PFYI: Explore, Learn, Connect
Find valuable resources to help you face serious illness and the end of life
On Our Minds
As thought leaders in the serious illness and end-of-life space, these topics are currently occupying our thoughts.
Why I Attend My Patients' Memorials
Working in the medical field means witnessing death over and over again. Could attending patients' memorials offer some peace and closure?
He Died of a Tuesday
The education reguarding death and dying in the medical field is more complicated than ever, but sometimes the most important lesson can only be learned on a peat moss farm in Ireland.
Books with Impact
We've curated a selection of books that may appeal to you. You can support Present for You by purchasing through the links provided at no extra cost to you.
The Wild Edge of Sorrow
Classic! Introducing the 5 gates of grief, psychotherapist Francis Weller explores how we move through the waters of grief and loss in a culture so fundamentally detached from the needs of the soul.
The Grieving Brain
What does grief look like inside the brain? A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve. A great resource book for your collection.
A Beginner's Guide to the End
Dying is an unavoidable part of life. This book is a step by step guide for both the practical and emotional preparations for the End-of-Life.
Being Mortal
In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending.
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.
That Good Night
A stunning meditation on impermanence and the role of medicine in helping us to live and die well, arming readers with information that will transform how we communicate with our doctors about what matters most to us.
The Five Invitations
The Five Invitations is an exhilarating meditation on the meaning of life and how maintaining an ever-present consciousness of death can bring us closer to our truest selves.
On Death and Dying
In this remarkable book, Dr. Kübler-Ross explores the now-famous five stages of death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.