Resources: If you are interested in delving into the End of Life through reading, I recommend the following books for both understanding and meeting this experience. This list, which is in alphabetical order by title, will be ever evolving. Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings in Palliative and End of Life Care edited by Koshin Paley Ellison and Matt Weingast. Wisdom Publication, 2016. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. Metropolitan Books, 2014 Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death by Joan Halifax.. Shambhala Publications, 2008 Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of Loss and Transformation by Mirabai Starr. Sounds True, 2015. Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life by Ira Byock, M.D. Riverhead Books, 1997. How to Be Sick: A Buddhist Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and their Caregivers by Toni Bernhard. Wisdom Publications, 2010. How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland. Vintage Books, 1993. No One Has to Die Alone: Preparing for a Meaningful Death by Lani Leary, PhD. Atria 2012. Sacred Passage: How to Provide Fearless, Compassionate Care for the Dying by Margaret Coberly, PhD, RN. Shambhala Publications, 2002. The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy. Bantam Books, 1981. The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe. Random House, 2012 The Five Invitations: Discovering what Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully by Frank Ostaseski. Flatiron Books, 2017 When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Random House, 2016.