Sue Brayne originally trained as a nurse. She has an MA in the Rhetoric and Rituals of Death (King Alfreds, Winchester), a second MA in Creative Writing (Oxford Brookes) and a PGCE in adult education. For many years she worked at a therapist, specialising in trauma, end of life issues, bereavement and grief. Led by neuropsychiatrist Dr Peter Fenwick, she was an honorary researcher into a five-year retrospective study on end-of-life experiences and is the author of The D-Word: talking about dying, Sex, Meaning and the Menopause, and co-author of Nearing the End of Life: a guide for relatives, friends and carers. Currently Sue runs pop-up Death Cafes, workshops, retreats and training programmes which address end-of life-issues and our relationship with mortality.
Living Fully, Dying Consciously takes you on a profound journey through the rigours of the human condition to understand how spiritual wellbeing generates a healthier world for all of us, and that we are indeed, just passing through this physical existence. Many people understand this following a near-death experience, and it's so good to read a book that wakes you up to the importance of engaging with what mortality really means. Dr Penny Sartori author of The Wisdom of Near-Death ExperiencesIn this time of escalating health needs that no system can hope to meet, Sue Brayne re-acquaints us with the complex truth of the human condition and offers us ways not of curing it, but enduring it - with grace, wisdom, courage and compassion. Her book will make you feel like a better and more complete being.' Paul Wilson, lead for prevention, mental health and wellbeing for Bristol, North Somerset and South GloucestershireSue Brayne does not pretend that life is easy. Rather she tackles the heart of the human condition by exploring why so many of us are frightened of death and therefore scared of life. This is a very important book which should be read by young and old alike. Sue's wisdom is profound and we all need to be inspired by her message that living consciously creates a much better world. Peter Fenwick, Author, Shining Light on Transcendence: The unconventional journey of a Neuroscientist Sue Brayne's clear no-nonsense approach to living and dying is refreshing and important. Here she shares her wider vision of the meaning of having a human life based on many years of careful work and reflection. Liz Rothschild - Director of the Kicking the Bucket Festival, Oxford .
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