THERAPEUTIC CONVERSATIONS THAT EXPLORE HOW A PERSON WISHES TO DIE

A new law called The End of Life Choice Act came into effect in Aotearoa New Zealand in November 2021 . The new law gave New Zealander’s living with a life ending illness the option of hastening their death through assisted dying/ euthanasia should they be in the last six months of their life and experiencing intolerable suffering. In this Collab I would like to discuss some of what I have been learning since the law changed in Aotearoa and facilitate a conversation about narrative practices that might be helpful when a person is contemplating how they want to die. I will describe some examples of conversations with people who: chose to die through assisted dying, who deteriorate suddenly before the assisted dying assessment process has been completed and with people who change their minds and opt to die with palliative care support only. My hope is that there can be an exchange as some of you may have had experience in this area of practice.

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What might help us remember that we are in the business of inspiring hope? 

NARRATIVE IMAGININGS AND PATREON 

Peggy Sax interviewed Poh Lin Lee on Zoom in March 2022 and then again in June 2022.  While the video offers highlights from our second conversation, the text includes excerpts from our first conversation. Thank you Poh for becoming a member of our community,  for participating in this Community Interview, and for all that you do.

Over the past decade, we have been organizing Workshops & Narrative Camps in beautiful Vermont locations.  Our last Narrative Camp was in 2019. Each of these gatherings has become an important source of learning, warm memories and enduring connections across generations and around the world. During the pandemic, we took a step back from sponsoring live events.  Re-authoring Confinement  gave us time to work with existing materials and reassess our priorities and next steps. We've come to acknowledge our limited resources  for sponsoring camps, and to aim our efforts at creating enduring content that can be accessed internationally.   
Having professionally recorded our live and digital events,  we  are eagerly transforming these recordings into new courses including two online series in development. It is our dream to create an online series of narrative courses and Collab Salons that will inspire practitioners. We also believe these offerings could be very useful to graduate programs and other institutes of higher education. 

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