FAR OUT #84 ~ Death Celebrant Blanche Colson on Reclaiming Death and Grief

Listen and explore:

• What's wrong with the way we die
• Blanche's path to death work
• What is a death celebrant?
• The cost of our society's grief avoidance
• Alternative approaches to death
• The importance of rituals in dealing with loss and change
• Learning how to suffer with instead of "fixing"
• Being a wanderlust and the role it plays in Blanche's journey

Mentioned on the show:

• NY Zen Center for Contemplative Care
• Jack Kevorkian
• Yuval Harari
• Death over dinner
• Elizabeth Kubler Ross
• Eckhart Tolle
• Ram Dass

Additional resources for thinking about death (shared with us by Blanche):

• WeCroak (app)
• TAKE ME HOME - Home Funeral and Death Midwifery by Sacred Crossings (YouTube video)
• Departures (Okuribito) movie
• What happens when death is what’s for dinner? (TED talk)
• recompose.life - an alternative to cremation or traditional burial

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Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)