I rarely read poetry, but sometimes you stumble upon a piece that carves out its own place in your heart. Andrea Gibson’s poem When Death Came To Visit is one of those.
Category: Death Positive
6b Women’s Day: A Tribute to Caitlin Doughty
On Sunday we celebrate International Women’s Day, and I want to take the opportunity to honor one of my female idols and role models: Caitlin Doughty.
Caitlin is one of the world’s most well-known morticians. Not only has she helped countless families say goodbye to loved ones at funerals in Los Angeles, she also runs a YouTube channel with more than two million subscribers, has published several books, and lectures around the world where she educates, explains, and debates death and dying.
9 Death-Positive Qoutes
There are so many wise words about death and about how we relate to our own mortality.
Whether you love or hate posts like these, give them a chance. You might find something that helps you set the tone for a new, more death-positive 2026!
Book recommendation: “Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?”: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death by Caitlin Doughty
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.
Game recommendation: A Mortician's Tale
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.
Death Positive - What Does It Mean?
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.
Dark humor
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.
Get to know your 'Death'
Explore your own image of Death with questions that make the abstract more personal. Give Death a name, a voice, and maybe even a sense of humor – and discover how your relationship with death can change.