Exit Strategy: Leaving this Life with Grace and Gratitude, a book by Kelsey Collins

This is what people are saying about Exit Stategy

"On rare occasion, someone writes a book that actually shakes up the status quo in an area. Kelsey Collins has deftly and courageously done just that in "Exit Strategy." She takes on the very essence of elder care in western society and forces our guilt, shame and fear out into the open. Even more importantly, she explodes the myth that these or any negative emotions must predominate the process of aging and dying. She elucidates brilliantly how mirth and lightness of being can guide the exit process and underscores repeatedly the learning that can occur to the moment of departure, for both the patient and caregiver. Her writing provides deeply moving testament to the depth of healing that occurs when one faces their own fears and charts a course to forgiveness. Furthermore, it humanizes the aging process in a "no holds barred" manner that gently forces us to recognize we are not only all in this together; we are also all going to exit at some point, and maybe, just maybe, having our own exit strategies will help us to live each day we have here more fully, more genuinely and more lovingly."
Terrance W. Dushenko, Ph.D.
Director, Dept. of Behavioral Medicine
St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, California
and
President/CEO
Soul Purpose
and Health Psychology Associates
"This book is a loving tribute to Bee Landis, showing her spunk, humor and wisdom. Bee was a blessing to everyone who met her. We all remember her with love."
Louise Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life.
No one knows Bee and her light and wisdom as well as Kelsey Collins. Exit Strategy captures all that is Bee and the messages she sends to the world. My own exit strategy has changed because of Bee’s message and she taught me that growing old can be pretty cool.
Jerry Vaculin, Executive Director, Bishop Care Center

From the delightful "Bee-isms" to the profound wisdom spoken by a sage elder, author Kelsey Collins skillfully shares with us the joy of truly knowing another human being in a spiritual and intimate way. She reminds us of the often forgotten riches that reside in the beings of the elderly. Through her writing, she encourages us to "adopt an elder" as she adopted her friend and mentor, Bee.
Ron Scolastico, Ph.D. author of The Earth Adventure and Becoming Enlightened

A tour de force for our time, Exit Strategy: Leaving this Life with Grace and Gratitude, is equally compelling as an antidote to American cultural misgivings about aging and death as it is a model for every caregiver of the elderly and dying. With deft writing, Kelsey Collins captures the psychological and spiritual processes that lead to a “good” death. Her experiences also open avenues for reflection and discussion about how to plan for dying and death. The extraordinary examples set by Collins and her elderly adoptee, Bee, will linger long after the book is closed.
Lois A. Vitt, Ph.D., Financial Gerontologist and Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance.
In the west especially, we have long tended to view death and dying as subjects to avoid, as if ignoring them would make them go away. The challenge is even worse with our elders. Not since the Levine’s brilliantly asked us to examine what we'd do differently if we knew we had only a year left to live has anyone so courageously tackled the subjects of death, dying and the how-to’s of living to and through the transition.
Terrance W. Dushenko, Ph.D.
Director, Dept. of Behavioral Medicine
St. Mary Medical Center,Long Beach, California
and
President/CEO
Soul Purpose
and Health Psychology Associates

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