Posted by
Athena Ash
Hosted by Tina Bowen
Date: | May 17, 2024 |
Start time: | 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
End time: | 8:30 p.m. (Central) |
Status: | Forthcoming |
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Address: |
FEILEACAN MINISTRY 2520 LONGVIEW STREET SUITE 412 AUSTIN, TX 78705 78705 United States |
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About this Death Cafe
There will be an icebreaker intro and then whoever wants to start discussing a death topic is welcome to begin. Nametags are provided but are optional.
About Tina Bowen
When looking back on how all of this started, I realize my fascination with death began as a child. However, the desire to be a death doula began with Caitlin Doughty. Her Ask A Mortician YouTube channel revolutionized the way I think about death and brought a new light to the end of life for me. I became knowledgeable about green types of burials, eco-death, death-positive thoughts, etc. Coming from a very Roman Catholic family, I was uncomfortable with the idea of taking up a burial plot and having a Catholic Mass said for me. Once my spirituality had deepened and expanded over time, my end-of-life plans would not be accepted positively by my family, who stood to be in control of my post-death plans in the event of my passing.
My biological mother died alone in palliative care. I often think back to every decision I made and I wonder if I had chosen differently, would she have died with me there? The questions are too much to bear, and I would never want another human being to have to spend their life asking these questions to themselves. That is what drives me as a death doula.
In looking positively at end-of-life plans, I’m reminded of this question posed by Alua Arthur:
“What must I do to be at peace with myself so that I may live presently and die gracefully, holding both at the same time?”
What a loaded question. I can’t imagine having a true, in-depth answer to it. What I can do, is make sure that others spend the last of their lives living as presently as possible and die as gracefully and peacefully as they would like.
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