talking about death

In today's episode, I speak with Annie Whitlocke a Death Doula from Melbourne, Australia. Annie explains her role as a death doula and how the privilege of caring for those coming to the end of their life has reinforced the importance and value of talking openly about death, during life. This episode of What About Death is hosted by Tsultrim and this episode was edited by Kiara Fauzi. Special thanks to Verena Coombs, Joshua Byrd, Adair Sheppard, and Shannon Callender, and the whole Karuna team. Brought to you by karuna.org.au https://karuna.org.au/donate-karuna/ Music: Bling Heights by Ahjay Stelino If listening to these podcasts raises any concerns or issues for you please contact Lifeline on 131114 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.

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"There's just so few conversations, like the most that I can get families to tell me is, okay, they want to be cremated" ~ Lisa Pahl

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And heartfelt Thanks to Gabe Dovaston for the music!

Nicholas Goodman talks about his experience working in a hospice and how he has learnt to sit with death and dying. Death and dying are subjects that are very taboo in the western world, keeping death and the process hidden from view, as per the norms in western medicine as well. Comparing this with Eastern beliefs, that grieve and mourn widely in public, we can see why so many of us in North America are afraid to die. In this conversation, we talk about processing the death and dying of our family and loved ones, and the impact that this grieving process has on us.

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