{"product_id":"memento-mori-isbn-9780593713440","title":"Memento Mori","description":"\u003cb\u003eA transformative guide to embrace your own mortality and live a more fulfilling life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalking about death has been deemed morbid, taboo, or even pathological. But in order to fully embrace life, scientists, psychologists, and spiritual leaders all agree—contemplating death is the key to living a life with meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis life-changing book will give you a 12 week program to befriend death in your own way, creating your own personal, daily meditation on what it means to be mortal. Through personal anecdotes, historical examples, meditations, exercises, journal prompts, and reflections, you will learn to both come to terms with what death means and to live alongside it without fear. In doing so, you will see your own life in a new light and discover what makes life worth living. After all, there’s no better motivation to seize the day than a regular reminder that your days are numbered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you're struggling with anxiety, grieving a loved one, or seeking a greater sense of purpose, \u003ci\u003eMemento Mori\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable guide to living a life of greater meaning and joy.\"Joanna Ebenstein has studied, and more importantly, lived this practice of death engagement for decades. This makes her one of the people I most trust to guide us through the pain, joy, fear, and ultimate euphoria of facing our own mortality.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Caitlin Doughty, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and founder of Order of the Good Death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There could be no better guide than Joanna Ebenstein to the enriching and startlingly uplifting benefits of confronting our mortality. This wonderfully readable, witty, practical yet philosophically profound book has the power shift your perspective and lead you into a more intense experience of life.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e– Oliver Burkeman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFour Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoughtful, erudite survey through history and across cultures for all of us who wonder about death in order to lead more meaningful lives.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Steve Leder, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty of What Remains\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor You When I Am Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Can contemplating and even befriending death allow us to live more fully? Joanna Ebenstein uses a multicultural and historical lens to make a compelling case for just that. A thought-provoking and fascinating guide to trading fear for curiosity in pursuit of joy and meaning in our finite time here.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Suzy Hopkins, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat to Do When I'm Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “There is no better person than Joanna Ebenstein to help someone come to terms with death and dying. \u003ci\u003eMemento Mori \u003c\/i\u003eis a crucially important read for anyone who is going to eventually die, which is all of us. This incredible book spells out the steps everyone should take to make those inevitable death experiences more manageable. Not since Elizabeth Kübler-Ross has an author done more to help readers of all ages and backgrounds plan for their final days.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Dr. John Troyer, Death Studies Scholar-at-Large, Centre for Death and Society (UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"For well over fifteen years, Joanna Ebenstein has been at the forefront of conversations around how we think about death and the cultural rituals that surround it. Throughout it all, her approach has always been simultaneously serious and curious: sensitive to all the difficult and complex emotions involved while still maintaining a sense of wonder and excitement. \u003ci\u003eMemento Mori\u003c\/i\u003e shows her at her absolute best: open, engaging, and full of wisdom--an excellent and thought-provoking book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Colin Dickey, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhostland: An American History in Haunted Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What if regularly contemplating the thing we most fear could have incredible benefits, not just for us but for all of society? This book offers a chance to transform your life in profound, deeply courageous ways, and it also serves as a fascinating tour through the history and culture of death acceptance.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e— Bess Lovejoy, author of \u003ci\u003eRest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Joanna Ebenstein has succeeded in making death fascinating, transformative, and even friendly in this poetic and engaging book. This book made me laugh, brought me to tears, intrigued me, instructed me, and delivered on its promise to make me reflect on what mattered most—it enhanced my life. It initiates an appreciation of what is most important amid the busyness of our daily lives. Ebenstein has written the modern book of the dead, a guidebook about death, but significantly, about life and how to achieve a life well lived.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-- Diana Walsh Pasulka, Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, and author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cosmic: Religion, UFOs, and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanna Ebenstein\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and creative director of Morbid Anatomy. An internationally recognized death expert, her books include \u003ci\u003eMemento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life, Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath: A Graveside Companion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomical Venus\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also an award winning curator, photographer, and graphic designer, and teacher of the many times sold out class Memento Mori: Befriending Death with Art, History and the Imagination.","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304716226789,"sku":"NP9780593713440","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593713440.jpg?v=1767732537","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/memento-mori-isbn-9780593713440","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}