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Final Wishes, First Steps: Your Guide to End-of-Life Conversations

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Editor’s Note: please use this information as guidance, not legal advice. Any conversation about end-of-life planning must involve legal counsel. Sometimes, a professional grief counselor can be a very useful intermediary in these discussions. by Camille Johnson Talking about end-of-life arrangements with a family member or close friend is an emotionally charged undertaking that many […]

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Managing Your Own Grief During the Holidays: An AfterTalk Plan B

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[Note: this was first published in December of 2013] My co-Founder Lisa suggested this. So nobody you know took my advice and called to include you in their holiday plans. Sorry that didn’t work out.. And you were too reluctant to reach out to them and ask to be included. Most of us feel this

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“We’re All Anxious Sweetie.” AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly 6.17.20

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“We’re All Anxious, Sweetie.” The sign said, “Keep your windows rolled up. Pull up slowly to the first table, put your car in park, and wait for instructions.” A masked and energetic man came to the driver’s side of my car and held a printed sign up to my window which read: “Please call me

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