Preparing for Aging and Death

We will carefully examine what it means for you to prepare for death. By exploring your preparations for death in terms of sensation, feeling, thinking and intuition, the four psychological functions according to Jung, you will move toward realizing wholeness and away from one-sidedness.

Here is a sample of what you will encounter in your work with me:

Sensation: the reality based aspects of preparing for death including, for example, wills (such as living and professional), health proxies, and burial or cremation pre-arrangements. How do you want to die?

Feeling: unfinished business with colleagues, friends, and family; relations with groups, organizations, and the collective; legacies. What do you value, and what can you let go of?

Thinking: thoughts about life and death. Reflections about the meaning of life and death. How could your death be meaningful for you?

Intuition: the mystery of life, the mystery of death. Origins and destinations as reflected in dreams, active imaginations and spiritual musings. What is your personal myth about death and dying?

Life and death are two sides of the same coin. So understanding its place in the life cycle and preparing for death is an integral part of living life fully and becoming whole. This is the core of the individuation process.

The goal of your work with me is to think creatively about the place of death in your life and how you might anticipate meeting it.