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Diane's Inspiration — "A great life is never extinguished, because compassion, love, and wisdom are eternal. That is why we believe Diane Manahan’s life and light will continue to shine through the ages." Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Beyond the Body, and Barbara Dossey, Ph.D., R.N., author of Holistic Nursing "The most profound book on death I’ve ever read." "Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully not only is a tribute to a fabulous woman. It also holds her journey with illness and beyond as something we could all model. . . . The accounts of Diane's presence appearing after her death feel so natural, they will be validating to those who have experienced such things. They also hold out hope for those who might not have known about that possibility in their own loved ones' passing."
Without Fear of Death
This award-winning story of Minnesota State University Professor Diane Manahan shows how to be in the driver's seat for our final journey, from diagnosis, to death, to a family-directed green funeral, and beyond.
People who seek a holistic approach to dying can learn from this extraordinary nurse's wisdom. Those who fear death can gain strength and confidence by having tools to help others—or themselves—complete their lives with dignity, purpose, and peace.
Authors Nancy Manahan and Becky Bohan honor the legacy of their sister-in-law in this transformative book, where Tuesdays with Morrie and The Last Lecture meet the medical expertise of Andrew Weil and the spirituality of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
"Diane’s story is a living example of an elegant spiritual life."
C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., author of Life Beyond 100 and Soul Medicine
"Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully is a compelling and intimate story of a woman and her family’s journey with cancer and beyond. . . . It is raw, poignant, funny, and provocative but above all, inspirational and instructional."
Mary Jo Kreitzer, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Director of the Center for Spirituality and Healing, U of Minnesota
Vicki Landes, Reader Views/USA Today
Penny George, PsyD, Co-founder, Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Co-Founder and Past President, Bravewell Collaborative for Integrative Medicine
"Diane teaches us how to live and how to made death an event to be shared by those we love."
Lee Lipsenthal, M.D., Past President American Board of Holistic Medicine
"I highly recommend it to those who care for people with cancer, as well as patients, friends, and families."
Victor S. Sierpina, M.D.. University of Texas Medical School
“I have never seen anything like this book! Diane’s perceptions are wonderfully original and illuminating. Her desire to live in harmony with cancer is so different from usual attitudes. Her story is unique.”
Margaret Cruikshank, Ph.D., University of Maine, author of Fierce with Reality: An Anthology of Literature on Aging and Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging
“It was a privilege and a joy to read Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully. Thank you for sharing yours and Diane’s beautiful, touching and enlightening labor of love with me, and with the world. I hear Diane singing.”
James S. Gordon, M.D., Founder and Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington D.C.
Author of Manifesto for a New Medicine
"One of the finest books I have ever read! It's impossible to read it and not be moved, feel more human, open your heart, and feel connected to Life."
Krysta Kavenaugh, editor-in-chief, Marriage magazine, editor-in-chief, magazine
“My wife taught me more about living consciously and dying gracefully than I had learned in all my years as a physician. She showed me what a good death looks like and what a sacred experience it can be for everyone involved."
Bill Manahan, M.D., Asst. Professor Emeritus, U of Minnesota Medical School, author of Eat for Health, past president American Holistic Medical Association, from the foreword to Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully
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