Hi there! I’m #NewHere and here's my #introduction.

I’m a visual artist and #analog #photographer I work in #theatre as a #stagetechnician #stagehand
I teach #yoga and #meditation
I’m a #deathdoula meaning I accompany people at the end of their life and I also provide #grief support.
I’m a #French gal established in Canada since 2016. Moving soon to #Vancouver.
My other interests are : #surf #books #antifascist #buddhism #community #care #music #diy #davidlynch #polaroid
Cheers ! ️

This is mostly copypasted from my other #introduction post, since I think it's the bestest one I've written thus far :)

I'm a #writer. I like to write about #grief, #QueerIdentity, #hope, #praxis, and #harm + #reciprocity. (my websites are in my links!)

I have trained as a #DeathDoula, and I engage in #GriefWork & #DeathWork with and for my best beloveds: the #LGBTQIA2S+ community.

In my spare time you can find me hyperfocusing on whatever it is that I can't stop thinking about. I love a new game, a new favorite song, a new project management solution, and thinking about my chosen family and intentional community.

I'm #pagan, I am training in an old mystery tradition of pre-Gardnerian British traditional #witchcraft. We are from a long time ago and we are doing what it takes to support, love, and keep safe the people in our communities.

I will always fight for your right to #choose. I believe this right is a fundamental human gift.

If any of you have questions about my #DeathDoula work - I'll answer them.

#DeathDoula work is very similar to #caregiving for most elderly folks, except you have a good idea of when the person you're helping is going to pass away. We need more people who aren't fearful of #death to enter death doula work. There's high demands for our services & not enough supply of experienced/trained death doulas. It took several years for us to get enough birth doulas & now we have many across Vancouver Island. Most folks enjoy being a part of helping bring in new lives. However, it's easier to recruit & get more folks interested in birth doula work than death doula work because I'm in Canada & Western societies have been programmed to fear death & not see it as just another beautiful life passage. It's near impossible to find more folks willing to learn to do death doula work. Most folks aren't OK with learning how to help folks have dignified deaths because of their personal fears of death. It saddens me because we will all get old & die one day - we need more folks willing to help with end of life doula work.

This is mostly copypasted from my other #introduction post, since I think it's the bestest one I've written thus far :)

I'm a #writer. I like to write about #grief, #QueerIdentity, #hope, #praxis, and #harm + #reciprocity. (my websites are in my links!)

I have trained as a #DeathDoula, and I engage in #GriefWork & #DeathWork with and for my best beloveds: the #LGBTQIA2S+ community.

In my spare time you can find me hyperfocusing on whatever it is that I can't stop thinking about. I love a new game, a new favorite song, a new project management solution, and thinking about my chosen family and intentional community.

I'm #pagan, I am training in an old mystery tradition of pre-Gardnerian British traditional #witchcraft. We are from a long time ago and we are doing what it takes to support, love, and keep safe the people in our communities.

I will always fight for your right to #choose. I believe this right is a fundamental human gift.

Messages to dead parents from orphaned children.

I'm here to do an #introduction post since my nicest one went down in flames when firefish.lgbt disappeared, god rest her soul

I'm a #writer. I like to write about #grief, #QueerIdentity, #hope, #praxis, and #harm + #reciprocity. (my websites are in my links!)

I have trained as a #DeathDoula, and I engage in #GriefWork & #DeathWork with and for my best beloveds: the #LGBTQIA2S+ community.

In my spare time you can find me hyperfocusing on whatever it is that I can't stop thinking about. I love a new game, a new favorite song, a new project management solution, and thinking about my chosen family and intentional community.

I'm #pagan, I am training in an old mystery tradition of pre-Gardnerian British traditional #witchcraft. We are from a long time ago and we are doing what it takes to support, love, and keep safe the people in our communities.

I will always fight for your right to #choose. I believe this right is a fundamental human gift.

A #CradleCatholic. A #LapsedCatholic? As a wee lad, I did all the stuff - Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation. I was born here all my life. When I was around four years old, the church kicked out my mom and, by extension, my family. An #ExcludedCatholic? I explored other practices and faiths, #meditation, #yoga, #Buddhism, and all the things. I wanted to not convert to a religion or practice that I had not been born to or wasn't otherwise ancestrally connected. I explored Protestant fellowships but soon began seeking "the deeper things" back in the lives of saints. This led to a deep dive into the #EarlyChurch Fathers and early #ChurchHistory. Entering the #OrthodoxChurch, I lived in several monasteries and wandered around the US like the guy in Way of a Pilgrim. I was ultimately drawn to #Theosis and the #PrayerOfTheHeart, sometimes called the #JesusPrayer. That church became tedious as well. Long story short, decades later, a pandemic, and a few ends of the world here I am. I recently stumbled across a podcast called the #PopeFrancisGeneration. I'm intrigued. I am listening. Let's see where my current studies lead.

Some of my interests:
#NewMexico #Ogapoge #SantaFe #SantaFeRiver #Water #Birds #Plants #Medicine #Hiking #Walking #NaturePhotography #Biophilia #Wilderness #Rewild #Rewilding #Regenerative #RegenerativeDesign #UniversalDesign #RegenerativeAg #RegenAg #AppropriateTechnology #Contemplation #Hesychasm #Prayer #Ancestors #Death #Dying #Grief #DeathDoula #DeathAdvocacy #Apophatic #RadicalCompassion #Compassion #SocialJustice #PublicHealth #SocialWork #EnvironmentalJustice #DisabilityRights #HealthEquity #Recovery #RecoveryPosse #Drawing #Writing #VisualThinking #WriteToThink #Journal #BulletJournal #SystemsChange #Humanrights #Inclusion #Accessability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #DisabilityVoice #RacialEquality #PublicHealth #Grief #Hospice #Humanrights #Food #Health #Fasting #Movement

I'll continue to post interest hashtags in this thread to be.

TFW you are so tired your vision and your head (and body) are swaying - but not in synch.

I'd forgotten how unsettlingly unpleasant deep jetlag is - waves of swaying queasiness that sometimes meet, sometimes overlaps, and sometimes just taunt your stomach contents. For fun.

Urgh

On the bright side (ha!) my eyes look incredibly green right now because my sclera are so bloodshot! #SilverLinings #blessed

It's "Ask a question day" so I'm here to help with your curiosity about grief,death literacy,end of life, dying, voluntary assisted dying, home funerals, the Mallon Model and any other death-positive questions you have.

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #EndOfLife #AskAQuestionDay #DeathLiteracy #DeathPositive #DeathDoula #grief #love #question #curiosity

ID: a purple background, a picture of a smiling woman with white curly hair and a colourful scarf around her neck, and text. "March 14th is "Ask a question day". What would you like to know about end of life, dying, death, or grief?
Leave a comment or email info@gdep.com.au Dr Annetta Mallon Gentle Death Education and Planning gdep.com.au"

I forget that since I migrated my account, I probably need a new #introduction. I’m a #gay #lesbian #agender #jewish #writer and death doula/death educator who has a thing for #fountainpens and #ink. I also love #planners and #scifi and reading awesome authors in #specfic and #ya. I mostly write #nonfiction articles but sometimes you can catch my #bad #poetry.

#deathdoula
#deatheducator
#deathpositive