Recommended
core
reading and resources to help you create an ethical will
Ethical
Wills: Putting Your Values on Paper, 2nd edition
 by
Barry K. Baines, M.D. Da Capo Press, 2006. This
comprehensive, step-by-step
resource gently guides you through the process of creating what can be
one of the most valuable and cherished documents you leave behind.
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Women's
Lives, Women's Legacies: Passing Your Beliefs and Blessings to Future
Generations:
Creating Your Own Spiritual-Ethical Will by Rachael Freed
This book
shows women how to create an enduring document that expresses who they
are, what they value, and how they want to be remembered.
The
Ethical Will Writing Guide Workbook
by
Barry K. Baines, MD, 2001
Contains
background information
on ethical wills with a complete outline structure and item choices to
help you create a first draft in about an hour. An ideal approach to
use
if you need something to go on right away.
The
Ethical Will Resource Kit
 by
Barry K. Baines, MD, 1998
The "kit"
contains background
information on ethical wills, a series of easy-to-follow exercises to
create
your ethical will, a number of examples of modern ethical wills, space
for note-taking and jotting down ideas, and a list of additional
references. Both
available at Brochin's
Book and Gift Shop. Call toll-free: 1-877-827-7323.
Also
available
through Amazon.com
The
Wealth of Your Life: A Step-by-Step Guide for Creating Your Ethical Will
(Spiral-bound) by Susan Turnbull
An excellent edition to the resources available to help people create
an ethical will.
So
That Your Values Live On
by Jack Riemer
and Nathaniel
Stampfer, Jewish Lights Publishing, 1991
One of the
first books published
on ethical wills. Provides valuable information on ethical wills and
many
examples from the 1800's through the 1970's.
Tuesdays
With Morrie
 by
Mitch Albom, Doubleday, 1997
This book
provides the essence
of what ethical wills are all about. Morrie's story is told with
compassion
and courage.
Man's
Search For Meaning
 by
Viktor E. Frankl, Simon and Schuster, 1984
This book
stresses our ability
to transcend suffering and find meaning in our lives regardless of the
life circumstances within which we find ourselves.
From
Age-ing to Sage-ing
by Zalman
Schacter-Shalomi
and Ronald Miller, Warner Books, 1997
A guidebook
to the aging process.
Presents a profound new vision for growing older. Many exercises
suggested
in this book are helpful to the process of writing an ethical
will.
Kitchen
Table Wisdom:Stories That Heal
 by
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, Riverhead Books, 1997
This
incredibly powerful book
will help the reader to understand the power of their personal stories.
The on-line reviews provide the best description of this book.
Additional
suggestions and
visitor recommendations
The
Gift of You: How to Tell Your Loved Ones Who You Really Are by
Bill McCord
Choice
at the End of Life: Finding Out What Your Parents Want Before it's Too
Late, by Linda Norlander, RN, MS and Kerstin McSteen, RN, MS
Calling
the Circle: The First and Future Culture, by Christina Baldwin
Feasting
the Heart, by Reynolds Price
Days
of Grace: A Memoir, by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad
Tell
me a Story: The Life-shaping Power of our Stories by Dan
Taylor
Legacy:
A Step by Step Guide to Writing Your Personal History by Linda
Spence
Letters
to My Children: A Father Passes on His Values by Daniel Taylor
From
Beginning to End by Robert Fulghum
The
Diving Bell and the Butterfly : A Memoir of Life in Death
Jean-Dominique
Bauby
The
Path: Creating Your Personal Mission Statement for Work and Life by
Laurie Beth Jones
My
Grandfathers Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging
by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.
The
Book Of Jewish Values: A Day-to-day Guide to Ethical Living by
Rabbi
Joseph Telushkin
Let
Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker J.
Palmer
The
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Spiritual
Literacy by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Seat
of the Soul by Gary Zukav
Final
Gifts by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
Create
Your Personal Sacred Text by Bobbi L. Parish
Tear
Soup by Pat Schweibert, Chuch DeKlyen, illustrated by Taylor Bills
To
Our Children's Children: Preserving Family Histories for Generations to
Come by Bob Greene and D.G. Fulford
Everything
I Know: Basic Life Rules From a Jewish Mother by Sharon
Strassfeld
Put
Your Heart on Paper: Staying Connected in a Loose-Ends World by
Henriette Anne Klauser
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