AGoodDying.com offers help in normalizing and personalizing experiences at the end of life through heartfelt information, intimate stories, and many valuable resources.
Let me take you on a journey. It is a journey home. It is a journey into an almost forgotten realm. It seems very far away. It seems just around the corner.
It is a journey into A Good Dying.
Imagine dying in our own homes. While being cared for by our loved ones. By very special and dear ones.
Imagine leaving this body having said our last goodbyes. Deeply loved. Feeling at peace. Knowing that everything has been said. All has been heard. Being complete. Click here for more.
Imagine ending this life with all (or at least most) our affairs in order. Leaving without heavy burdens. Light hearted. Ready.
This is the way I personally want to die. Click here to read more.
Imagine taking our last breath in peace. Knowing, without a doubt, that even this last journey will end well. Click here for more.
How about you? How would you like to die? What is your dream of a good dying? What do you imagine your death to feel like? To look like? To be?
A guide about death. About ways of dealing with death. About having choices and options about our dying. About going home.
I am available as an inspirational speaker
about all aspects of death
including the luminous side of dying
for both US and international events. Click here to find out more about my talks
and click here to contact me.
Life is but a journey
Death is a returning home.
- Chinese proverb -
As Easy as a Dying Flower?
Below is an short movie of a hibiscus flower dying. What a graceful dance the death of this flower is! I would love to dance into my last breath like that. Just like that.
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We have the capacity to heal this collectively, knowing that we are in this together, both in the catastrophe and in the healing. Check out my blog on Sending Light to the Gulf Oil Spill for more on this urgent subject.
Sunsets and Dying
A few words about the sunset pictures on this site. I offer this picture of a sunset as a start. For our exploration into a good dying (a part of this particular picture is a reminder on top of every page). For our journey together.
Have you ever wondered about the nature of sunsets? What really is a sunset?
When we are watching a sunset, are we really watching the sun setting?
Our so called "sunsets" are opportunities to watch the earth move. What we do see is the horizon slowly moving towards and across the sun.
The sun does not move.
At least in relation to the earth. Instead, we as part of the earth move. We actually slowly move backward, if we are looking at the sun.
To me our perception of a good dying is just like our perception of a sunset. We do not die. Even though it looks and feels like it. Only our bodies die. A part of us lives on.
Ways to find out more about me and my work:
About This Site
On every page you will find a number of ways to travel into this last and mostly final frontier called A Good Dying:
Words to stretch our minds. To refresh our thoughts. To invite our feelings.
Questions to entice us to take detours. Maybe discover breathtaking vistas. Or deep canyons. Or still lakes.
Poems or quotes to open our hearts. To soften our bellies. To gently tame the beast of fear.
Photographs to offer a respite from so many words.
Mandalas to awaken our inner eyes.
I applaud all of us for the courage to explore this uncharted territory. For the willingness to go the distance. For the attempt to enjoy the journey.
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By the way, I found most of the photographs on Flickr.com through a special search engine called Creative Commons. Click on any image to find out more about the artists.
This website is dedicated to the exploration of all aspects concerned with death and dying. I am therefore consciously choosing to use the words "death" and "dying" instead of more common euphemisms like "passing" etc. For an insightful discussion of the various euphemisms and their origins, click here.
One more thing: at this point this site is a work in progress. Forgive me if some links only work in Cyber Heaven. You can help by sending me an email about links which don't work or other creative bloopers. Just click on Contact Ulla!.
Quotes About Death These Quotes about Death present a carefully selected collection of inspiring and insightful quotations on death and dying.
Invite me as Professional Inspirational Speaker Invite me as a professional inspirational speaker who uses multimedia presentations to inspire a fresh and intimate look at what dying can mean for us today.
Coaching If you or a loved one are getting close to death and would like some coaching support on that journey, this is the place to find out all the details.
My Market Place The market place for A Good Dying offers art, coloring books, books, music, and goods for sale, both my own and those I recommend.
Hospice 101 Hospice 101 describes what hospice services can offer us and our loved ones when getting close to dying.
Loved Ones Dying It can feel so painful to face loved ones dying not matter whether they are spouses, friends, parents or other family members.
Dying Young Come and both read and post stories about those special ones dying young, the ones who leave us dying in the prime of their lives.
Dying Child Share and read stories about a dying child, our dying child, and hopefully find comfort in sharing our grief, our sorrow and our memories.
Death of a Pet The death of a pet can be as hard as any other death in the family as we are loosing one of our best friends, be they four legged, two winged or one finned.
Dying of a Disease When our loved ones are dying of a disease, it feels comforting to share and read stories of others following that particular journey into death.
Coping with Death Coping with death made easier through some helpful suggestions, gentle explanations, and solid advice.
Fear of Dying Fear of dying can show up as a fear of losing loved ones to death, of dying alone or in pain, or as a fear of the Great Unknown.
Dealing with Death Dealing with death, that is thinking and talking about our own death, made easier.
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Sharing Near Death Stories: What a Gift Sharing our near death stories can be such a gift for all of us facing our own dying or the death of a loved one, especially when there is fear.
Donate If the contents of this website touch you, or even help you see dying in a different light, why not donate any amount you feel is appropriate.
Work from Home If you want to feel fully supported in starting your own business based upon something you feel passionate about while you work from home, just like I do, this is the page for you.
About Ulla! About Ulla! tells you how being a hospice caregiver, a trained hospice volunteer, plus a lifetime of various experiences have prepared me well to be the passionate creator of these pages.
Contact Ulla! If you want to contact Ulla to send a question, feedback, or testimonials, this is the place.
Expressing Gratitude Expressing gratitude is so appropriate here, as I could not have created this website without a whole team of willing supporters, friends and family, both here on earth and in the ethers around me.
Community Links On Community Links there is room to connect with both local and internet resources supporting and enriching all that A Good Dying has to offer.
A Good Dying eZine A good Dying eZine offers updates on the website, announcemnts for speaking engagements and workshops.
A Good Dying Blog Subscribing to my A Good Dying Blog will keep you updated and current about any changes and additions to the website, including new pages, additional features and stories uploaded by readers.
Let me take you on a journey. It is a journey home. It is a journey into an almost forgotten realm. It seems very far away. It seems just around the corner.
