Dying into a Living World: Animism and Deathcare
This is one of those conversations that ranges far beyond the principles and practices of Sacred Deathcare, into how deathwork relates to larger cultural forces.
This is one of those conversations that ranges far beyond the principles and practices of Sacred Deathcare, into how deathwork relates to larger cultural forces.
Becoming curious about death is a normal developmental stage. Our role is to gently help children find a way to hold and be with this life experience, and to prepare them for the deaths that they will experience in their lives.
The intensity of emotion you need to process after a loved one’s last breath can leave you so overwhelmed that you’re not able to receive the healing the funeral has to offer.
In this conversation, Julie jumps right to the interesting questions and many people have said that this is one of their favorite interviews.
My mom told me about working as a travelling home economist in the early 1960’s. An elderly woman pulled her aside one day, and in all seriousness, asked her where heaven was.
Carina Lyall’s Becoming Nature podcast explores “ceremony, community, elderhood, expression, keeping it real, life and its medicine.”
Karen Wyatt is a retired hospice doctor, and her podcast, End of Life University, has been a mainstay of the holistic death movement for years.
It was a windy day at the hospital today, as I had one final scan before my surgery at 10:30 tomorrow. I take the words of this dedication seriously, and pray for such wisdom, courage, grace, and compassion in this journey. After a big process of discernment, I’m having a lumpectomy + radiation, and I…
A thousand thank-you’s for the beautiful responses to my announcements that I’m dancing with cancer again. I can’t tell you how meaningful your support is. I’m especially grateful for the women who shared their own cancer stories with me. I’m heading into surgery on Friday. I’m feeling optimistic, well-equipped, and confident in my surgeon and…
Many, many thanks for all the love I’ve received after my recent post about my cancer diagnosis. It makes a huge difference to feel such support, and I appreciate it enormously! I want to share this update about my decision-making process, and what I’m learning about myself as I navigate it. It’s been a very…
I have some not-great news to share. After my journey with breast cancer in 2019, I thought I was out of the woods. Unfortunately, I have another tumor. The news isn’t good, but it’s not as bad as it could be. For that I’m very grateful. My lymph nodes look clear, the tumor is small,…
Melody and I explore how the environments around us impact how we live and die We also talk about the collective death and rebirth period we’re currently navigating.
Michael and I unpack what a ritual is, explore how grief and grieving differ, and how to understand our life as a spiral rather than a linear trajectory.
This conversation covers a host of topics, including grieving, mourning and healing at a distance, rituals for pregnancy loss, and creating new cultural models for meeting grief and loss.
I really appreciate the generous response to my last post. Social media is a complex beast, but when it’s good, it’s very good, and it’s been very good to me in many ways. Thank you. Part of my healing journey around cancer has been to get clear on who I am, and to shift my…
Hello Friends I’ve been quietly back in social media land for a bit, but I wanted to make a post to really arrive here after my hiatus. July 9th will mark one year since my diagnosis of breast cancer, and it’s hard to believe that I’ve almost made a full cycle of the seasons with…
Hello Friends (There’s an explanation for the fuzzy photo, read on.) I’ve been under the radar for a few months, as I navigate this journey with breast cancer. Here’s a quick update before I disappear again. I’m happy to announce that I’m finished all my treatments, and I’m officially no longer a “cancer patient” in…
Rituals are a powerful healing tool for shifting the energetic pattern in a situation or in a space. A ritual can help you move that energy of grief so it doesn’t get bogged up inside you.
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