September 2, 2010PowerPhrase: Mom, are you aware you’re dying? Are you ready?
You don’t know until you’ve been there, but other people’s experiences can help. how do you talk to people in their final days? How do you tell someone they’re dying?
I was deeply grateful when Deepak Chopra cut through the pervasive denial in 1986 and asked me,
- Are you aware that your husband has a terminal disease?
A Salon.com article has a post from a woman who posed a similar question to her mother.
- Are you aware you are dying?
The first time her mother wasn’t. The second time she was, and was able to respond yes, when the woman asked,
- Are you ready?
To me, idle small talk is painful when we are going through a major life transition. When death is too painful to talk about, it might even be more painful not to talk about.
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