I have a special passion to help people better understand the reality of dying and grieving in our lives. Dr. C.G. Jung believed in a paradoxical framework for living. He wrote that when we accept death as integral to living, we learn to live more fully. In this vein, I try to assist clients to pay attention to this central fact of living. Living a full life means that we die to certain parts of our being all along the journey of life. Analysis can help this journey.

To that end, here are some book and other titles that I highly recommend below. Some are Jungian but many are not.

• Attig, Thomas. (2011) How We Grieve: Relearning the World. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Aries, Phillippe. (2008). The Hour of Our Death. The Classic History of Western Attitudes Toward Death Over the Last One Thousand Years. Vintage Books, A Division of Random House.
• Becker, Ernest. (1973). The Denial of Death. The Free Press.
• Bigman, Blair. (2022). Death Interrupted. How Modern Medicine Is Complicating The Way We Die. House of Anansi Press.
• Cacciatore, Joanne. (2017). Bearing the Unbearable. Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief. Wisdom Publications.
• Halifax, Joan. (2018). Standing at The Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet. Flatiron Books.
• Herzog, Edgar. (2000 edition). Psyche & Death. Death-Demons In Folklore, Myths, and Modern Dreams. Spring Publications.
• Jung, C.G., CW 8, “The Soul and Death”, paragraph 796-815.
• Kalanithi, Paul. (2016). When Breath Becomes Air. Random House.
• Lewis, C.S. (1994 Edition). A Grief Observed. HarperCollins.
• Mannix, Kathryn. (2023). With The End In Mind. Dying, Death, And Wisdom In An Age Of Denial. Littlebrownspark.com.
• Mogenson, Greg. (1992). Greeting The Angels. An Imaginal View of the Mourning Process. Baywood Publishing Company.
• Moris, Luis and Murray Stein. (2024). Confronting Death. Chiron Publications.

Films:

• A Monster Calls (2016, directed by J.A. Bayona).
• Shadowlands (1993, directed by Richard Attenborough).
• The Doctor (1991, directed by Randa Haines).
• Wit (2001, directed by Mike Nichols).

Television:

• FRONTLINE PBS. (2015). Being Mortal.
• After Life (2019, created, written, executive produced, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais, Netflix). Video
• Halifax, Joan et al. (2016). Death As An Advisor To Life.
• Miller, B.J.. (September 30. 2015). TED Talk, What Really Matters at the End of Life?

Music:

• The Flaming Lips . (2002). “Do You Realize?.” YouTube, uploaded by The Flaming Lips, 2013.
• Walker, Tom and The Duchess of Cambridge. (2021). “ For Those Who Can’t Be Here”. YouTube, uploaded by Tom Walker, 2022.
• Cash, Johnny. (2002). “Hurt”. YouTube, uploaded September 13, 2019.

Website:

• maryfairhustbreen.ca: We Were Here Project. 2025.