Talk about death, but live your life: What people working in end-of-life care have learned

Talk about death, but live your life: What people working in end-of-life care have learned 
Yahoo Life; by Elena Sheppard; 9/16/24 
Eventually, we are all going to die. It’s a reality that most people are uncomfortable with and do everything they can to avoid thinking about. But for people who work in end-of-life care, such as hospice workers and death doulas, death is both a fact of the job and a part of their everyday reality. While the work may sound grim, those who do it say that their daily proximity to death doesn't cast a shadow over their lives; rather, it has enabled them to more purposefully celebrate life’s beauty. ... Yahoo Life spoke to hospice professionals to hear the life lessons they’ve learned by working so closely with death. Here’s what they said. ...

1. Keep your sense of humor ...
2. Prioritize your relationships
3. Acknowledge your mortality--and talk about it
4. The body knows how to die
5. Live your life