Learn some techniques and tools for having a more effective and productive conversation about end-of-life issues.
In this solo episode I’ll share some great information I’ve been learning recently about the skills necessary to have difficult conversations with the people we love. I hope this will be helpful to you too. You can download a Blueprint for End-of-Life Conversations at the link below:
Blueprint for End-of-Life Conversations
This episode includes:
- How to prepare for an end-of-life conversation and why it’s important to be prepared
- Suggestions for adjusting your mindset before a conversation
- Choosing the best setting for an end-of-life discussion
- Deciding who should attend the discussion
- Specific tools for moving a conversation forward and how to practice them
- Zooming
- Clarification
- Relating
- Reflecting
- Reframing
- Storytelling
- Re-centering
- How to structure your conversation
- When to regroup and change your strategy
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Art of Dying Author Series with Karen Wyatt MD – September 6, 2019 – Open Center, NYC
- Workshop: Earth Lessons for the Soul – September 7, 2019 – Open Center, NYC
- Beautiful Dying Expo – November 2-3, 2019, San Diego CA
- Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it)
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