I return again to Joan Halifax’s book called Being With Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness In The Presence of Death.

Today’s podcast talks about caregivers falling prey to certain behavioral traps.  These serve as red flags and psychological impairment blocking enlightened responses for the person who is dying. Archetypes serve to act as guides to these challenges.

There’s a shadow side to every archetype and this podcast touches on them.

We are first of all human beings. We have the good the bad and the ugly contained in our potential. The anecdote is humility and the beginners mind.