Death Doula WI

10/28/2024

Green funeral facts: Recompose

10/28/2024

Hey Death Doulas, Wanna learn about advance directives? Oct. 30th.

The GOOD DEATH SEMINAR SERIES has been amazing!

Here is what someone just shared:

"That was magnificent! I was trained as a palliative care counsellor at a very prominent residence in the greater Montreal area. Our training was exceptional. I never thought anything would exceed that threshold but you did it Suzanne. Simply wonderful GOOD DEATH Seminar presentation. I hope to catch all the other 11 workshops as well. Grateful"

Just wanted to share this free GOOD DEATH Seminar Series that is just fantastic! They are LIVE Zoom events that include workbooks and group discussions.

NEXT LIVE ZOOM is: Oct 30, 2024 What is an Advance Directive? Are they legally binding? What you NEED to do to make it a legal medical order: The POLST form.

Here is the link to the next one! SAVE YOUR SEAT Here 👇https://thegooddeathbook.com/the-good-death-seminar-series/seminar-3/

05/01/2024

I look forward to the day this is closer to home for me.

03/10/2024

2024 Best of the Chippewa Valley
Best Law Firm: Wills, Trusts & Estates

03/10/2024

2024 Best of the Chippewa Valley
Best Funeral Homes

03/10/2024

Did you know the ADRC (aging and Disability Resource Center) of Eau Claire has a podcast with inspiring talks about aging well in the Chippewa Valley? Check out the Journey Ahead Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts:

Journey Ahead features upbeat conversations with area experts on how you or your aging loved ones can live life to the fullest in the Chippewa Valley. Hosted by Lisa Wells of the Aging & ...

03/10/2024

I love the Volume One Death& Taxes issues!
How to plan ahead with a power of attorney.

It’s no exaggeration that most of of would rather think of anything else than about making challenging end-of-life decisions. But those decisions inevitably will have to be made ...

03/10/2024

Upcoming Death Cafes in the Chippewa Valley at the library

Death Cafe by Brandi Smith | Feb 26, 2024 | Home Page | 0 comments Upcoming dates: March 15, April 19, May 17 Fridays, 1 pm—2:30 pm Enjoy a beverage, eat a snack, and discuss death and dying! Upcoming dates: March 15, April 19, May 17 During this informal event we will gather together for an open ...

03/10/2024

Upcoming grief circle in Eau Claire:

No matter where we are on life’s journey, there is one path we will inevitably travel – likely repeatedly: the path of grief. Whether it’s the loss of a parent, a spouse, a child, or some other loved one that puts us on the path, it will be an emotional journey that may ...

11/03/2023

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-oldest-known-burial-site-in-the-world-wasnt-made-by-our-species

Paleontologists in South Africa said they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavior.

09/27/2023

A slight different flavor to this lovely poem, when I apply it to a final resting place. 💚

Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver

I thought the earth
remembered me, she
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds. I slept
as never before, a stone
on the riverbed, nothing
between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated
light as moths among the branches
of the perfect trees. All night
I heard the small kingdoms breathing
around me, the insects, and the birds
who do their work in the darkness. All night
I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling
with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.

09/27/2023

Nick Cave reflects on life, legacy, loss and grief.

"My legacy is not for me to decide. I am doing my best in my own way to improve the condition of the world. This seems like a lofty ambition, but it is not, it is the task that is given to us all."

Singer-songwriter, who just released paperback edition of ‘Faith, Hope and Carnage,’ book also talks about social media’s corrosiveness, his comedic side and how, surprisingly, he…

08/16/2023

If ya'll only knew how HARD I LAUGHED at this movie 😂 😂 😂

I'm renaming "Existential Crisis Barbie" to "Death Doula Barbie"

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06/11/2023

Listen.

🎙New Podcast Episode🎙
Behind the Bangs w/ Caitlin Doughty

I was first introduced to Caitlin Doughty The Order of the Good Death through the Ask a Mortician YouTube channel in 2012. Caitlin was the first funeral director (and might I add first female funeral director) that I ever saw articulacy, honestly and publicly discuss the good, bad, and ugly about the death care industry while challenging the way we “do death” in this country. She was also the first person to encourage me to expand my blogspot.com blog into a YouTube page.

Over the years I have watched not only her YouTube channel, but she and her career blossom. The thing that I respect most about Caitlin is that though she has amassed countless supporters through her books, social media, public speaking and non-profit, she seems to remain grounded while balancing the role of the observer and advocate.

I recently interviewed Caitlin for the Death and Grief Talk Podcast and consider this episode to be Milestone for The Grave Woman because Caitlin is truly someone in this industry that not only look up to but respect. During our time together I connect with Caitlin heart to heart as she shares how she maintains the balance of her online success and real-life experience, practices self-care, avoids appropriating those that invite her into their sacred space of loss, grief, and celebration and much more.

The greatest take away from our interview is that though speaking truth to power, advocacy, educating and speaking up for others can be exhausting, BUT the work that so many of us are doing in death care to create a more equitable, option focused and leveled environment for consumers and death care professionals alike is necessary and not without the reward of positive progressive change.

Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Vb6y9VcrT6o0dI6KVDBk

Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/B2GuWxpiPFA

Listen on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/death-grief-talk-with-the-grave-woman/id1544895995?i=1000604337953

06/11/2023

Is NOR in your state?

Exciting news to share: Nevada's governor has signed a bill into law allowing natural organic reduction (NOR) - aka human composting - as a green funeral method in the silver state.

Nevada follows Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, California, and New York, making it seven U.S. states that now allow this ecological option.

Thank you to all the grassroots advocates who helped AB289 pass through Senate and Assembly. We are very proud of this exciting milestone. The death care revolution continues.

04/04/2023

How one Doula (whom I admire and adore) brings together support. 💖

Jane Schostag doesn’t shy away from discussions about death, even her own.