16. #MYWhy – Welcome to 2024 and get to know why I do this
January 1, 2024
Presentation expert Paula Smith flips things on their head this week as she interviews me!
Paula helps to unravel my ‘why’ and we chat about my first experiences with death as a child, which led me on a path to being a marriage and funeral celebrant. From the family farm to a podcast about dying, tune in to get to know me more.
In this episode we cover:
- Holiday season and fresh beginnings for the new year
- Why people are so uncomfortable speaking about death and dying
- Grief education for children
- Practicalities of death decisions
- Stiff upper lip in society
- Where my why came from
- Country life and the natural life cycle
- First experience with death at a young age
- Protecting kids from death and funerals
- What makes a great funeral
- Living wakes minus tears
- How to increase your death literacy
- Starting conversations about death earlier.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
- #Hashtag Death Instagram: @hashtag_death
- Ways to work with Ingrid: com.au
- Ingrid Reiger’s Facebook: @forevernowcelebrant
- Ingrid Reiger’s Instagram: @ingrid_forevernowcelebrant
- Paula Smith website: https://paulasmith.com.au/
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