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Why avoiding death conversations prevents meaningful preparation

My elderly father wants to plan his funeral and keeps asking for my input but I keep changing the subject because talking about his death feels like giving up hope.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Fear of confronting mortality robs us of opportunities for conscious closure and shared acceptance.

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