End of Life Conversations
Annalouiza and Wakil offer classes on end-of-life planning, grief counseling, and interfaith (or no faith!) spiritual direction. If you are interested in any of those, don't hesitate to get in touch with us via email at endoflifeconvo@gmail.com.
In this podcast, we'll share people’s experiences with the end of life. We have reached out to experts in the field, front-line workers, as well as friends, neighbors, and the community, to have conversations about their experiences with death and dying. We have invited wonderful people to sit with us and listen to each other’s stories.
Our goal is to provide you with information and resources that can help all of us navigate and better understand this important subject.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and BlueSky. Also, we would love your financial support and you can subscribe by clicking on the Subscribe button. Subscribers will be sent a dynamically updated end-of-life planning checklist and resources document. They will have access to premium video podcasts on many end-of-life planning and support subjects. Subscribers at $8/month or higher will be invited to a special live, online conversation with Annalouiza and Wakil and are eligible for a free initial session of grief counseling, or interfaith spiritual direction.
And we would love your feedback and want to hear your stories. You can email us at endoflifeconvo@gmail.com.
We want to acknowledge that the music we are using was composed and produced by Charles Hiestand. We also acknowledge that we live and work on unceded indigenous people's lands. We thank them for their generations of stewardship which continues to this day, and honor them by doing all we can to create a sustainable planet and support the thriving of all life, both human and more than human.
End of Life Conversations
Grief is Grief, Loss of Pets, or Loss in a Small African Village - with Stephanie and Jeffrey
In this episode, we had the honor of sharing a conversation with Jeffrey and Stephanie, a married couple who live on an island near Seattle.
Jeffrey has his master's and a Ph.D. in agriculture and has been working in food security in Sub-Saharan Africa for over 20 years. He has found that our humanity comes before our agendas, that we must connect as people before we work together, and that laughter, tears, and sighs bring us together in times of joy and sorrow. He is currently the program coordinator for an agricultural development project at the World Food Program and works in Togo and Ethiopia and remotely from an island near Seattle.
Stephanie has her master's in animal science and her doctorate in veterinary medicine. She's been a veterinarian since 1993 and blends her technical skills with compassion and sensitivity to do what is best for animals and their owners. When not caring for animals, she volunteers at a local nonprofit that supports senior citizens and at a nonprofit called Reading with Rover that helps kids gain confidence in reading by bringing her dog Kip to libraries and classrooms so that kids feel relaxed. Stephanie and Jeffrey were co-directors of a health center in Ethiopia from 2002 to 2004 and started and continue to operate a nonprofit called the Ethiopian Education Fund that enables girls and boys in Ethiopia to complete their education.
The Ethiopian Education Fund - https://www.ethiopianeducationfund.org/
Veterinary housecall euthanasia support page
https://www.lapoflove.com/pet-loss-support-resources
Pet Owner: Pet Loss - Washington State Veterinary Medical Association
https://wsvma.site-ym.com/page/54
Book - Tear Soup: a recipe for healing after loss
https://griefwatch.com/collections/tear-soup
Book - How You Live is How You Die by Pema Chodron
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61142207
Song - Smile in the Face of the Devil by Matt Maltese
https://open.spotify.com/track/0h6X7BCq7IYKHNoXln3LX3?autoplay=true
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And we would love your feedback and want to hear your stories. You can email us at endoflifeconvo@gmail.com.
