Struggling to cope with an impending loss or recent bereavement? Discover a blend of commonsense and spiritual practices that restore peace.

Afraid of facing your end? Do you have a loved one or relative approaching their last days? Worried you or those close to you won't be able to handle the grief? Author and longtime Buddhist Margaret Meloni, PhD spent years applying the practice to transform her fear of losing dear ones and reframe death as a friendly companion. Now she's here to share the powerful wisdom that can aid you in your darkest moment of need.

Sitting with Death: Buddhist Insights to Help You Face Your Fears and Live a Peaceful Life is a collection of common themes from twelve accomplished teachers showing the practical methods for dealing with nature's inevitable plan. Following the traditional teachings of the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, Meloni lays out the myriad ways you can learn to come to terms with such a momentous finality. And by soaking up the depth of loving knowledge provided, you'll gain clarity and closure on the way back to joy.

In Sitting with Death, you'll discover:

• Reflections on encounters with mortality through real experience, enabling you to prepare emotionally
• Ways to embrace the power of impermanence as part of living your life to its fullest
• How to feel more at peace even through the discomfort, so that beginnings, middles, and ends are equally celebrated Techniques for going beyond fear and anxiety, accepting sadness, and finding serenity
• Methods for helping others through suffering, enlightened mindsets, and much, much more!

Sitting with Death is a gentle and warm guide to confronting life's greatest unknown. If you like honest and heartfelt conversations, real-world examples, and liberating philosophies, then you'll greatly appreciate Margaret Meloni's compassionate resource.

Sitting With Death: Buddhist Insights to Help You Face Your Fears and Live a Peaceful Life, Margaret Meloni, The Publishing Portal, Paperback, 167 pages, $18.95

Margaret Meloni is a Buddhist practitioner who might carpool with the Grim Reaper, but wishes that he would stay out of her kayak and off her paddleboard. Especially when he is not willing to do any of the work! Her two cats teach her humility and subservience on a regular basis.