Author William Peters is a licensed psychotherapist and author of At Heaven’s Door.  In our discussion he describes his own personal experience with a Shared Death Experience (SDE) as a volunteer at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco. That experience, along with previous life events, motivated William to spend the next 20 years researching and gathering stories of other people’s “shared crossing” experiences.  He’s the co-founder of The Shared Crossing Project (sharedcrossing.com), an organization “dedicated to raising awareness and educating people about shared crossings, which are transformative and healing experiences reported by dying persons as well as their loved ones and caregivers.” According to the Shared Crossing Project website “As the Director of the Shared Crossing Research Initiative (SCRI), William and his research team collect and study extraordinary end-of-life experiences (shared crossings).  He is recognized by many as the world’s leading authority on the shared death experience (SDE) having developed research-based typologies that classify the full range of SDEs. He also created the Spectrum of End-of-Life Experiences, a user-friendly guide to assist the dying, caregivers and health care professionals in navigating and understanding phenomena that can manifest at end of life.”   If you’re interested in learning more about SDEs, or you have an SDE story to share with the Shared Crossing Project, connect with William and his team at sharedcrossing.com/contact.  You can purchase William’s book at Amazon, Indie Bound, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.  

Connect with the Shared Crossing Project at sharedcrossing.com. Share your SDE as a Get answers to your questions about Shared Crossings/Shared Death Experiences here. Connect with William Peters via email at william@sharedcrossing.com. If you’re an individual who wants to share your story of a Shared Death Experience, click here. If you’re a healthcare provider and want to share your SDE story, click here. Find more information about hospice philosophy, end of life care, and self care for both personal and professional caregivers here.  Send your questions and comments to host@theheartofhospice.com.  We’d love to hear from you! Find more podcast episodes from The Heart of Hospice here: https://theheartofhospice.libsyn.com/