Podcasts about death midwifery

For our Samhain episode for this year, we interviewed Angela, Death Midwife and founder of Journey Home Death Care about perceptions of death and how to be advocates for our own death. We want to make a heavy content warning for discussions of death, suicide, and suicide ideation, but despite these heavy topics, Angela brings a gracious compassion to all these discussions and our conversation was very affirming. We have also included resources for suicide prevention in the show notes. Show notes and transcripts are available here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/science-witch-podcast/support

Joelle Johns believes telling people they're dying allows them to say their goodbyes, do the final things they want to do, apologize, and forgive. Joelle is a death midwife and grief counselor, as well as a pastoral thanatologist and clinical chaplain, having just completed her designation as a Board Certified Clinical Chaplain (BCC). She also holds a certificate in Death Midwifery. As a pastoral thanatologist, Joelle supports those dying and those grieving, coaching them in healthy psychospiritual habits. Advance care plan conversations are also part of her work. Joelle's seen the impact of avoiding those discussions about end-of-life wishes. Her experiences as a Hospice Chaplain have shown her the deep meaning and commonality death carries for all of us. Connect with Rev. Joelle Johns via email: revjoellejohns@gmail.com. Find Joelle on social media: FB, LinkedIn. Order your copies of The Care Plan here. It's available in English and Spanish! Check out the free video tutorials from Nancy Heyerman and Brenda Kizzire here. Register for the Tree of Life Conference from the International Doula Life Movement here. Want to know more about doulas or connect with others who are doing death doula work? Visit internationaldoulalifemovement.com. If you're interested in becoming a certified death doula through IDLM, click here. Access all the courses that IDLM provides here. See all the events that IDLM is offering by clicking here. Connect with IDLM on social media. Facebook IG YouTube If you have questions about hospice care or need to troubleshoot the care you're already receiving, book a session with an expert Hospice Navigator at theheartofhospice.com. Book podcast host Helen Bauer to speak at your event or conference by emailing helen@theheartofhospice.com. Find more podcast episodes from The Heart of Hospice at The Heart of Hospice Podcast (theheartofhospice.com) Follow The Heart of Hospice: Facebook, IG, Twitter (X), LinkedIn.

Recorded at the end of Summer, Narinder and I discuss our shared experiences growing up in religious fundamentalist communities and how it shaped our perspectives on life. We explore the beauty and romance in everyday living and the importance of calling forth the beauty in this world. Narinder also shares her journey as a death midwife and the role of death midwifery in society. We discuss the concept of forgiving this realm, embracing death as home, and the importance of wonder and unconditional love. Key Takeaways: Embrace the beauty and romance in everyday living and call forth the beauty in this world. Death midwifery is about midwifing society as we transition to the world we want to see. Death is home and understanding its temporary nature can lead to a sense of peace. Shift our perspective on systemic problems and focus on connecting with and loving the individuals in front of us. Find wonder and enchantment in life and honor the beauty that wants to be revealed. About Narinder Bazen Narinder Bazen serves in these curious times as an artist, Death Midwife, Death Midwifery trainer, and Enchanted Life Guide. Her work centers around midwifing society, as we let go of the world we knew to take hold of the world we want to see for ourselves. Find Narinder on the Internet: Instagram Website

My guest 405 is Christopher Allaun and we spoke about shamanism, crossing souls to the other side and more! Chris has been studying the occult and paranormal since 1992. He is an ordained minister with The Fellowship of the Phoenix, a LGTBQ pagan church. He teaches classes on Ancestor honoring, Energy Healing, Death Midwifery, Psychic Skills and Development. He also works with the Lakota Spiritual Path and has permission to hold sacred pipe ceremonies. He has several books published including "A Guide of Spirits" and the re-release of his first book "Underworld: Shamanism, Myth, and Magick". --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-s-reynolds/support

Self-care doesn't always take extra resources or financial means to make a difference. Nature, meditation, and energy work are all things available to each of us and can create a world of difference with just a little commitment and effort. This week, Ashley is joined by published author, artist, intuitive, and founder of Zenned Out, Cassie Uhl. Cassie is on a mission to help others understand and live spiritual practices that can change the world.Ashley and Cassie discuss her path to energy work and the role her grandmother played in it, the simplest things we can do for our energy that can have the most impact, aligning with the seasons and why it's important to honor all of them, aura layers, chakras, and the energy centers of our bodies, energetic protection tools, death work, and a whole lot more!Cassie's work focuses on energy work, journeying, mediumship, death midwifery, and healing through traditional Celtic shamanic practices under the mentorship of Robin Afinowich. Learn more:Follow Cassie on Instagram: @cassieuhlLearn more about Cassie and Zenned Out: www.cassieuhl.comOrder The Zenned Out Guide to Understanding the Wheel of the Year: Your Handbook to Honoring the Eight Seasonal CelebrationsFollow along on Instagram: @yogamagicpodcast and @ashleysondergaard.yogaLearn more about Ashley and Yoga Magic at www.ashleysondergaard.com Sponsors:Branch Basics | This episode's partner is Branch Basics. Learn more about the all-natural cleaning products and get $10 off your first order at http://branchbasics.refr.cc/yogamagic. Get Your ‘Guide to Self-Care for Manifestation'https://tremendous-leader-9896.ck.page/0aced5b4f4 Work with Ashley:Book a 1:1 Cosmic Self-Care Session with Ashley  | Learn how to use your astrological birth chart to personalize your self-care routines, rituals and practices. Book a Birth Chart Reading with Ashley | Learn about the key components of your natal chart and how you can work with the energy in your life today during this 30 minute reading. Upcoming Yoga Magic EventsCosmic Self-Care: Using Aquarius Energy  | 1/19 4:00 PM CT | Learn It Live | Aquarius energy is unique, inquisitive, and out of the box and now is a great time to explore practices that embody that one-of-a-kind energy. Together we'll explore the self-care practices using Aquarius season energy. Whether you're a triple Aquarius or don't have any in your chart, join this 30-minute workshop to learn about self-care practices we can all enjoy in this season.Moon Rituals Workshop | 2/9 7:00 PM CT | Zoom | Are you someone who has always wanted to work with the cycles of the moon but aren't exactly sure how to? Join this 45-minute workshop to learn the differences between a full moon, new moon and eclipses, identify easy moon rituals you can start now, and discover what's in store for the lunar cycles of 2022. 

Death Midwifery CINDEA‘s definition of Death Midwifery In the simplest sense, a modern-day death midwife is a facilitator, who offers a continuum of direct and integrated guidance and support to the death journeyer and their family throughout a personalized and participatory pan-death process.Although traditionally this role was considered women's work, today men also serve as death midwives (as they also do as birth midwives).The CINDEA definition seeks to honour and parallel the role of a birth midwife — while acknowledging that the comparable aspects of a death midwife's role to the medical side of a birth midwife's responsibilities are presently offered by palliative care nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, etc. https://selfdiscoverymedia.com/2018/10/01/tm-18-40-death-midwifery-journeying-beyond/

My loves, we are back! And I bring to you an interview I have been excitedly plotting. Shepherding those at the end of their life, helping families mourn and celebrate the lives of their loved ones, and bridging the gap between the living and the dead, Freya Bishop is an incredible person who I am honored and thrilled to have share with us her amazing story.*Trigger warning, while not going into any explicit details, this episode will talk about death and dying, so please bear that in mind and take care of you when choosing whether to listen.If you'd like to see the video of this episode's interview, see Freya's killer sweater, and get access to past bonus stories for a mere $1 a month, visit patreon.com/rockettefox.fantasticallystrange.comfacebook.com/fantasticallystrangeinstagram.com/fantasticallystrangetwitter.com/fantasticoddpodGive Freya a follow atwww.instagram.com/ef_bishop/www.facebook.com/thebishopwitchAmazing logo illustration by Constance Hermitinstagram.com/constancehermitKiller theme song "Hey Dorothy" by Cruz Machinefacebook.com/draven

Olivia Bareham is a Death Midwife, Energy Healer, Interfaith Minister, Master Teacher and Founder of Sacred Crossings, The Institute for Conscious Dying and Alternative Funeral Home in Los Angeles. She was born and raised in England and received her BA in Education from the University of London and a bachelors in Natural Theology and Sacred Healing from the Healing Light Seminary in California. Olivia guides individuals toward a conscious dying experience and supports families to reclaim what she terms as - ‘The lost art and healing ritual of a home funeral'. Her training program, ‘The Art of Death Midwifery' is an intensive 3-level course that encompasses the roles of death doula, spiritual end-of-life counselor, home funeral guide and celebrant. It is unique, rich, deep and profoundly relevant today, more than ever. For more information visit: Sacredcrossings.com Sacred Crossings publishes The Death Care Directive - a planning booklet for your funeral and final disposition. To purchase, visit deathcaredirective.com Please follow The Death Dialogues Project and learn more about this project at www.deathdialogues.net where you will find links to podcast platforms and our social media. Instagram is our fave social media home @deathdialoguesproject --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deathdialogues/message

Olivia Bareham, is a Death Midwife, Energy Healer, Ordained Interfaith Minister, Master Teacher and Founder of Sacred Crossings -The Institute for Conscious Dying and Alternative Funeral Home in Los Angeles. She holds a BA in Education from the University of London and a Bachelors in Natural Theology and Sacred Healing from the Healing Light Seminary in California. We talked about her long career as a death midwife, the history and implementation of current day home funerals, living funerals, and her lengthy offerings to help you prepare for death. _________________________Connect with Olivia!Website: http://www.sacredcrossings.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sacred-Crossings-214677251959029Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sacred_crossings/Death Care Directive: http://deathcaredirective.com/__________________________Get in touch!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/conversationsondeathpodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conversationsondeath/Email: conversationsondeathpodcast@gmail.com

Hello friends. This week we welcome our dear friend, Mary Beth White. Mary Beth is  a women's health care nurse practitioner, advanced practice holistic nurse, transpersonal nurse coach and former hospice nurse whose interest in non-traditional funerals and green burials was inspired by caring for her mom and family at the end of her mom's life.  Mary Beth started her nursing career working in a family-centered Labor and Delivery hospital setting and, to her, the deathing experience offers another opportunity to integrate body, mind and spirit practices and ease what is one of life's most intense and potentially rewarding events.  She studied Death Midwifery with Rev. Olivia Bareham of LA and has been mentored by Amy Cunningham of Fitting Tribute Funeral Services in NYC. Mary Beth joins us to discuss Green Burials, Holistic Funerals, and Home Funerals. This was a fascinating episode, with an extraordinary knowledgeable guest, and we hope it offers some insight into alternative options for the send off of a loved one. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Processing by becoming a member!Processing is Powered by Simplecast.

Millennial Pagan Podcast Episode 53, Death Midwifery!   This episode, Jera and Autumn talk with Reverend Angie Buchanan. To follow Angie or to learn more about Beath Midwifery: www.DeathMidwife.,org, www.EarthTraditions.org, www.GaiasWomb.com   To follow Millennial Pagan Podcast https://www.facebook.com/MillennialPaganPodCast/, https://twitter.com/MillennialPagan, and Instagram @paganpod. Email us at Millennialpaganpod@gmail.com.   To find Jera: https://twitter.com/JeraStone.   To find Autumn: https://twitter.com/AutumnIronWolf, https://www.facebook.com/autumn.wolfe.9216, and https://ironwolfcircle.wordpress.com/.   #millennialpaganpodcast #millennialpaganpod #millennialpagan #mpp #paganpod #deathmidwives #deathmidwifery #deathmidwife #death 

In episode 59, Aaron interviews Olivia Bareham, a death midwife, master teacher, and founder of Sacred Crossings, the Institute for Conscious Dying and Alternative Funeral Home, about the beauty and teachings in death. Olivia speaks to her first, impactful experiences with death as a nurse’s assistant and with her own mother’s passing that inspired her to revere this great transition. She discusses how her relationship with death has changed her and Sacred Crossings’ three-day funeral ritual to honor the deceased. Aaron and Olivia also touch on the intimacy of alternative funerals, the Art of Death Midwifery training program, and how to empower people to view death as a gift. For show notes, visit www.launchmedicine.com/podcast-blog/ep-59-olivia-bareham

Sharon Stewart is a ordained Pagan minister with Circle Sanctuary and a death midwife. Sharon and I talk about the ins and outs of death midwifery, as well as sharing our stories of honoring dead loved ones. CW: This is a very in-depth discussion of death and dying with numerous personal reminiscences. Sharon's recommendations: Go Wish cards (gowish.org) and the Death Deck (thedeathdeck.com) My recommendation: WeCroak app (wecroak.com) available for Apple and Android phones. Sharon's contacts: Website: http://www.spiritknoll.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpiritKnoll Email: sharon@spiritknoll.com Phone (608) 574-2997 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/middleagedbabypagan Instagram: @middleagedbabypagan. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaroncoveypodcasts Email: middleagedbaby@yahoo.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode 23 of Living Tarot, I speak with Death Doula and Midwife, Nora Belal. As a teacher, writer, and guide Nora is dedicated to helping people make plans for end of life, engage with their mortality, and explore what that means on a practical and philosophical level. Nora’s deathwork encourages critical thinking, analysis, and action so we can shift the paradigm of grief, impermanence, and uncertainty in a constantly changing world.  Nora discusses a lot of the misconceptions that people have about the work of a death doula and death midwife.  We discuss the complexities of grief especially in a year like 2020 with massive death due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Nora explains her philosophy of being a life coach, just through the lens of death.  We discuss how people have a tendency to limit and compartmentalize their grief because of the way that it's handled in society.  We also talk about strategies for having conversations with loved ones about such a serious and heavy topic.  2020 has been a really challenging year for a lot of people And for anybody who is dealing with the loss of a loved one around the holiday season, this is a great episode to find validation and support for your grief. Connect with Sheila: To get your Career Ahead Tarot Guide click here - https://starsagespirit.ck.page/products/diyyear-ahead-tarot-guide To book a career tarot reading or distance Reiki session with Sheila click here - https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=18090641 To read more about Sheila’s offerings click here - http://www.starsagespirit.com/services/ Or on Instagram www.instagram.com/starsagespirit Connect with Nora: Find Nora online and get signed up for her Death Practice Journal now: deathpracticejournal.com Find Nora on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nora.e.belal

Olga is a death educator, certified in Thanatology, the study of death, dying, loss and bereavement. She is the founder and director of DyingMatters.ca and provides educational presentations and workshops on death, dying, loss and bereavement. She is one of the founding faculty members of the BEyond Yonder Virtual School for Death Midwifery in Canada. Olga has over 20 years of experience in health care, serving as a regional Hospice Palliative Care Planner, community palliative care nurse and healthcare educator. Her educational history includes a bachelor degree in Anthropology and Psychology, a Master’s degree in Religion and Culture, and an interdisciplinary certificate in palliative care. As a death educator Olga continues to gain knowledge in the field of spiritual care, death, dying and living. Olga is thrilled to be part of the We Can Die Better movement in Canada, contributing her experience, knowledge and passion.What makes Olga a great mentor is her ability to recognize that we all posses our own inner wisdom when it comes to death, dying, loss and bereavement, and that being a mentor is to assist in the expansion of that wisdom by offering new information, knowledge and insight. “I have learned much from my own mentors, teachers and guides, and strive to provide a non-judgemental approach to guide anyone in their own personal learning.”Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/death-by-design. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

October on the Lyfe Aligned Podcast is Mes de los Muertos; Month of the Dead. All month long my guests and I will be talking about ancestors, death, and mediumship. Through the industrialization and commercialization of life processes from birth through death, death has become a feared event we spend our lives trying to avoid. Narinder Bazen is a death midwife, who helps those at the end of their time in this realm and their loved ones, find beauty and joy in their transition from their earthly bodies. You can connect with Narinder on:Instagram: @narinder.bazen.death.midwifery & @my.two.crowsOnline: narinderbazendeathmidwifery.com & mytwocrows.com If you have a question you'd like me to answer on "Ask Crys" email me at askcrys@lyfealignedpodcast.com. Order Lyfe Aligned merch HERE!Follow me on:Instagram: @LyfeAlignedPodcastFacebook: @LyfeAlignedPodcastTwitter: @LyfeAligned  

October on the Lyfe Aligned Podcast is Mes de los Muertos; Month of the Dead. All month long my guests and I will be talking about ancestors, death, and mediumship. Through the industrialization and commercialization of life processes from birth through death, death has become a feared event we spend our lives trying to avoid. Narinder Bazen is a death midwife, who helps those at the end of their time in this realm and their loved ones, find beauty and joy in their transition from their earthly bodies. You can connect with Narinder on:Instagram: @narinder.bazen.death.midwifery & @my.two.crowsOnline: narinderbazendeathmidwifery.com & mytwocrows.com If you have a question you'd like me to answer on "Ask Crys" email me at askcrys@lyfealignedpodcast.com. Order Lyfe Aligned merch HERE!Follow me on:Instagram: @LyfeAlignedPodcastFacebook: @LyfeAlignedPodcastTwitter: @LyfeAligned   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In conversation with Boston based Boricua and Death Midwife, Luana Morales we explore our relationship to death spiritually and emotionally, the influence of the medical industrial complex on our self-determination after death, and that of our beloveds, and the funeral industry's elitist history. Luana will tell us what her powerful work of death midwifery entails and how to make the best choices around our transition and that of our loved ones. 

Summary: We talk about the value of end-of-life planning from a practical and spiritual standpoint, and look at the work of death midwives with our special guest, Victoria Young. Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at … Continue reading "Episode 153 – Death Midwifery with Victoria Young"

Recently, I went through a death midwife training, and it's something that I've been getting so many questions about ever since, so today on the Belonging Podcast, I've invited Death Midwife, Death Educator, and Founder and Director of Final Passages, Jerrigrace Lyons, to join me in talking about our simultaneous aversion and fascination with death. We're talking about conscious dying and how to consider our options to make choices around our own deaths and the deaths of our loved ones to truly connect with them and aid in our grieving process. And how this embracing and connection with death can bring a depth of awareness and celebration into what it means to be alive. Find show notes for this episode here: https://beccapiastrelli.com/conscious-dying-death-midwifery-jerrigrace-lyons Find out more about Jerrigrace's death midwife trainings: https://finalpassages.org/ Follow Becca on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beccapiastrelli/ Credit for the phrase "be a good ancestor" goes to Arianna of https://www.quwutsunmade.com/

I was lucky to host this beautiful being, Luna Love, for a few weeks in my home this summer and was honored to have the opportunity to do an in-person interview with her as a return guest on the podcast. (Listen to Luna's original episode here) This happened to be right after Luna finished a death midwifery training, and I was astounded to hear all the information she had been learning about death and the funeral industry. After having my grandmother pass away last year, I have been thinking a lot about how our culture does not really prepare us for this powerful rite of passage moment.  This episode is FULL with information I believe we ALL need to know - both to prepare our loved ones, but also to prepare ourselves for a moment that we are all going to inevitably face one day. In this episode we discussed: Luna's story of losing her mother at 13, and her inspiration to become a midwife for those passing away Grief and how in our culture we often overlook opportunities to honor our grief in rite of passage moments  What you probably don't know about the funeral industry  How we can bring more awareness about our own death and use it as empowerment on how we want to live  Luna's end of life wishes  What documents we can put together to be prepared for our own death and passing  How we can prepare emotionally, be there for others passing and prepare for ourselves Links in this episode: The Art of Death Midwifery, through Sacred Crossings, led by Director Olivia Bareham another one is starting in early September   Stay in Touch with Luna: Website Podcast Instagram   Luna is a Woman of Devotion, a Transformational Leadership Mentor and host of the Ladies Who Lead Podcast. She supports today's changemakers in living a full-spectrum life and giving their greatest contribution through the cultivation of clear vision, embodied knowing, aligned action, and radical intimacy with all of Life, including themselves. Luna is devoted to social justice advocacy through council work and the dissolution of separation internally and externally. Most of all she is here to be a vessel for Grace.  

TODAY'S GUEST: Rev. Olivia Bareham, founder of Sacred Crossings is a certified Death Midwife, Home Funeral Guide and Celebrant. She holds bachelor's degrees in Education and Natural Theology and Sacred Healing and is an ordained Inter-faith Minister. Olivia's experience as an auxiliary nurse, hospice volunteer and her mother's end-of-life caregiver, inspired her to investigate more meaningful and personal alternatives to traditional funeral practices. “At the event of death and for a few days following, there is a window of opportunity for great healing to occur. When the funeral home took my mother's body away just hours after her death, I felt this window close. We were left feeling helpless, unsure and wishing that we had had a little more time.” In an effort to provide a way to keep this window open and facilitate the healing process, Olivia immersed herself in the study of death and dying culminating in certification as a Death Midwife and Home Funeral Guide. She subsequently created Sacred Crossings with the mission of empowering and guiding families to reclaim the ‘Lost art and healing ritual of a Home Funeral'. Over the next ten years the demand for information about conscious dying, after-death care and home funerals increased: “When I was called bedside to help an individual make their transition, they were often remorseful about unresolved relationships, or fearful of what was going to happen, or stressed about their suffering. It seemed that transitioning would be a gentler, less stressful process if people learned how to prepare ahead of time. Also, when a loved-one died, families were often completely unprepared. They were unaware of their options for after-death care and the complex funeral industry made them feel helpless, vulnerable and afraid. It became clear there was a huge need for death education so I began teaching classes and workshops on The Art of Dying, After-death Care and Home Funerals.” Olivia is a writer, producer and public speaker. She is an active member of the National Home Funeral Alliance,and past President of the board for The Los Angeles Hospice at Anam Cara in Topanga Canyon. Sacred Crossings is a Los Angeles-based company offering education, support and guidance for conscious dying and home funerals. Sacred Crossing Guides assist families with end-of-life planning; death midwifery; creating a vigil and funeral at home and cremation or burial arrangements. Their education institute offers workshops and classes and a certificate program in The Art of Death Midwifery. Students are both professional and non-professional end-of-life caregivers and those wishing to delve deeper into the dying process to further their spiritual growth. Graduates of the death midwifery program are eligible to serve as Sacred Crossing Guides. The Sacred Crossings Funeral Home is coming soon & will offer a full range of services including cremation, burial, funerals and memorials. Sacred Crossings is a non-denominational service without cultural or religious discrimination. While it is best to begin funeral planning in advance, we can help a family at any time. Connect With Today's guest: Rev. Olivia Bareham Website: www.SacredCrossings.com Olivia(at)sacredcrossings.com On Facebook IN THIS EPISODE: It may sound strange to you to think about having a death midwife, but it really makes sense when you think about it. We hire a midwife to come in at the birth of a child - the entrance into this life. Why wouldn't it be appropriate to hire a midwife for death, the departure from this life? My guest today IS a death midwife and is training others with the skills to fill this important role in helping those who are dying and their families deal with the fact of death in a more healthy and positive way. Death is one of those transitions in life that is so strange and uncomfortable that people don't like to talk about it. But that's only because we've been taught to be uncomfortable about it. In many cultures, there are family rituals centered around the death of a loved one that actually help with closure and healing over the 3 days following the death. A death midwife's role is to come into a family situation and help those struggling with the death process to learn, grow, and come to accept the inevitable fact of death for all of us. It's a healthy process of listening, asking questions, and learning as everyone learns how to say goodbye in a healthy way that benefits the one dying as well as those who survive them. What is YOUR biggest fear about dying? Is it the pain? In this conversation Olivia and I chat about how the pain is not such a fearful thing and why it's not the best thing for people to be over medicated to the point that they can't interact with their family or friends during the last days of their lives. It robs everyone of a very important part of the death transition that could make the experience more positive for everyone. If you are curious about end of life issues and the role that a death midwife might be able to play in your family or future, I encourage you to listen to this conversation. I learned a lot myself about the positive role a death midwife can play in an otherwise uncomfortable and difficult situation. I hope you find something in Olivia's stories and experiences that will bring you hope and help as you deal with death in your own life.   Outline Of This Great Episode [1:59] My welcome and introduction to this episode. [8:28] Who is Rev. Olivia Bareham? [12:00] What IS a death midwife and why did Olivia get into this kind of work? [15:00] Things that should take place over the 3 days following a death. [17:55] Why a slower transition with a death midwife is better for the family. [19:22] Why does American culture deny the dying process. [21:51] What happens after the 3 day period. [25:27] The importance of telling loved ones what you want done at your death. [27:20] The vital nature of establishing your own health care directive. [30:42] The benefits and good work of hospice care. [33:50] The importance of having conversations about death and dying. [36:50] My call to action and thanks to you - the listeners! [38:05] How should a person reach out to the death midwife if they wind up in a hospital? [41:35] Do religious people have an easier transition? [46:12] The training program for death midwifery that Olivia has created. [43:38] Questions and thoughts about drugs at the time near death. [53:00] How self administered lethal dose laws impact this process. [57:04] The 3 best things you can do to prepare for your death. Resources Mentioned On This Episode www.MyDirectives.com BOOK: The Art of Living and Dying (affiliate link) BOOK: Die Wise (affiliate link)   Check List of Documents to Include in your DEATH FILE Advanced Health Care Directive - signed & notarized. (See caringinfo.org to download directive for your state) Will Trust & Certificate of Trust Durable Power of Attorney for Finances Life Insurance Policy Bank Account Information Real Estate Documents & Deeds Funeral Pre-need docs & Funeral Insurance if any Debtor Information Copy of Drivers License / Social Security Card / Marriage & Divorce Certificate Passwords for phone, computer, email, Facebook & other social media sites Advanced Death Care Directive - Your plan for funeral & final disposition - (see deathcaredirective.com) Letters to loved ones - (These can be distributed to your loved ones upon death)

Aired Sunday, 17 April 2016, 2:00 PM ETWe shall discuss the value and necessity of the death midwife as an integral member of a dying patient’s team of caretakers. To discuss the specific area that “The Art of Death Midwifery” addresses. To discuss the spectrum of death. Then to transition into the new area of my work, which is crossing the threshold of death and now building a bridge between the “so-called living” and the so-called” dead, the community being formed.About the Guest Joellyn St. PierreJoellyn St. Pierre is an ordained interfaith minister with a spiritual doctorate in divinity focused on Death as a Transition. For 25 years she enjoyed a professional career in theatre with 7 Broadway shows to her credit, including “A Chorus Line,” and “Pippin,” national tours, regional, stock, dinner theatre, commercials, industrial shows and night clubs. She served as Director of Dance for the Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre Training, founded a performing arts school in Orlando, FL, as well as teaching, directing and choreographing nationwide.When many of Joellyn’s dear friends and associates from theatre began dying from AIDS, her entire life changed. Death became an initiation into a new life; that of a death midwife. Since 1991, she served those dying and their loved ones throughout the country with various hospices, home health agencies and AIDS organizations. She also conducted workshops on the Art of Death Midwifery, a paradigm for communing with the dying, in particular, those deemed “unresponsive.”Now her work is evolving. As a result of her second Saturn return, and once more initiated by the death of a loved one, she was quite surprised to find herself being called to cross the threshold of death, to build a bridge between the so-called living and the so-called dead. She is being asked to develop skills she isn’t sure she possesses, those of a mediumistic nature, but is making that journey of discovery now. Heavily influenced by the work of Rudolf Steiner, she founded the Community of Spirits. Its purpose is to re-enliven, and vitalize the connection to the dead and the higher angelic hierarchies. Through that deep communion, the community will act as a conduit for the unrealized potential of the dead to flow into the physical world, to the evolvement and betterment of all. This is a fledgling community open to all with whom these ideas and goals resonate. It currently resides in cyberspace and will grow as she is inspired by her guides, teachers and angelic mentors.

We will be talking with Cassandra Yonder about the pan death experience and some thoughts about how home funerals help with the grieving process. We will talk in particular about the concept of death midwifery.   READ MORE   End of Life Care Certificate Program Learn.Create.Serve. Training and mentoring doulas, companions, guides and midwives since 2005  

Angie Buchanan, speaker, workshop presenter, Family Tradition Pagan, animist and Foundress of Gaia's Womb returns to VSF discussing our reclaiming our most important rite of passage - Death Midwifery.  She'll tell listeners the six essential documents you must to have control in your time of passing over, explain green burials and get into some death and dying rituals, including how to keep loved ones at home during the death process. Crossing the threshold into the second half of the show, Dr. Paula Trimble-Familetti will discuss Through the Eyes of Biblical Women, delving into telling the stories of biblical women from a woman's perspective without patriarchal gloss.  We'll also find out why Barnes & Noble declined carrying her book, which finally gives women of the Bible a voice.

Are you concerned about what it will be like to die?  Do you have a loved one that is about to pass?  Trepidation about death is fear of the unknown because no one knows for certain what is going to happen when we are no longer conscious of our everyday world. Patricia L'Dara, author of Song of Sight: An introduction to Soul Passage Midwifery, has walked many souls through to “the other side”.  Join Sharry and Richard for another edition of Sound Health Options as Patricia shares the secrets of death and dying and describes the Greater World.  Patricia provides expansion to our minds and reality about what it like to see death as the ultimate birth. book link :http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/patricia-ldara/song-of-sight-an-introduction-to-soul-passage-midwifery/ebook/product-20732882.html Date: Sunday, April 14, 2013 Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00) Meeting Number: 738 251 376 Meeting Password: 04142013 ------------------------------------------------------- To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!) ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://soundhealth.webex.com/soundhealth/j.php?ED=212433177&UID=1337311397&PW=NMmRmYjQ1ZjYy&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D 2. If requested, enter your name and email address. 3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: 04142013 4. Click "Join". 

Olivia Bareham is a certified Death Midwife, Home Funeral Guide and Celebrant and is the founder of 'Sacred Crossings - The Institute for Conscious Dying’ and the ‘Sacred Crossings Funeral Home.’ Olivia currently guides individuals toward a conscious dying experience and empowers families to reclaim the healing ritual of a home funeral. She facilitates workshops in Conscious Dying and After Death Care and a certificate training program in The Art of Death Midwifery ( https://sacredcrossings.com/artofdeathmidwifery/ ). Her next training “Enter The Grave” will start this weekend September 4, 5, 6th and is for anyone wanting to delve deeper into their relationship with mortality, space is limited so please visit sacredcrossings.com/enterthegrave ( https://sacredcrossings.com/enterthegrave/ ). When you become at peace with death, then you can really live. In this episode of Mother The Mother: * How to reframe your mindset for peace vs. turmoil * Building trust in yourself as a mother * What death midwifery looks like during COVID * Why dying alone isn’t always tragic * Enhancing your life by connecting with your own mortality * How funerals & cremations have shifted during COVID Connect with Olivia: * IG: @sacred_crossings ( https://www.instagram.com/sacred_crossings/?hl=en ) * Website: sacredcrossings.com ( https://sacredcrossings.com/education/ ) * Listen: 018 Death Becomes Her: Conscious Dying + The Art of Death Midwifery with Olivia Bareham ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mother-the-mother/id1455408650?i=1000444673084 ) This show is produced by Soulfire Productions ( http://soulfireproductionsco.com/ )

Rev. Olivia Bareham has been a powerful inspiration and guiding force in my life and in my relationship with death – something that is often difficult for us to talk about or even think about, but something that is also necessary to talk about when you’re discussing life. That is why Olivia – who is a certified Death Midwife, Home Funeral Guide, and Celebrant – founded Sacred Crossings with the vision of changing the culture of death and dying through education, death midwifery, and home funerals. Olivia not only counsels bedside with the dying but facilitates classes and workshops in conscious dying and a certificate program in  The Art of Death Midwifery. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: http://motherthemother.com Resources: Learn more at (http://sacredcrossings.com/) Facebook: facebook.com/Sacred-Crossings-214677251959029/ Twitter: twitter.com/sacredcrossings Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson Mother the Mother is a production of Crate Media