tiktok tuesday: we cut work for a #forestbathing experience
the term forest bathing actually originates from 1980s japan, where the practice of shinrin-yoku became a popular antidote to the complicated demands of daily life.
machado: would you stop taking life-saving medication if the side effects made it hard to be alive?
we tend to think stopping treatment that is extending survival is a choice between living or dying, but perhaps it's simply deciding how you want spend your life on your way to death.
machado: death is absolutely certain. so why are we always surprised?
having open conversations about the end might not only ensure that more of us have the death we want, but caregivers would have no regrets.