Inevitably, part of life is loss, and while loss can happen at any age, and sadly does, by the time we are in midlife and beyond we find ourselves faced with the reality that we are going to be losing people we love. This is a topic that can be hard to talk about, but there are things we can do to help navigate this.
This Friday and Saturday the beautiful Raynor Huia, Kaiārahi at the Heretaunga Women's Centre @heretaungawomencentre in Hastings, and I will be leading a workshop called Supporting Whanau through Death & Dying.
Spread over two sessions, this workshop creates a friendly and safe space to explore the ways we can care for loved ones at the end of life. We'll look at the practical paperwork that can support the way we wish to be cared for; answer deeper questions about death and dying; and explore beautiful ways to care for body and soul for the dying and those they leave behind.
It is a koha entry (all proceeds go to the Women's Centre). If you would like to come along all you need to do is register. Details are in the image below.For those of you who may only know me for the products I make (NatFem Botanics), compassionate care at the end of life has been a river running through my life over the past decade. Experiencing death, learnng about it, training as a doula and as a spiritual counsellor, coaching, mentoring and teaching my own form of nature-based compassionate care has been tender work. I stepped back from it over the past 18 months for family reasons, but when Raynor asked if I would be interested in doing this workshop with her, my heart sang.
My hope is this workshop will be a mix of looking at some practialities (I call it paperwork for peace of mind) and then a place where we can head gently and deeply into creating connections that help us navigate death and dying with love and compassion.
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“Keep doing the work you are doing Georgina. It’s very precious.” - Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul @thomasmooresoul
“Georgina takes you on a journey where death re-finds its natural place alongside birth and life. She offers a deeply honest, helpful and healing approach to living well and dying well.” - Rebecca (student on my Natural Carer course)
“The way you have cared for family and friends at the end of life by gently linking them to nature, has been profound. As a nurse I have seen just how special it is for everyone in the room.” - Olivia, R.N.
