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When Does the Soul Leave the Body?
I like the ritual of gently washing the human body after death. Jewish tradition calls this ritualized body washing and purification...

Rhyena Halpern
Sep 24, 20241 min read


Are You Death Illiterate?
Death Literacy. This newish term keeps coming up. For me, it means we can talk about death, we can plan for our death, we can talk about...

Rhyena Halpern
Sep 23, 20241 min read


How Talking About Death Helps Lessen the Fear of Death
Talking about death a lot makes me less afraid of dying. I have been leading Death Cafes online for the Elisabeth Kubler Ross Foundation...

Rhyena Halpern
Sep 9, 20241 min read


And Also Annika
Annika would not believe it but her TikTok videos have exceeded 40 million unique views! She doesn't know because she died. Annika was...

Rhyena Halpern
Sep 5, 20242 min read


Are You a Solo Elder?
22 million older (ages 65+) Americans live alone. 30% of them have no children or family support. The older 'solo agers' get, the more...

Rhyena Halpern
Aug 11, 20241 min read
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