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Meeting our Mortality Well

Meeting our Mortality Well

Carina Lyall’s Becoming Nature podcast  explores “ceremony, community, elderhood, expression, keeping it real, life and its medicine.”

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The Archetype of the Deathwalker

The Archetype of the Deathwalker

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.

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Spirituality and Cancer

Spirituality and Cancer

This conversation with oncologist Rob Rutledge, Psychotherapist Timothy Walker, and Chaplain David Maginley explores the spiritual dynamics of death.

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Partnering with Death and Grief

Partnering with Death and Grief

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. 

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How to Transition with Grace

How to Transition with Grace

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. 

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Grief and Ritual Healing

Grief and Ritual Healing

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.

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The Healing Power of Funerals

The Healing Power of Funerals

A heartfelt conversation about why funerals matter, and how rituals are important for both the living and the dead, and why funerals need to make space for tears and laughter.

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A Yogic Perspective on Death and Dying

A Yogic Perspective on Death and Dying

This interview explores a yogic perspective on the different types of death, how to prepare for death, and
the journey the soul takes as we leave the physical body.

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Shaman, Priestess, Mystic, Scapegoat

Shaman, Priestess, Mystic, Scapegoat

This wide-ranging interview explores the difference between The Priest/ess, The Shaman, and The Psychopomp as archetypes.

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An Interview on Practical Shamanism

An Interview on Practical Shamanism

This interview with podcast host James Stovall, delves into a fascinating array of topics about death, dying and being dead.

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A Holistic Approach to Pet Death

A Holistic Approach to Pet Death

Holistic vet Dr. Edward Bassingthwaighte interviews Sarah about what happens, energetically and spiritually, as an animal dies and how to prepare for euthanasia.

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Nature-based Rituals for Living and Dying

Nature-based Rituals for Living and Dying

In this early interview, when I was still calling myself a Death Midwife, I tell stories about clients I’ve worked with.

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Loss of a Pet or Plant Friend

Loss of a Pet or Plant Friend

This episode is dedicated to Sarah’s deceased cat, Luna, and all those who are suffering grief over the death of a beloved animal, or tree friend, or natural landscape.

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Getting Unstuck, on CBC’s Tapestry

Getting Unstuck, on CBC’s Tapestry

This interview, with me and my dad, explores his feelings about life and death from his new perspective, confined to a bed in a long-term care centre, after having had a major stroke. 

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