Talking About Death Won't Kill You: April 12, 2021 Session Two: Let's Get Our Affairs in Order - Be Love Navigation
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Talking About Death
Won’t Kill You:
Session Two: Let’s Get Our Affairs in Order
April 12, 2021
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Review of the first session:
Why don’t we talk about death?
What are your greatest fears?
Or “What don’t you want?”
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This session is about
getting our death in
order: Taking steps
forward in making sure
the things that
we want are honored.
© Be Love Navigation 2021“Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend. What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
What kinds of chaos have you experienced?
Examples:
Do you think it is important to clean up the
chaos?
Why or why not?
Let’s hear a few examples of chaos.
© Be Love Navigation 2021What are the qualities of a healthcare agent. Who might you choose as a healthcare agent or healthcare power of attorney? “Should” choices: Obvious choices: Think outside of the box choices: When you meet in small groups to discuss, if you already have an agent, set that aside as you discuss.You might have a new idea. © Be Love Navigation 2021
The Story of
Uncle Buzz
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that should be in that
book instead of
Good Intentions?
Meet in small groups
© Be Love Navigation 2021Healthcare Directive Resources
• Honoring Choices Minnesota
• IPOST: Iowa Physician orders for scope of treatment
• End of Life Washington - Dementia Directives
• Honoring Wishes Iowa
• MN Polst: Minnesota Physicians order for life sustaining treatment
© Be Love Navigation 2021“Thirty years ago, my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he'd had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” ― Anne Lamott, https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385480017
Resources
Humboldt County Hospice Foundation
https://www.humboldthospital.org/services/hospice
Death Unfiltered: The Podcast
www.spreaker.com/shows/death-unfiltered
An accountability group to help you get the work done:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/belovenavigationcommunity
Sign up for Be Love Navigation’s email list at: www.belovemn.com where you will also find the
power points for these events under resources.Additional Conversations:
April 19
7 – 8:30 CST.
Next session:
Let’s Share the Love: What do you
want to say and to whom before you
go?
We’ll explore who you might like to leave a
post-death letter of love for and what you
would like to say.
@ Be Love Navigation 2021Humboldt County Memorial Hospital
Kindred Hospice
Lentz Funeral Home
Mason Lindhart Funeral Home
St. Croix Hospice
Unity Point HospiceFor more information about the Humboldt County Hospice Foundation visit their website: https://www.humboldthospital.org/humboldt-county-hospice-foundation If you would like to support the work that they do, please click here to donate: https://www.humboldthospital.org/donate-now
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