Judith M. Stillion, PhD, CT, is professor emerita of psychology and currently serves as a consultant on a variety of issues, including end-of-life issues, meaningful aging, positive psychology applied to grieving and dying, and strategic planning and facilitation of grief groups. Her varied career includes teaching and counseling in the public schools and at the university level. She began teaching the psychology of death and dying in 1975 and continued for more than 20 years. She also served as associate and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Western Carolina University, associate vice p...