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Ep. 452 Funeral Planning, After-Death Care, and Healthy Grief with Jokotifa Alaye
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Learn how planning ahead for after-death care can help loved ones with grief and loss.
My guest Jokotifa Alaye is a licensed funeral professional and NEDA certified end-of-life doula with a focus on grief. She created Mourning Space to fill the gaps in education and support that society requires for healthy grieving. She discusses the importance of funeral planning as a gift for loved ones, finding a funeral director or celebrant who can help carry out your wishes, and how to foster empowered grieving. Learn more at her website:
This episode includes:
- Jokotifa’s path to becoming a funeral director and death doula
- Why she focuses on empowered grieving through Mourning Space
- Why deathcare providers need better training about grief
- Why rituals at the end of life are important
- What to do if a loved one refuses a funeral
- How and why to plan your own funeral in advance
- Each state and country has unique laws about funerals and disposition
- What hospice providers should know about the removal process to support the family after death
- How to have conversations with loved ones about funeral preferences
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Get the Death Deck here
- Book recommendations: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion; Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan
- NEW Gift Guides for Caregivers, People Receiving Care, and People Who are Grieving
- Get my two new books!! Stories from the Dark Night and The Tao of Death
- Get EOLU Podcast Merch here
- Conversations on Death with ChatGPT – Audiobook here; Print Book here
- Leave me a message by email: kwyattmd@comcast.net, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to Soul
- Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher Radio
- Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past here
- Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and receive free gifts like the “Mind if we talk about death?” mini-poster or Love Your Life sticker or coffee mug. PLUS get our regular bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, monthly What to Watch recommendations, Behind the Scenes Bonus content, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
- Buy me a coffee
- Donate on Paypal
If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu and to those who’ve bought me a coffee! Also many thanks to all of you who joined the $10 for 10 Years Campaign! Your contributions make all the difference and ensure this podcast stays ad-free.
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Manage episode 413863695 series 92743
Learn how planning ahead for after-death care can help loved ones with grief and loss.
My guest Jokotifa Alaye is a licensed funeral professional and NEDA certified end-of-life doula with a focus on grief. She created Mourning Space to fill the gaps in education and support that society requires for healthy grieving. She discusses the importance of funeral planning as a gift for loved ones, finding a funeral director or celebrant who can help carry out your wishes, and how to foster empowered grieving. Learn more at her website:
This episode includes:
- Jokotifa’s path to becoming a funeral director and death doula
- Why she focuses on empowered grieving through Mourning Space
- Why deathcare providers need better training about grief
- Why rituals at the end of life are important
- What to do if a loved one refuses a funeral
- How and why to plan your own funeral in advance
- Each state and country has unique laws about funerals and disposition
- What hospice providers should know about the removal process to support the family after death
- How to have conversations with loved ones about funeral preferences
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Get the Death Deck here
- Book recommendations: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion; Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan
- NEW Gift Guides for Caregivers, People Receiving Care, and People Who are Grieving
- Get my two new books!! Stories from the Dark Night and The Tao of Death
- Get EOLU Podcast Merch here
- Conversations on Death with ChatGPT – Audiobook here; Print Book here
- Leave me a message by email: kwyattmd@comcast.net, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to Soul
- Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher Radio
- Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past here
- Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and receive free gifts like the “Mind if we talk about death?” mini-poster or Love Your Life sticker or coffee mug. PLUS get our regular bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, monthly What to Watch recommendations, Behind the Scenes Bonus content, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
- Buy me a coffee
- Donate on Paypal
If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu and to those who’ve bought me a coffee! Also many thanks to all of you who joined the $10 for 10 Years Campaign! Your contributions make all the difference and ensure this podcast stays ad-free.
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