77 episodes
A Path Home National Home Funeral Alliance
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5.0 • 28 Ratings
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What is a home funeral? How can I have a green burial? Do I have to hire a Funeral Director? On this podcast we’ll be focusing on reclaiming our innate right to care for our own loved ones at death in natural, and often, environmentally friendly ways. We’ll demystify the tasks related to after death care through hearing stories from people who have ventured into culturally unfamiliar territory and cared for their own deceased loved ones at home, chose a natural burial or both. Hearing what’s possible and how lives have been transformed by engaging in this final act of love is one path towards changing our culture and our relationship to death. A Path Home is a production of the National Home Funeral Alliance.
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Caring for Jeff at the Ashram
Naomi Worob and Tina Zuccarello share the story of bringing Jeff to the ashram he loved to spend his final weeks surrounded by people who loved him and bury him on the property.
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Known for Her Smile
On today's episode, Carolyn Dehnbostel describes the home funeral she and her family provided for her mom, Betty, at their cabin in Minnesota, followed by a natural burial on their own land and the logistics involved in getting it all arranged.
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Holding her Heart
Today, Sarah has a conversation with Leslie Stager about the after-death care she and a small circle of friends provided to her mom at her home in Maine. Leslie's mom died unexpectedly which made keeping her home a little challenging.
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Grandfather Hank
Today, Sarah speaks with Krista Marshall in upstate NY who shares the story of the after-death care provided to an elder in the community she lived in for a time in Vermont. Grandfather Hank was beloved in the area for his presence and helpful spirit from his work with teens to his active pursuit of making life better for the people in his ever-widening circles.
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The Deathwives on Grief
For today's bonus Winter Solstice episode, Sarah has a conversation about grief with Colorado-based Deathwives, Lauren Carroll and Erin Merelli.
To listen to Erin's Tedx Talk click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryIS6RdU5KI And to peruse all the amazing courses and content the Deathwives have to offer check out their website here: https://deathwives.org/
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Community Deathcare Ottawa
On today's episode Sarah has a conversation with three members of the Ottawa Death Care Collective in Ottawa, Canada. Kelly Butler, Heather Martel and Deb Charbonneau share with us the personal paths that led each of them to engage in the important work of community death care. You'll find their website here:
https://communitydeathcareottawa.com/
And read about the wind phone here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_phone
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Customer Reviews
Quiet enough to hear
I learn best by listening. Podcasts expand me. They’re often NOISY. Here, I learn from each deeply true story. Conversational voices talking about the precious, sacred witnessing of the loved one’s presence after death. Makes sense to me. What’s the rush? When I’m dead, it’ll take a while after last breath to get used to it. Maybe float around a little before taking off. I’d like to know this old body is gently held, sung to, washed. Safe and quiet among friends who would do this for me.
Wonderful Stories
Such real people. Such real experiences. I can't get enough of this podcast and the light that it shines on alternative ways of "doing death." Proof for all of us that this movement is really happening. Pull up a chair and let yourself get lost in the beauty and the possibility.
Such a wonderful podcast
Sarah does a great job. The audio is clear and the stories are amazing. I love the theme song and have benefited from learning about so many different experiences surrounding home funerals.