“Grief is not a feeling it is a capacity. It is not something that disables you, we are not on the receiving end of grief we are on the practising end of grief.”
― Stephen Jenkinson, Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul

The first of a thought provoking two part chat with the world renowned author, storyteller, musician and culture activist,Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW . In 2010, he founded Orphan Wisdom, a house for learning skills of deep living and making human culture that are mandatory in endangered, endangering times.

“Dying is active. Dying is not what happens to you. Dying is what you do. Dying”
― Stephen Jenkinson, Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul

Die Wise – A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, is Stephen Jenkinson’s book about grief, and dying, and the great love of life. Published by North Atlantic Books.

Stephen's book, Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. Die Wise teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well. Die Wise is for those who will fail to live forever

About me
Holly Lyon-Hawk is a multi-award winning Holistic Funeral Director and End of Life Doula for both people and pets, bringing love, connection, time, choice and space back to the sacredness that is life and death. She is a trustee for End of Life Doula UK and on the committee for the Association of Green Funeral Directors


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www.gentleendings.co.uk

www.gentlegoodbye.co.uk
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