DEATHWALKER'S GUIDE TO LIFE
EPISODE 1
What is a Deathwalker?
September 19, 2021
EPISODE 1
What is a Deathwalker?
Death in Print: Let's Talk About Hard Things by Anna Sale, Meet: Deathwalker Zenith Virago, Death on Screen: 'Always With Love' post goes viral
Listen to Episode 1 on the following podcast platforms
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DEATH IN PRINT
Let's Talk About Hard Things by Anna Sale
In Let’s Talk About Hard Things, Anna Sale shares some of the conversations she's had on her hit US podcast, 'Death, Sex & Money'.
The book features chapters on talking about death, sex, money, family and identity. Sale examines the impact of the pandemic in the US, raises questions about whose deaths are visible and whose aren't, considers how getting old doesn't necessarily prepare you for death and relates what happened when the late Australian writer Cory Taylor appeared on the Australian TV show, 'You Can't Ask That'.
The book features chapters on talking about death, sex, money, family and identity. Sale examines the impact of the pandemic in the US, raises questions about whose deaths are visible and whose aren't, considers how getting old doesn't necessarily prepare you for death and relates what happened when the late Australian writer Cory Taylor appeared on the Australian TV show, 'You Can't Ask That'.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANNA SALE
Find out more about Let's Talk About Hard Things here.
Visit Anna Sale's website here.
Find out more about Let's Talk About Hard Things here.
Visit Anna Sale's website here.
KŌRERO / CONVERSATION
Meet Zenith Virago
Zenith Virago is founder of the Natural Death Care Centre in Australia, the Byron Shire Day of the Dead and the Deathwalker Training programme, which she has now delivered all over Australia, USA, Europe and here in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In 2016, I brought Zenith to the top of the South Island to conduct the inaugural New Zealand Deathwalker Training programme here in Te Tauihu, just down the road from Fresh FM's Motueka studio, at Riverside Community Centre. Zenith returned again in 2019 to run it in Auckland and the Covid Gods willing, will be back in Aotearoa in 2022.
In Episode 1, we talk about the origins of the term, 'Deathwalker', and dig deep into some of the insights Zenith shared in her recent TEDx Talk: Disrupting Death - A guide to dying well.
Zenith Virago nominated 'Celebration' by Sally Oldfield as a song she would like played at her funeral or wake. Listen to the song in our 'Farewell songs' playlist.
In 2016, I brought Zenith to the top of the South Island to conduct the inaugural New Zealand Deathwalker Training programme here in Te Tauihu, just down the road from Fresh FM's Motueka studio, at Riverside Community Centre. Zenith returned again in 2019 to run it in Auckland and the Covid Gods willing, will be back in Aotearoa in 2022.
In Episode 1, we talk about the origins of the term, 'Deathwalker', and dig deep into some of the insights Zenith shared in her recent TEDx Talk: Disrupting Death - A guide to dying well.
Zenith Virago nominated 'Celebration' by Sally Oldfield as a song she would like played at her funeral or wake. Listen to the song in our 'Farewell songs' playlist.
I'm really walking with people on their journeys - I'm accompanying them in their sorrow and their loss - so I decided the term 'deathwalker' would cover the whole process . . . I've never really warmed to the title 'death doula' to describe the work that I do because I feel that it's much more comprehensive and inclusive, and it continues on after death.
- Zenith Virago on 'Deathwalker's Guide to Life'
- Zenith Virago on 'Deathwalker's Guide to Life'
Disrupting Death
Eight insights from Zenith Virago
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ZENITH VIRAGO
Follow Zenith Virago on Facebook here.
Find out more about the Natural Death Care Centre here.
Visit Zen & The Art of Dying website here.
Follow Zenith Virago on Facebook here.
Find out more about the Natural Death Care Centre here.
Visit Zen & The Art of Dying website here.
DEATH ON SCREEN
'Always With Love' post goes viral
Some words of wisdom from Sarah Kerr, ritual healing practitioner and death doula, went viral when shared on the 'Always With Love' FB page on September 5. In only three days, the post attracted 5 million views, 142,000 shares and 21,000 comments, prompting the page owner to post a video pleading for only those with an authentic and genuine interest in deathwork to remain.
Sarah Kerr originally shared her words of wisdom in a video titled 'The First Thing to Do When Someone Dies' (which you can watch below). 'Always With Love' transcribed and posted the text along with art published on Columbus Community Deathcare's Facebook page.
When Episode 1 of Deathwalker's Guide to Life went to air, the cobbled together post had been viewed 19 million times, been shared 246,000 times and had attracted 41,000 comments.
Sarah Kerr originally shared her words of wisdom in a video titled 'The First Thing to Do When Someone Dies' (which you can watch below). 'Always With Love' transcribed and posted the text along with art published on Columbus Community Deathcare's Facebook page.
When Episode 1 of Deathwalker's Guide to Life went to air, the cobbled together post had been viewed 19 million times, been shared 246,000 times and had attracted 41,000 comments.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 'THE FIRST THING TO DO WHEN SOMEONE DIES'
Visit Sarah Kerr's Facebook page.
Visit the 'Always With Love' Facebook page.
Visit Sarah Kerr's Facebook page.
Visit the 'Always With Love' Facebook page.
Other Season 1 episodes
OUT OCTOBER 3, 2021
EPISODE 2
Death in Print: Before You Knew My Name, Meet: author Jacqueline Bublitz, Death on Screen: 'Dead to Me'
OUT OCTOBER 17, 2021
EPISODE 3
Death in Print: Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations, Meet: author Kathryn Mannix, Death on Screen: 'Phone of the Wind'
OUT OCTOBER 31, 2021
EPISODE 4
Death in Print: No Pressure, No Diamonds, Meet: legal executive Marie Austin, Death on Screen: 'I Told You I Was Ill: the Life & Legacy of Spike Milligan'
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© Kerry Sunderland 2021-2023
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