The Reflective, Facilitative and Interpretive Practices of the Coordinated Management of Meaning: Making Lives, Making Meaning, showcases practical applications of the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM). In the facilitation section, CMM creates dynamics within groups leading toward improved ways of working together; in the interpretation section CMM offers alternative frames to interpret interactions with one another; and in the reflection section CMM is a means to reflect o...

This book is for those at or nearing the end stages of their lives and for those who are dear to them. Following on the heels of Dr. Elizabeth Kübler Ross, I see that there is once again a need to change the way we in our society perceive the death transition. There is a continuum I believe we need to acknowledge and come to terms with before we face the conclusion of our human experience on this earth. I emphasize "before" because when someone is in the throes of grief (for one's own life...