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My Writing
Here are my blogposts. My most current writings can be found here on LinkedIn.
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Rhyena Halpern
Dec 111 min read
A Holiday Salute to Caregivers
Stand up if you are a Caregiver! Let me, let all of us, applaud you! Family caregivers, those unpaid folks who are on 24/7 caring for...
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Rhyena Halpern
Dec 101 min read
Deathbed Regrets
My sister died with regrets. I don't want to. So I work hard on letting go of mine. I had regrets about my divorce and after 25 years my...
![Planning Your Third Act at 80](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3712ac_37eece78f2054409b7787ab375dd6ca8~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_328,h_246,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/3712ac_37eece78f2054409b7787ab375dd6ca8~mv2.webp)
Rhyena Halpern
Dec 71 min read
Planning Your Third Act at 80
Can you be 80 years old and planning for your next chapter of life? You bet!!! As a Third Act Retirement Coach and End of Life Doula, I...
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Rhyena Halpern
Nov 172 min read
Who Will Miss You the Most?
People are writing their own obituaries before they die. There are a handful of common questions obituary writing guides often ask. But...
![The Privilege of Listening](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3712ac_1057cc8fc13144a7b20e1a911d2763ee~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_328,h_246,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/3712ac_1057cc8fc13144a7b20e1a911d2763ee~mv2.webp)
Rhyena Halpern
Nov 121 min read
The Privilege of Listening
When I read Anne Sexton's quote "Put Your Ear Down Close to Your Soul and Listen," I must admit that I am an end of life doula for...
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![End of Life Planning is a Gift to Leave Your Loved Ones](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_4ebea8afd3e3493da9903aa2116dfafb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_328,h_246,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_4ebea8afd3e3493da9903aa2116dfafb~mv2.webp)
Rhyena Halpern
Nov 82 min read
End of Life Planning is a Gift to Leave Your Loved Ones
Do you trust your people to carry out your wishes at the time of your death? As an end of life doula, I hear people express a few common...
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![Enriching Our Elder Years](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aa5c88864145487daba15f31981c7f91.jpg/v1/fill/w_328,h_246,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/aa5c88864145487daba15f31981c7f91.webp)
Rhyena Halpern
Nov 51 min read
Enriching Our Elder Years
As we approach the end of our lives, our outside world may become smaller but our interior world can grow very large. In our elder years,...
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![Is it OK to Date After Losing Your Partner?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_5d5a4455f39e4bb1bfb3908b019ff90e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_328,h_246,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_5d5a4455f39e4bb1bfb3908b019ff90e~mv2.webp)
Rhyena Halpern
Nov 31 min read
Is it OK to Date After Losing Your Partner?
There are more than 11 million widows and 3 million widowers in the U.S. Most are 65 or older. Many people who have lost a partner want...
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Rhyena Halpern
Oct 101 min read
Suicide Death Pods in Switzerland
If you were suffering with a terminal illness and did not qualify for end of life medications, would you go to Switzerland? Many people...
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![Your Life in Dots](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3712ac_501d5fbbeee2429d9ea69270c43a95e5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_328,h_246,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/3712ac_501d5fbbeee2429d9ea69270c43a95e5~mv2.webp)
Rhyena Halpern
Oct 51 min read
Your Life in Dots
What does your life look like in weeks? If you could see a chart that represented 90 years of human life, where would you fall on it?...
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Rhyena Halpern
Oct 22 min read
When A Work Colleague Dies
Have you ever known a colleague in the workplace who died suddenly? I remember when I first started a new job many years ago, a...
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Rhyena Halpern
Sep 301 min read
Grief in the Workplace
When I went back to work after my mom died, I did not expect such an outpouring of condolences from my staff. I was very touched by the...
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![Wise Elders in the Office! Watch Out!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3712ac_4d274ca0857242e2a8d3317459c618be~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_328,h_246,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/3712ac_4d274ca0857242e2a8d3317459c618be~mv2.webp)
Rhyena Halpern
Sep 252 min read
Wise Elders in the Office! Watch Out!
With about 11 million employees in the US 65 years old or older, or about 7% of all workers, the workforce in this country has a wider...
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Rhyena Halpern
Sep 241 min read
When Does the Soul Leave the Body?
I like the ritual of gently washing the human body after death. Jewish tradition calls this ritualized body washing and purification...
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Rhyena Halpern
Sep 231 min read
Are You Death Illiterate?
Death Literacy. This newish term keeps coming up. For me, it means we can talk about death, we can plan for our death, we can talk about...
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Rhyena Halpern
Sep 91 min read
How Talking About Death Helps Lessen the Fear of Death
Talking about death a lot makes me less afraid of dying. I have been leading Death Cafes online for the Elisabeth Kubler Ross Foundation...
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Rhyena Halpern
Sep 52 min read
And Also Annika
Annika would not believe it but her TikTok videos have exceeded 40 million unique views! She doesn't know because she died. Annika was...
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Rhyena Halpern
Aug 51 min read
What Does Grief Mean to You?
I got so mad when Hospice called me a few months after my mom died for a 'grief check-in' call. My mom died 7 years ago and the call came...
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Rhyena Halpern
Aug 41 min read
What is Compressed Morbidity?
The term "compressed morbidity" doesn't sound nearly as wonderful as it is. In Eastern philosophy, it refers to someone being in tune...
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Rhyena Halpern
Feb 181 min read
I Don't Want to Die with Regrets
I don't want to die with regrets. Like you, I have no idea when death will come for me. But, I can say unequivocally, I am motivated by...
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