Elizabeth Anne Wood, Ph.D.

Category: Death and Dying

• Book Reviews Death and Dying Uncategorized

  Where do you go for advice about what to read?

  A core belief of mine is that sharing stories is a source of power, growth, and change. Reading is one way we receive the stories of others. But where do you go for information on what stories you need to read? I recently learned about a site called Shepherd.com that…

  March 21, 2024
• Death and Dying news reflection

  

  Speaking Ill of the Dead

  An honest accounting is a loving act, not a betrayal of someone’s memory, and if we can practice this with the dead it will be easier for us to do it when it matters even more: with the living.

  February 1, 2020
• Bound Community Death and Dying Health & Illness Sexuality

  

  Pub Day = T-31 Days and Counting

  I ordered an Apollo 13 dress to wear for this post but I had to return it for a different size and the correct one hasn’t arrived yet. (Hint: My body dysmorphia had caused me to order too large.) Here’s the big news. We’re counting down to publication day for…

  July 13, 2019
• Bound Death and Dying Health & Illness Sexuality

  

  These Women Know How To Ask Good Questions

  Want to know how to ask questions about sexuality, illness, and caregiving, without being trivializing or sensationalistic? Check out this interview. These women know what they’re doing.

  June 22, 2019
• Bound Death and Dying Sexuality

  

  Writer of the Week Premiere

  Join me on Monday, April 22, at 6:30pm Eastern US time for the YouTube premiere of my Writer of the Week Interview with Melissa Dee.

  April 20, 2019
• Community Death and Dying

  

  #DeathDispatch 1 – Zürich’s Mourning Machine

  This is the first installment of what I hope will be a thought provoking series on community-based death practices around the world. The idea came when I saw a Facebook post about a vending machine at a cemetery in a Zürich neighborhood. The author of the post was Jessica Jacinta…

  October 8, 2018