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Radio 4,4 mins

Confronting death can give you a new meaning

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Oliver Burkeman talks to Rebecca Green, an End of Life Companion, or non-medical companionship for people close to death. Many of us see death as the most negative of all experiences. Could there really be a path to happiness through thinking more about our own, and our loved ones', mortality? First broadcast on The Power of Negative Thinking, 25 November 2016.

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