Our mission
is to enhance quality of life by promoting
the twin states of completion and readiness among
aging or terminally ill individuals and their loved ones
by providing outreach opportunities
education, investigation,and planning.

End of Life Development supports individual, family, and community efforts
to thoughtfully and creatively prepare for death.

“The opportunity to complete a life in all of its developmental aspects usually appears to allow one to let go of that life with less anguish than that experienced by those who, having reached adulthood, are called to leave life with a perception and a feeling of having much undone.”

Kathleen Dowling Singh



End of Life Development rises to meet the next great global wave of understanding; a recognition that our end-of-life time is one of opportunity for growth, expansion, and fulfillment.

We believe that people everywhere deserve life-long education
about any and all aspects of death, dying,
and the mystery of our final earthly transition.



“As our times and circumstances change, we need new language. We need the elderly to become elders…to be kind ought to mean welcoming younger relatives help, and to be brave ought to mean accepting the dependency that old-old age will bring. We can reassure the old that by showing their children how to cope, they will teach them and their children how well this last stage can be managed. This information is not peripheral but rather something everyone will need to know.”

Mary Pipher, Ph.D.

“Three things
differentiate living from the soul versus living from ego only. They are: the ability to sense and learn new ways, the tenacity to ride a rough road, and the patience to learn deep love over time"

Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph. D

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Joseph Goldstein