Next Steps for Communal Death Work

Beginning with ourselves

Hi loves,

Coming to you with an update on my continued process of living into this work.

I have been intentionally taking time to slow down this winter and unwind patterns of urgency in this work & it has led me to deep moments of presence, bubbling agitation, simple pleasures, and dare I say...boredom.

I have been taking a break from social media, which may turn indefinite, I have been reading actual books like crazy, spending quality time with my core people, and getting back into strength training.

Tending to my internal foundations. Deepening into the wisdom of this season and committing to what it means to embody being a Death Weaver.

I have been allowing creative ideas to percolate, scrapping them all together, only to come back to the same place.

Slowly undulating my way through the arduous process of creating something new in the realm of paradox and boundless mystery.

Back in November, I hosted Becoming a Death Doula, which was truly a seed moment. It was the beginning of a larger vision I have been carrying in my heart for a long time: a vision for redesigning community support through the gateways of death and grief.

All of that can sound like buzzwords strung together, but I think it can be simple—maybe slower than we like.

& it starts with NOT doing death work in our individual silos. If we want the ones we serve to be supported by a full and robust system, we, too, have to build that for ourselves.

This can look like gathering to brainstorm potentials and next steps, tend to our own relationship to death and grief, share case studies and business ideas, etc.

We all carry unique skills and stories within us. We all belong to unique communities with specific needs. I am passionate about helping us navigate those factors to weave together the new.

November was a starting point. In the coming days, I will share with you our next gathering time and topic.

Many folks feel this call and then sit on it because they lack the communal holding we are designed to have in this process. Here we are beginning to create that.

I am so grateful you are here.

Talk soon,

Lisa Marie

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