Dying into Grace

Beautifully written, richly layered story unfolds like mystery novel. Mother and daughter heal themselves, each other, and lineage haunted by grandmother's traumatic death, and mother flows into state of grace that is enduringly transformative for both. Practical guidance unfolds within author's nonjudgmental lens which learns from rather than "correcting" consciousness of the dying, and her capacity for providing embracing, witnessing presence for mother's becoming her truest self while letting go of her life.Breaks ground by treating caregiver and dying person as partners in a dance toward wholeness that nurtures the realization of dying's mutually transformative potential'which, if experienced, becomes unthinkable to have missed. By sharing her caregiving/dying/healing dance and distilling its form and movement into maps and guiding principles for family and professional caregivers and those who support and train them, author introduces a relational paradigm for dying well, while expanding what "dying well" can mean and coaching caregivers about how to dance. Author brings 20 years conducting field studies and being an organizational storyteller for Harvard Business School, executive educators, and healthcare innovators. Her accessible, riveting case study exemplifies core themes in leading-edge discourses (relational psychology, integrated care for whole person, hospice and palliative care, dying well, disrupted narratives, integration of all dimensions of dying, griefwork as reconstruction of meaning), making Dying into Grace excellent addition to curricula. While pulling these conversations forward, it unforgettably inscribes in our consciousness the impact of the realities informing these discourses on shaping or transforming a life.March, Artemis is the author of 'Dying into Grace', published 2007 under ISBN 9780979396793 and ISBN 0979396794.