INDEPENDENT FUNERAL CELEBRANT AND CEREMONY MAKER
De vez en cuando intentaré escribir en español. El siguiente es un artículo que ya publiqué en inglés (https://mhcelebrant.scot/what-is-grief) y que traduje al español con las útiles sugerencias de mi amiga y colega Gina Tarditi Ruiz. From time to time
“Döstädning is a simple living practice that encourages people to get rid of belongings before death to spare loved ones from having to manage them”, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson I’m not exactly a domestic
Grief. Is it a liquid, a force, a charge? Can we measure it, pour it into jars, store it, divide it, apportion it? This much for mother and that much for dad. Can we use it up in advance? Save
This is a very short post because it’s just to acknowledge a really interesting piece on ecological grief by Megan Mayhew Bergman in The Guardian. Seeing this in a major media outlet inspired me to make some changes to my
I’ve been thinking a lot about long farewells recently and about the things we do after a funeral to keep memories alive. After my own dad died we eventually received a plastic container with his ashes. We thought long about
As a carer for my mum I am eligible for respite care. Of course, I get a lot of support all the time. We have a care package that means that professional carers come in four times a day and
I just wanted to say thank you to Tracy Chalmers and Willow Meili of The Grief Well. I’ve just completed a six-month course of facilitator training: “A six-month embodied journey to cultivate the skills for holding space and witnessing grief.”
In March this year it will be seven years since I started to work as a funeral celebrant. Recently I have been examining how I can use some of the skills I’ve acquired to make a change of direction. Specifically
As part of my shift to working with the grief that stems from environmental loss, I recently interviewed my friend Rita Freitas. We were both students on the University of Glasgow’s End of Life Studies MSc programme. Rita is from
We are living in dark times. As a man of 66, I can say that much of my life has seen “dark times”. I remember as a little boy, looking at a photo of an elephant mutilated by poachers. I