Local Author Visit with L. Saxon Elliott, Psy.D.

Join us for a book reading and conversation with local author L. Saxon Elliott, Psy.D., author of “Death Without Fear: Collective Wisdom for Making Peace with Mortality”. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event. Half of all proceeds will be donated to The Friends of Westhampton Public Library. Special thanks to the Friends of Westhampton Library and the Lyn Keating Programming Fund for sponsoring this event.

Fear of death is primal and universal, an inexorable part of the human condition. And yet, it’s such a private pain, rarely discussed. Our death-phobic Western culture perpetuates denial and avoidance. Whether you fear your own death or the death of loved ones, whether you fear being dead or the process of dying, whether your anxiety is the background noise of everyday life or the deafening din of existential crisis, there’s relief at hand.

Informed by over 40 years of clinical experience, this transformative book contains a curated collection of the most resonant philosophical, spiritual, psychological, and practical answers to death anxiety. From the ancient wisdom of sages and shamans to contemporary, empirically derived approaches, it offers time-tested tools to overcome your fear of death and live more freely and fully. Abundant guided exercises facilitate self-reflection, insight, and application. This authoritative yet accessible manual for mortals empowers you to embrace your mortality and awaken to your aliveness.

DR. L. SAXON ELLIOTT is a practicing clinical psychologist, death doula, and end-of-life educator based in Western Massachusetts. An ardent evangelist of the death-positive movement, she founded The Examined DeathTM, a suite of mortality-facing resources to transform our individual and collective relationship with death…and with life. www.theexamineddeath.com

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