Death

[close] We invite you to join our 2023 book reading challenge focused on death, grief, and healing. Whether you're a seasoned death positive reader looking to boost your knowledge or a newly minted deathling looking to discover a new perspective, this challenge is for anyone who has experienced loss and is looking for comfort, understanding, and support through the written word. Choose your own reading goals and track your progress throughout the year. Share your thoughts and feelings about the books you read with our community and get personalized recommendations from fellow readers through the #pddcReadingChallenge hashtag. Let's come together and find knowledge, understanding, and comfort through the power of literature. Leave your suggestions in the comments and we’ll add them to our suggested reading lists, which are coming soon! #PhillyDeathDoulas #PhillyGriefTherapist #GriefTheory #CollectiveGrief #SharedGrief #GriefSupport #TheCollective #GriefSucks #Restorying #NarrativeGrief #SecondaryLoss #Grief101 #GriefTheory #Legacy #YouDontHaveToGrieveAlone #DeathAnxiety #BeingMortal #Mortality #PDDCReadingChallenge

[close] This group is for anyone who is Death Positive, death doulas, end-of-life midwives, hospice workers/volunteers, and anyone who has ever or will ever experience a death (yes, that means YOU!). We encourage open, honest discussion about the one thing that we are all guaranteed in this life, Death. My hope is that we can dull the fears, and return the sacredness of death to our universal consciousness, to allow everyone to live their unique life to its fullest until their last exhale. "We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born The potential people who could have been here in my place But who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA So massively exceeds the set of actual people In the teeth of those stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds How dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state From which the vast majority have never stirred?" -Richard Dawkins

[close] For my favorite people.

[close] This is it. The time for survival has come, here we can speak about all things zombie. Books, movies, tales, ideas, history, survival tips...everyone has a story they see themselves in, were they to be placed in a zombie apocalypse scenario. Whether you'd die the first day or become a force to be reckoned with, share your thoughts here. All are welcome