11/21/2022
Greetings Soul Activist!
If you are here it is because you are a soul that believes in the sacredness and importance of how we die.
You know there is a better way and you recognize that a part of human suffering is the denial of death and the lessons it yearns to share.
It is souls like YOU who are the pioneers and cultivators of a new world. A world where death is spoken to, held and honored as a holistic and natural part of life.
You are a part of the death positive movment!
What is the Death Positive Movement?
To be Death Positive means to accept death as a natural part of life, and don’t treat it as taboo. Death positivity recognizes that talking about and planning for death is appropriate, healthy, and even normal.
This might include frank discussions about the process of dying, what happens to bodies after death, death rituals and traditions, options for burial, funerals, body disposition, and ceremonies to honor a person’s legacy.
the Death Positive movement is influenced by the work of anthropologist Ernest Becker in his Pulitzer-prize winning 1973 work The Denial of Death. The term “death positive” was coined by author, YouTube personality, and mortician Caitlin Doughty, who was heavily influenced by Becker. The Death Positive movement itself is largely centered around Doughty’s work but draws from a broader stream of writers and thinkers.
The outlook of the Death Positive movement is that it’s ok to think and talk about death in positive terms. This doesn’t necessarily mean happy. Rather, these are positives such as:
Learning. When we learn about death, the fear of the unknown gives way to a greater sense of peace that comes with knowledge and understanding.
Planning. When we plan for our own eventual death, we will not worry about it as much, or cause our family additional stress when we die.
Partaking. As we understand the dying process and our options, we can plan to include family and friends in the care and rituals so that they can partake in this final phase of our lives.
Caring. By which I mean, caring for the environment and our family’s finances. There are many options available which will help you leave this world in a more affordable and environmentally-friendly way.
