joy of Ageing Esoterically

THERE IS NO TRUE CARE WITHOUT SELF-CARE

30/1/2019

As a carer, it is not only important to know how to truly care for someone else but also how to truly care for yourself.

I have learned a lot about caring and self-care over the last few years, having cared for a good friend who had cancer until she passed over at home, and living myself with breast cancer

REFLECTIONS ON THE PROCESS OF DYING AND PASSING OVER

2/12/2018

“I am having more fun dying than some people are having living”. T.H.
In 2004 my partner was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. What a deeply shocking day that was. Surprisingly though, he was actually initially relieved as he now had an explanation for some of the difficulties he had been experiencing over the previous months, such as pain and a problem with swallowing.

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

30/10/2018

This morning I have woken with great joy in my heart, something that may be questioned by many, as three days ago my sister left this plane of life to begin another cycle in her return – a path that we follow as we evolve and unfold back to our essence. For the greater part of my adult life I have viewed death as the final moment, as the end of everything that we have experienced to this point.

THE BEAUTY OF DEATH AND DYING

29/9/2018

It’s not every day you can say that the greatest gift your father ever gave you was his departure.
Over the last years I have been witness to profound changes taking place within my father as he began the process of accepting and surrendering to the final phase of his life. These changes were varied and many, but essentially included:
- A greater understanding and appreciation of our life cycle and just how short one life is . . . .

BUCKET LISTS – TO WHAT END?

9/8/2018

In recent decades ‘bucket lists’ have become more and more in vogue. If you have not caught up with what bucket lists are, they are lists we make of things we want to have experienced, done or achieved during our life – and in particular before we die. It could, for instance, be a balloon ride, a trip to New York, High Tea at the Ritz hotel, driving a racing car, learning a new language or running a marathon.

DEATH AND DYING - THE CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH

29/6/2018

I have often avoided the thought of dying. There are so many beliefs of how one should approach the subject. I had always seen death and dying to be full of doom, gloom and drama, which is perhaps why I had previously avoided being around anybody who was close to dying. The experience I had recently with my dear friend, who was terminally ill and dying, was quite revolutionary for me.

PASSING OVER AT HOME

30/5/2018

It is now almost 14 years since my husband passed over. He was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain tumour after demonstrating symptoms somewhat similar to dementia. However our very understanding physician who knew the patient and suspected the truth, immediately ordered various brain investigations which identified the condition as being glioblastoma.

FUNERALS ARE FOR THE LIVING

29/4/2018

Funerals have long been part of how we say goodbye to someone we love. Just about every depiction movies make of funerals has mourners in black, standing by a grave, often in the rain, surrounded by headstones and overlooked by trees with a man in robes reading aloud: “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…” It is far from the reality of how funerals really are today.

LAST MOMENTS – APPRECIATION AND COMPLETION

30/3/2018

On 19th July, 2016, I was present when my ex-husband, Henry passed over, ten years after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Our marriage of fifty years was not a joyful event or a ‘match made in Heaven’, but we both, as most marriages of that time, were ascribing to the vow “Till death us do part”. We were both born during the Second World War.

CARING WITHOUT IMPOSING

27/2/2018

I recently travelled to Australia to be in a new relationship and after five months we bought a house in an area we liked and started to get to know the local community and what shops to go to get whatever we needed. We registered for the local doctors surgery and notified all the official places of our new address. Within a month of our being in the new house, my partner was admitted to hospital.

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All written content copyright © 2016 Anne McRitchie, Rowena Parkes and all Authors as mentioned.
Photos copyright © by the photographers: Alan Johnston, Clayton Lloyd, Dean Whitling, Desiree Delaloye, Iris Pohl, Steffi Henn, Steve Leca ,
Shannon Everest, Matt Paul, Gayle Cue

THERE IS NO TRUE CARE WITHOUT SELF-CARE

REFLECTIONS ON THE PROCESS OF DYING AND PASSING OVER

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

THE BEAUTY OF DEATH AND DYING

BUCKET LISTS – TO WHAT END?

DEATH AND DYING - THE CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH

PASSING OVER AT HOME

FUNERALS ARE FOR THE LIVING

LAST MOMENTS – APPRECIATION AND COMPLETION

CARING WITHOUT IMPOSING

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