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death happens Death Happens, hosted by Marjorie Wingrove, brings death literacy, and education into daily conversation.

Marjorie is a death doula, and regularly hosts a Death Cafe. Death Happens explores many topics related to death, dying, and bereavement.

I feel it's so important to research the latest data, and not adhere to sensationalized rhetoric from people who are not...
25/09/2024

I feel it's so important to research the latest data, and not adhere to sensationalized rhetoric from people who are not involved in the process of MAiD.

Dr. Konia Trouton addresses misleading claims about medical assistance in dying made in a recent video by Kelsi Sheren and Jordan B. Peterson.Further reading...

Have a look at the last segment of this episode of The Social, in which Adrianna Prosser shares her experience as a deat...
17/01/2024

Have a look at the last segment of this episode of The Social, in which Adrianna Prosser shares her experience as a death doula.

Emmys red carpet fashion recap!

12/01/2024

“My first end-of-life patient was a 97-year-old man. He had a much younger girlfriend; she was seventy-four. But they loved each other so much. Back when their spouses were still alive, the four of them had been great friends. They would double date together. And when their spouses passed away—the two of them became a thing. Every day she would come over for lunch. I’d always cook a little meal for them. I’d prepare the table; I’d lay out my little candles and my little flowers. As soon as she arrived I’d put on music and dim the lights, then I’d leave the room and go wait in the bedroom. They would cuddle and snuggle. And the beauty of it was—even though he couldn’t control his fluids at that point, she never minded the smell. Her love for him was so great that they would still kiss and all that good stuff. When the doctors said that it was time for him to go to hospice, he said he didn’t want to go. He told them that he wanted to come back home and die with me. I was with him in the end. My patients never die alone. Never, ever. One week after his passing I was hired by his girlfriend’s family. She had terminal Alzheimer’s, and I ended up staying with her for seven years. I fell in love with her. We were family, just family. She used to be a tap dancer. We’d sing together. And if she didn’t feel like singing, I’d sing. Even near the end, she always knew when something was wrong with me. When I wasn’t being the Gabby that she knew-- she would always know. When the doctors said it was time for her to go to hospice, her children said: ‘We want her to die with Gabby.’ In the final days she wouldn’t eat, she’d lock her jaw. But she would always eat for me. One night I could see the fright in her eyes, and I knew it was time. My patients never die alone. Never, ever. So I climbed under the covers with her. And she passed away in my arms.”

09/01/2024

This looks so interesting.....

Delivering Death To Your Doorstep 🕊
Offering various forms of preservation & pet memorials

13/11/2023

What organic biodegradable materials can be used for a shroud suitable for natural burial?

22/09/2023

An interactive night of conversation and activities exploring how space and art can impact the experience of a medically assisted death.

25/07/2023
09/07/2023

Today would’ve been Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s 97th birthday. She’s been on my mind and in my heart a lot today. I hope she got her wish and is dancing in some other galaxy. I am so grateful for all she did in this world with helping to introduce hospice, get it paid for, teaching the world about death, dying, grief and loss. I am so grateful to be her co-author of Life Lessons, and On Grief and Grieving and a friend. Thanks Ken Ross for this sweet picture of us. Has Elisabeth impacted your life?

03/10/2022

One of the surprising things I’ve rediscovered since leaving the funeral home is an ability to cry.

As a young boy, I remember crying in front of my elementary school friends cause I felt left out of a football game. When I could finally see through my tears, the faces of my friends reinforced that adage “boys don’t cry.” I felt so embarrassed that I decided I wouldn’t let anyone see me cry again.

As an funeral director, I constantly repressed my own feelings. Most everyone in the funeral industry can dissociate with the best of them. If there were dissociation Olympics, funeral directors could represent.

Over the past 20 plus years, I may have cried 30 times. There were so many instances— especially at work— where my heart wanted to cry, but my body just couldn’t.

Today I cried. Parenting can be hard, you know? One of my boys was letting me know how upset he was. That parenting feeling of I-just-don’t-know-what-to-do rushed over me and I cried. After we co-regulated, he came over to me and we hugged.

I’m so glad I’m at a place in my life where I can model something different for my boys. I hope my tears give them permission to feel all their emotions with no shame attached.

Here’s to boys and men who know how to cry.

This is intriguing...
25/09/2022

This is intriguing...

Learn about promession, an emerging sustainable funerary process in which a body is freeze-dried and reduced to powder.

Just heard about this website. Looks good.https://readywhen.com
06/09/2022

Just heard about this website. Looks good.
https://readywhen.com

Don't leave life planning to the last second. Welcome to ReadyWhen - simple, secure, and fast digital estate management

05/09/2022
31/08/2022

Today - Wednesday at 3 pm PT/ 6 pm ET join us for this free event, Speaking with trauma expert, Gabor Maté live later today. His definition of trauma makes it so clear how grief can completely turn our lives upside down and stop us in our tracks. if you register on the link below and you can’t make it, we will send you a replay.
https://bit.ly/3dQlS0z

31/08/2022

In honor of "National Grief Awareness Day," Lisa Marie Presley penned an emotional essay about what she's learned since her son's death by su***de in 2020 at age 27

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