This Hospice Nurse Is Educating People About The “Actively Dying” Phase Of Death To Alleviate People’s Fears, And It’s Eye-Opening

“Even if all of your loved ones in your life are healthy right now, I think education will help you in the future. But in general, I think just even acknowledging that this is a part of life. People think, ‘Oh, my God, I can’t do that. That’s too scary. That’s too awful. It’ll make me too sad.’ I have seen the opposite. People who are willing to go there, seem to be freer, and seem to have more peace, and less fear,” she said.

Overall, Julie just wants people to understand that when we are more understanding of death and dying, we can alleviate fear and better be there for our loved ones in their final stages, as well as ourselves.

“Like I said, it’s just this whole idea that people need to understand that the body is built to die,” she shared. “The less we mess with the body’s ability to help us die, usually the more peaceful it is.”