Where Souls Meet: Caring for the Seriously Ill (2 Vol. Set)

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Summary: Where Souls Meet: Communicating with the Terminally Ill
Review: After reading this book, I was faced with the reality that everyone will have to take care of someone who is nearing death at one point in their life. Before I read this book, I researched the author and found that he had been taking care of the elderly for years and had been a care-taker to many people throughout his life. He was walking the walk. I myself have never been in a situation where I would need to guide a loved one into their final days on this earth. It was never a topic of conversation either, until I read this book that a friend recommended to me. After I read this book, I was shocked at what I had never thought about. The book teaches you how to nurture a loved one who might be coming upon their final days. It talks about situations that you would never think of that are very important in the last days of a persons life. I will have this book in my home until the day that it is time for me to pass. It is an invaluable tool that everyone can use and benefit from. I would recommend this to everyone, whether they know someone who is dying or not.

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Summary: Compassion and Understanding at it's finest
Review: As a Certified Hospice Nurse and Hospice Administrator I have access to many tools to help both staff and loved ones through the grief journey. Where Souls Meet is both compelling and insightful. From introduction to appendix this book provides each reader with guidance and support through the most difficult time most of us will experience - the loss of a loved one. As we anticipate death, like life, we are faced with many challenges and obstacles. This book offers both inspiration and suggestions to help ease the fear. Dillon writes and shares with a level of emotion and realism that will help both caregivers and professionals alike. Share this book with a friend!

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Summary: AWESOME AND INSPIRING
Review: AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE CAN FEEL THERE IS NO HOPE, COMES A BEAUTIFUL RAY OF SUNSHINE. DILLON'S INSITE AND DIRECTION IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. AS A HOSPICE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, THIS BOOK HAS PUT NEW INSPIRATION INTO MY JOB. I HAVE A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND INSITE INTO HOW TO HELP OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR PATIENT'S AND FAMILIES DEAL WITH THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME OF THEIR LIFE. HAVING LOST CLOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS PERSONALLY, WHERE SOLES MEET HAS HELPED ME RESOLVE PERSONAL ISSUES AND HAS GIVEN ME A PEACE IN MY HEART I HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE. I PLAN TO INCORPORATE THIS BOOK INTO OUR TRAINING CLASSES AND HAVE COPIES AVAILABLE FOR OUR PATIENTS. I HAD THE GREAT HONOR OF MEETING DILLON EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO HAS A CHANCE TO HEAR HIM IN CONCERT OR AT A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT TO DO SO WITHOUT HESITATION.

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Summary: A Great Guide
Review: I have been fortunate enough in my life, to not have lost too many people. Yet, I've had a very close friend saying goodbye to his parent due to the uncureable disease Cancer. I was searching for a way to help him. I found this book, and had the opportunity to pass it on. Coping with something like this can be impossible to talk about. And I found that it comforted him and helped in ways I couldn't. It gave him guidance and strength. I commend Dillon Woods, the author for his humanitarian approach in life, and for taking the time to reach out to so many people who in times like these are often abandoned.

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Summary: An excellent read
Review: This book offers the very information people really need at the most difficult time in their life. Talking to other people about someone dying is usually a frustrating experience - they just don't understand. This writer does, and addresses issues only someone who has been through it understands. It's a great resource and a real lifeline for the living to the dying.

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Summary: A tool for living as well as dying
Review: Where Souls Meet offers an enormously practical guide to anyone experiencing their own or someone elses dying process, as well as a thoughtful invitation to consider the quality of consciousness one brings to relationship in general. It's said that we die much the same way we live, and Dillon's intimate sharing of his own experience enables the reader to touch their own conflicting feelings around a very difficult and inevitable part of life with compassion, humor, and blessed acceptance. Reading this book creates a larger space in which to be human - a great gift at any stage of living.