Most people spend their whole lives asleep and then wake up a few days before they re about to die. Olivia Bareham, Sacred Crossings. Death has a 100 per cent success rate. We can t escape its inevitability, nor can we deny its existence. So, when someone close to us dies or we are confronted by our own mortality, why are we utterly unprepared? In Do Death, social activist Amanda Blainey seeks to transform our lives through our relationship with death. By inviting us to accept death as a natural part of life, she encourages us to think about what really matters and live more consciously. With uplifting wisdom from leaders and visionaries, Do Death will: Help us rediscover the power of human connection Inspire us to think and talk about death more openly Offer sage advice on how to navigate grief, and talk to children Empower us to be better prepared, both practically and emotionally. Death can be our greatest teacher. This book is a manual for living, at any stage in life.

About the Author
Amanda Blainey is a public speaker, writer and the founder of Doing Death, a multi-media platform and podcast that allows people to explore death and dying. In addition to working with patients in a UK hospice she is involved in 'The Hospice Biographers charity that records the life stories of terminally ill people. She also runs a regular Death Cafe - a pop-up space for people to discuss any aspect of death and dying. Her hope is that by shifting old paradigms and opening up authentic conversations, she can help people to accept death as part of life and inspire them to live in a more positive and meaningful way.

Reviews
This is the book I wish I had already read. This is a book we all should read - must read. It should be dropped with the milk bottles on the doorstep in the morning; be found wrapped in the daily newspaper; be given as a birth present to every infant, and set as a GCSE text. Clear, concise, practical and kind. For both the person facing - and those helping - in this moment of life that we will all confront. Beautiful work. - --Greg Wise, actor. A tiny gem crammed with wisdom and kindness. ---Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind



Book Information
ISBN 9781907974670
Author Amanda Blainey
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint The Do Book Co
Publisher The Do Book Co