Tanatología Psicología Latinoamericana

09/12/2023

"The compassion and care that we experienced cannot be taught... it comes from within, from the heart." - Unknown

09/12/2023

Traditional mourning practices preserve a place for the dead among the living.

09/12/2023

“Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body. Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds me of a falling star-one of the million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night. To be with a dying patient makes us conscious of the uniqueness of the individual in the vast sea of humanity, aware of our finiteness, our limited lifespan. Few of us live beyond our three score years and ten, yet in this brief time most of us create and live a unique biography, and weave ourselves into the fabric of history.” – Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Excerpt from the book: Quest- The Life of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross by Derek Gill

09/12/2023

“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us. Not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are.
We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find, in its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing. Silence is God’s lap.” –

Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. (author of My Grandfather’s Blessing and Kitchen Table Wisdom)

16/11/2023

Todos somos concientes de que un día ya no estaremos más?
Pensamos en nuestras muertes y las de los demás?
Podremos pensar en tener una muerte en Paz

16/11/2023

Ayudar Servir Acompañar

"In helping, we may feel a sense of satisfaction; In serving, we have an experience of gratitude." - Rachel Naomi Remen, MD (author of My Grandfather's Blessings book)

16/11/2023

NO PUEDES LLORAR POR SIEMPRE

"You're not going to grieve forever, are you?" "How long does it take to get through those five stages?" "Haven't you grieved long enough?" "Isn't it time to move on and get over your loss?"

Unfortunately, these questions are frequently asked of those who have experienced a loss.

Grief is not just a series of events, stages, or timelines. Our society places enormous pressure on us to get over loss, to get through the grief. But how long do you grieve for a husband of fifty years, a teenager killed in a car accident, a four-year-old child: a year? five years? forever? The loss happens in time, in fact in a moment, but its aftermath lasts a lifetime.

Grief is real because loss is real. Each grief has its own imprint, as distinctive and as unique as the person we lost. The pain of loss is so intense, so heartbreaking, because in loving we deeply connect with another human being, and grief is the reflection of the connection that has been lost. We think we want to avoid the grief, but really it is the pain of the loss we want to avoid. Grief is the healing process that ultimately brings us comfort in our pain.

We plan for most everything in life. We plan weeks ahead for our birthday, months ahead for our vacations, over a year ahead for our weddings. We plan decades ahead for our retirement. But death, perhaps the biggest trip of our life, usually catches us by surprise. And when we lose a loved one to that unwanted mystery of life, we are never prepared.

Death is a line, a heartbreaking dividing line between the world we and our loved one lived in and the world where they now are. That line of death on a continuum becomes a Before and After mark. A line between time with them and time without them. A line that was drawn without us or our permission. An existence that continues for them but leaves us out. separating us from those we love and lose.

Healing grief is often an overwhelming and lonely experience. We do not have any real framework to help us recover from the loss of a loved one. We do not think we have the tools to overcome the feelings that devastate us. Our friends do not know what to say or how to help. As a result, during the days following a loss we wonder if we can survive. As time passes, that fear gives way to anger, sadness, isolation, feelings that assault us one after another. We need help.

In grief, just like in death, there is a transformation for the living. If you do not take the time to grieve, you cannot find a future in which loss is remembered and honored without pain.

Excerpt from the book: On Grief and Grieving (Finding the meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss) Author of the book: Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler

www.ekrfoundation.org

13/06/2023

Muy bueno

The Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation is pleased to announce that Justin Baker, MD has joined our global Advisory Council. Justin is truly one of the most humble, visionary people we know and we're honored that he will help guide our decision making as we expand our international chapters and enhance care for seriously ill, dying and grieving people and their family members.

Justin is currently Chief, Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. He is also a proud dad and husband and a global adventurer.

We're so grateful.
Thank you, Justin!

13/06/2023

La soledad en un TÍEMPO en la mañana, el frío nos alienta a viajar hacia adentro buscando refugio en la energía del corazón