Psychology Today: Living Well Through the Dying Process – Insights from an End-of-Life Care Physician

In this recent article for his Psychology Today Series, Permission to Choose, Dr. Bob Uslander, Co-Founder of Empowered Endings, provides insights on how to live well through the dying process.

As an experienced physician in emergency medicine, palliative care, and hospice care, Dr. Uslander shares valuable lessons about managing the dying process with dignity and grace.

The article highlights that providing a peaceful and gentle end of life is not complicated. It requires a commitment to showing up, listening, and honoring what’s most important to patients and their families. This approach is the essence of an empowered ending—a gift we can all offer and receive.

Here are a few key topics discussed in the article:

• The power of being present.

• Honoring individual wishes.

• The importance of communication.

• Embracing vulnerability and humanity.

• Living fully until the end.