Reign of Terror

The Amateurs Guide to Death and Dying: A Truly Aventurous Way to Explore Your Mortality

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• published: 10 Sep 2015
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Who here is an expert in ACTUALLY dying??? Have you done it? To achieve expert status, one usually has to be proficient in something or have done something over and over again.  Hmmm... kind of tough with the death thing", eh?.  Even those who have had near death experiences are still amateurs in a way-- because they're back!  They didn't do it right the first time! ;-) This is why we LOVE the title of this book and the work that Richard Wagner, PhD has been doing for the last 30 years.  Since we are all amateurs at "the death thing", there is actually a road map for those who are dying and will be dying.  Is that you? *ABOUT OUR GUEST* Richard Wagner, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist/sex therapist in private practice in Seattle, WA, 1981 to present.  He has over 30 years of experience working with terminally ill, chronically ill, elder, and dying people in hospital, hospice, and home settings.  He facilitates support groups for care-providers as well as healing and helping professionals.  He provides grief counseling for survivors both individually and in groups settings. He is the Founder of PARADIGM/Enhancing Life Near Death, a cutting edge, health related nonprofit organization.   Dr. Wagner was awarded the prestigious University of California, San Francisco Chancellor’s Award for Public Service in 1999 for this very work.   He is also the author of Longfellow And The Deep Hidden Woods, a critically acclaimed children’s book that touches upon the topics of death and bereavement.   Dr. Wagner was born in Chicago and grew up in Niles, Illinois, a Northwest suburb. He left home to attend the seminary after high school and graduated from Oblate College in Washington, DC in 1972. He moved to Oakland, California in 1972 and studied at The Jesuit School of Theology (part of the Graduate Theological Union) in Berkeley.  He was ordained as a priest in November, 1975 and obtained his Ph.D. in 1981. Dr. Wagner lived in Oakland until 1978 and moved to San Francisco until 1999.  He then relocated to Seattle, Washington where he lives today.   Dr. Wagner has an extensive background in successfully working with the national and local media, in print and on radio and television.  He often speaks in the public forum on policy issues related to religion, human sexuality, aging and death and dying.  Dr. Wagner has also been a keynote speaker and/or presenter at numerous conventions, conferences, and symposia. *ABOUT YOUR HOSTS*