Enhancing Life While Coping with Death – Home Study Programs

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Are you afraid of death or the process of dying?

Is a loved-one nearing death? Has someone close recently died?

Are you at a loss about what to do next? How to help? How to feel? What to say?

Are you ready for a more emotionally satisfying, soul inspiring way to deal with the challenges at the end-of-life?

 

DISCOVER THE LIFE-ENRICHING EXPERIENCE DEATH OFFERS WITH THREE SELF-STUDY PROGRAMS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR YOU.

 

1. Facing Death . . . with open eyes

 

2. Caring for Dying: the art of being present

 

3. The Heart of Grieving

 

4. All Three Programs

 

Each program invites you to go deeper — to face your fears, examine your beliefs, handle your most pressing needs and open to a more soul-satisfying way of living and dying. 

 

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation. ~ Herman Hesse

 

Created in response to the loss of my own parents and refined in work with the cancer community, these self-study programs invite curiosity, stimulate reflection and encourge dialogue while greatly reducing fears around dying. By emphasizing the mystical, spiritual and personal sides of death, they eases you into the subject with moving stories, intriguing questions and practical suggestions that promote a less fearful, more uplifting approach to life’s end.

Self-Study Programs:

  • A combination of beautiful, heart-opening films with thought-provoking questions and exercises that assist exploration, discovery and essential preparation for death’s challenges.
  • Helpful tips and tools for engaging loved-ones in meaningful dialogue.
  • Experiential activities that tap into a deeper wisdom, honesty and self-awareness while promoting more effective planning and action.
  • A self-study process that enables learning and discovery at your own pace and level of comfort.

Death is not an easy subject to talk about in a way that does not strike fear and dread, but this does it . . . This is a transformational, aesthetic and wise work for every one of us who is now alive, and who will one day make the journey through and beyond death.
~ Carolyn North
Author of The Experience of A Lifetime: Living Fully, Dying Consciously

 

The poetic images mixed with well-crafted interviews of deep feeling and spiritually vibrant people made watching a joy.
~ Rev. Maura Singer
Spiritual Care Counselor, Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

 

1. Facing Death . . . with open eyes

 

Discover the mystery, awe and beauty that often surrounds those who have the courage to confront death face to face, with eyes and minds open.

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This program will help you to:

  • Reduce your fears around dying
  • Clarify beliefs, expectations and needs for a desirable end-of-life
  • Identify essential actions to prepare for death – your own or someone else’s
  • Release emotional wounds
  • Discover the real story of your life
  • Craft a life legacy for your family and friends

I thought of my own death my attachments, what I would miss. What is it that I would like to start or complete? What comfort can I offer to those I leave behind. When I ask myself how I will face the inevitable, I answer, ‘from all directions, given the time.
~ Chris Gray
Bay Area Musician

Makes it easier for me to deal with my death.
~ Workshop Participant
Helen Diller Cancer Clinic

Reminded to let go of the life we planned, to accept the life that is waiting for us. To be more open to the experience of grief and loss.
~ Workshop Participant
Cancer Support Community

 

This Program Includes:

1. DVD: Facing Death . . . with open eyes

2. Exploration Guides (pdf download)
Questions, exercises and projects to guide you into the deeper issues and practice of conscious dying.

3. Breath-Empowerment Meditation (mp3 download)
This 7-minute breath-exercise helps you to relax and open to the wisdom of your spiritual and material guidance team. Excellent for setting the tone before group discussion. Promotes unity, heartfulness and awareness.

4. Teleconference on Fruitful Aging (mp3 download)
Interview with transpersonal psychologist Tomas Pinkson by Michelle Peticolas. Describes the essential tasks for facing and embracing our mortality as we age.

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2. Caring for Dying: the art of being present

 

 

An essential program for avoiding the major pitfalls of caring for a dying loved one while embracing its gifts and grace.

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This program will help you to:

  • Identify and plan your next most important steps
  • Hold a family discussion on end-of-life needs and preferences
  • Learn how to ask for help and get it
  • Practice essential strategies for staying present and caring of your self while caring for another
  • Release self-judgment
  • Appreciate the personal and spiritual gifts of accompanying the dying
  • Discover the bigger picture of your journey as a caregiver

 

Evocative, Moving, Inspirational…As a side benefit, the film serves as a powerful reminder of what truly is most important in life…nurturing relationships.
~ Michael Stephens, MFT
Professor, JFK University

A gentle reminder to practice compassion. Heart-warming in so many ways.
~ Workshop participant
Cancer Support Community

I didn’t expect it to be so uplifting.
~ Workshop Participant
Helen Diller Cancer Clinic

 

This Program Includes:

1. DVD: Caring for Dying: the art of being present

2. Exploration Guides (pdf download)
Questions, exercises and projects to guide you in discovering how best to meet the challenges of helping someone die while taking care of yourself at the same time.

3. Breath-Empowerment Meditation (mp3 download)
This 7-minute breath-exercise helps you to relax and open to the wisdom of your spiritual and material guidance team. Excellent for setting the tone before family discussions. Also excellent for maintaining presence and self awareness while caregiving.

4. Laughter in the Face of Tears (mp3 download)
Interview with Laughter Coach Nancy Weil by Michelle Peticolas. Explains how laughter and humor can provide relief in times of stress and gives valuable tips on how to bring it into our lives.

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3. The Heart of Grieving

 

 

Follow a comprehensive road map for transforming grief and uncovering your own path of self-discovery and rebirth.

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This program will help you to:

  • Survive the initial shock of grief
  • Discover emotionally releasing ways to honor the dead
  • Heal old wounds stirred by death
  • Forgive yourself for surviving
  • Say goodbye to grief without losing connection to the one you lost
  • Celebrate anniversaries and milestones in a way that facilitates healing
  • Shift your perspective of the future from hopelessness to new life purpose

 

Engaging. Provocative. Expansive. Uplifting. Beautifully produced.The many facets of grief so wonderfully presented and expressed! Opens ones own heart to grief unexplored and remembered!
~ Daniel Potapshyn, M.A.
Case Manager, ALS Association Golden West Chapter

I found it very helpful to see how other people go through the process of grieving.
~ Workshop Participant.
Cancer Support Community

Helped me see the importance of telling one’s story and celebrating the loss of a loved one.
~ Workshop Participant
Sutter Care at Home, Bereavement

 

This Program Includes:

1. DVD: The Heart of Grieving

2. Exploration Guides (pdf download)
Questions and exercises to help you with grief and the self-discovery that can arise through loss.

3. Breath-Empowerment Meditation (mp3 download)
This 7-minute breath-exercise helps you to relax and open to the wisdom of your spiritual and material guidance team. Use daily in anticipation of loss and to provide essential respite while grieving. Helps connect you to higher wisdom.

4. Loss and Self-Discovery (mp3 download)
Teleseminar by Michelle Peticolas on the lessons of loss and the opportunity for self-discovery and transformation.

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ALL THREE HOME-STUDY PACKAGES

 

DVDsWidget-259x300 cropExplore all the essential issues around death, caregiving and grieving on your own or with family or friends at your own pace.

This Set Includes:

1. Secrets of Life and Death DVD Series

See All Three Film Trailers

  • Facing Death . . . with open eyes.
  • Caring for Dying: the art of being present
  • The Heart of Grieving

2. Exploration Guides (pdf downloads)

Three guides chock-full of questions, exercises and projects to help you get the most from watching the films. Each guide provides specific instructions for using the films to facilitate family discussion or personal exploration and to go deeper with individual study.

3. Breath-Empowerment Meditation (mp3 download)

This 7-minute breath-exercise helps you to relax and open to the wisdom of your spiritual and material guidance team. Use before group discussion to promote unity, heartfulness and awareness.

4. Three Teleconference Calls on life, death and grief. (mp3 downloads)

Three audio files that take you even further in your exploration of life and death

  • Fruitful Aging with transpersonal psychologist Tomas Pinkson.
    Describes five developmental tasks for facing and embracing our mortality as we age.
  • Laughter in the Face of Tears with Laughter Coach Nancy Weil.
    Explains how laughter and humor can ease suffering while grieving and provides tips on how to bring more of it into our lives.
  • Loss and Self-Discovery with Michelle Peticolas, Ph.D.
    Using her own life story as illustration, she shows how loss can be an opportunity for self-discovery and transformation.

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About Michelle Peticolas

076adjGrief transformation specialist, filmmaker, sociologist and sought-after speaker, Michelle Peticolas is dedicated to shifting the way people deal with death. In response to the loss of her own parents, she produced the three-part documentary film series, Secrets of Life and Death, to encourage dialogue and exploration of end-of-life issues. Her award-winning series is being used in workshops and trainings for hospitals, cancer organizations, hospices, educational institutions and community groups throughout the United States. In her private practice as a grief transformation coach, Michelle helps people discover the new life possibilities contained within loss. Her work weaves together her spiritual and mystical Sufi training and her own practical, life-embracing approach to crisis and change.