COMING TO REST:A GUIDE TO CARING FOR OUR OWN DEAD by Julie Wiskind and Richard Spiegal.
This book is a great book...very simply written and structured and has some wonderful checklists to help people get organised if a death is impending. It is an American based book and the laws relate to USA only.
SACRED DYING: CREATING RITUALS FOR EMBRACING THE END OF LIFE by Megory Anderson.
I love this book...Megory talks about her experiences as a Death Doula, vigiling with dying people in either their home or hospital/hospice. She talks about how important it is to create a sacred space for the person who is dying and creating rituals to assist them in their process. These rituals are to help them resolve issues that are preventing them from letting go and dying. Other rituals are designed to help the person move easily through the dying process. Her focus is always on the dying persons needs and attending to the spiritual aspects of dying, recognising their beliefs and honouring these. It is a very easy to read book and her personal experiences are inspiring.
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I will be discussing my own experiences of death and presenting information in regard to undertaking your own funeral arrangements and care for the deceased.I will draw this information from reading material and my own inquiry which is particularly relevent to Perth Western Australia.
CONTACT ME.
I will be presenting Funeral Planning and Do-it-yourself Funerals Workshops. I am also available for private sessions. If you are interested or require assistance or extra information you can e-mail me at nicolettesmith@aapt.net.au
or telephone: 08 94305137.
or telephone: 08 94305137.
CIRCLE OF LOVE
About Me
- nicolette
- I was born in Sydney and spent my childhood there, until we moved to Fremantle when I was a teenager.I love Fremantle and have called it home for 26 years. I am married with five children, the latest additions being my twin baby girl and boy.I birthed the last four children at home in water.One of my daughters was born in a Tipi in the back garden.I am an active member of the Fremantle Homebirth community. I have a bachelor of Social Work degree and a masters degree in Art Therapy. I am an Artist who enjoys painting, mosaics,sculpture and textile design.I have exhibited at local arts events. I have experienced the loss of my younger brother, mother,father, baby daughter and three miscarriages. I therefore have an interest in grief and the process of death, which is why I have created this site.I see that there is a need for people to be supported to make choices in how they tend to their deceased loved ones, to enable them to create the funeral that they want and to bring death back into the home and community.
FAVOURITE LINKS
BOOK REFERENCES
- CARING FOR THE DEAD.Your Final Acts of Love. By Lisa Carlson.Upper Access Inc. Hinesburg.1998
- COMING TO REST.A Guide to Caring for Our Own Dead by Julie Wiskind & Richard Spiegel.Dovetail Inc. 1998
- DEALING CREATIVELY WITH DEATH.A Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial by Ernest Morgan.Upper Access Inc. Vermont. 2001
- FUNERAL RIGHTS.What The Australian 'Death-care' Industry Doesnt' Want You To Know. By Robert Larkins.Penguin Group Australia. 2007.
- MIDWIFE FOR SOULS.Spiritual Care for the Dying.By Kathy Kalina.Pauline Books.Boston MA.1993
- SACRED DYING.Creating Rituals for Embracing the End of Life by Megory Anderson.Marlowe & Co. NY.2001
- THE NATURAL DEATH HANDBOOK.A Manual for Improving the Quality of Living and Dying .Edited by N.Albery, G.Elliot and J. Elliot. Virgin Books. London. 1993.
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Thank you for your wonderful comments and insights on birth and death and on the tremendous amount of information you supply for us to follow up on. from the Crone.
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