Tag: Conversation

• Talk is cheap. Burials are not: Why only telling people what you want for your funeral is not enough

  Amber Carvaly is back on Death & the Maiden today to discuss a subject very close to her heart. As one half of Undertaking LA, Amber encourages anybody and everybody to talk about death, dying and their wishes for the end of life. Although this is important (and she makes clear it absolutely is) Amber…

  Death and the Maiden

  08/08/2016

  Guest Post

  America, Burial, Burial Shrouds, Change, Choice, Considerations, Conversation, Culture, Deadmaidens, Death, DIY Funeral, Funeral, Honesty, Modern Funeral, Money, Natural Burial, Planning, Ritual, Tradition, Undertaking LA, USA

• Death Dialogue in the City

  Founder of The Parlor, Emerita Colon is all about launching mortality awareness is Chicago. Her own positive experience of a funeral “gotten right” in 2005 begged the question, why aren’t all funerals like this?  Working in the world of death midwifery allows Emerita to contribute to a more community-direct, spiritual, hands and heart-oriented model of…

  Death and the Maiden

  21/08/2015

  Guest Post

  Career, Change, Chicago, Community, Compassion, Conversation, Deadmaidens, Death, Death Care, Death Midwives, Empowerment, End of Life Care, Experiences, Funeral, Mourning Cafe, Spiritual, Support, The Parlor