Scared to Death and Showing Up Anyway: The Heroism of Being There with Grief and Grievers
Katy Friedman Miller |
TEDxVanderbiltUniversity
• November 2019
In our lives, we will all face illness, grief and death, but so often we avoid even thinking about these things because we are afraid or feel totally inadequate. When a person works in healthcare or any field that forces an ongoing relationship with illness and death, it might seem like the act of a brave person to even go to work. But, in the end, even hospice workers are just regular people. We are all regular, scared people. And we need each other - even when our words are imperfect and our insides quake.