GUEST BIO

Our next guest, Stephanie Crawford, is a hospice care nurse and Death Doula. She recently founded Awakened Endings - an end of life service and community dedicated to helping others understand and prepare for a better death.

In this conversation, you’ll hear both a heavy and light-hearted approach to talking about the transition of death. You’ll learn about what a death cafe is, what a “green” burial is, what some commonalities she has witnessed observing people weeks away from their last breath, and much more. It’s an educational tool for those learning how to approach caring for a dying loved one. In piecing this episode together, I noticed that much of what is said during this conversation can also be a metaphor for having meaningful relationships with someone still alive and healthy. Why wait until someone is dying to listen and finally get to know who they really are?

You’ll also hear firsthand what kind of person is willing to take on this role of helping bring death back into our culture - not as a traumatic, avoidable topic of discussion - but a reverent, growth transitioning, healing rite of passage. 

Reach out to Stephanie Crawford, Death Doula:

• Awakened Endings - Website

Show Notes

Segment 1

• Death/ Nihilism

• Practices in place to cope with suffering

Segment 2

• Living in the mind

• Finding meaning through suffering

• Surgeries leading to worse state for elderly

• Light hearted moments working in hospice care

Segment 3

• Being around family and loved ones, how to talk with loved ones about mortality

• Early Advanced Directives

• The Day of the Dead

• Visioning academic paper

Segment IV

• what have you learned about people?

• the process

• The Death Deck Game