Naomi and Doug Co-Creating Art with his Death

About this episode

Naomi Hayter discusses her transformative experience with community-led deathcare and green burial for her partner Doug.

On today’s episode I have a conversation with Naomi Hayter on Cortes Island in Western Canada. The community-led deathcare group on the island provided the circle of support and logistical guidance that Naomi needed to get through the death of her life-partner, Doug, not long after she had tended to her mother’s dying and death in a faraway city. Naomi shares how the after-death care and the green burial they provided for Doug was a real eye-opener and a transformative experience for her.&nbs...

People in this episode

Guest: Naomi Hayter

Topics covered

• deathcare
• green burial
• community support
• transformation
• personal experience

Keywords

• deathcare
• green burial
• Cortes Island
• community support
• transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Home Funeral Alliance

Places: Cortes Island

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