloween!
Death can feel heavy and frightening – but in Mexico it is met with color, music, and humor. Día de Muertos is a reminder that our loved ones never truly leave us, as long as we remember them.
Here you can read about the celebration of the “Day of the Dead,” which, despite its theme, is anything but gloomy.
Halloween, pumpkins, costume parties, and spookiness.
All Saints’ Day, grave candles, memories, and stillness.
Whether you prefer lighting jack-o’-lanterns, grave candles—or both—this season is a time for togetherness and reflection. Two traditions, different in tone, yet both with light as their symbol against the darkness. So why do we celebrate them so differently?
Death has played many roles on the silver screen – from philosophical games of chess in the Middle Ages to romantic dramas and animated family adventures with talking animals. Here’s a selection of films and series where Death itself sets the mood with laughter, tears, and chills.
We laugh when we should really be crying.
We make jokes in our darkest hours – but why?
Faced with the choice of falling apart or fighting pain with darkness, we color our humor as black as grief itself. Sometimes, a laugh is the only light we can find in the shadows.
