societal change – End of Life University

Learn about an innovative training that helps restore death as a natural component of life.

In this episode my guest Jeanne Denney discusses her School of Unusual Life Learning and how she helps people embrace a life that includes aging and dying. We talk about the harmful consequences of living in a society that separates death from life and ignores the natural wisdom available through embracing death. You’ll learn how Jeanne’s training can help death workers discover new tools for their work and how to enroll in her school. Learn more about SoULL here:

www.jeannedenney.com/the-school

Listen here:

Reconnecting Life and Death with Jeanne Denney

This episode includes:

How Jeanne transitioned from teaching about death to starting a school and life processes
Why Western “life education” has fostered a split between our concepts of living and dying
The consequences of our separation from the natural world
The definition of “life force movement” and why it should replace our notion of life and death as opposites
How people doing death work can benefit from training in energy and consciousness
Why new ways of thinking are necessary in order to change our death care system
Training offered through SoULL: School of Unusual Life Learning

“You never change anything by fighting the existing reality. Build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.”
Buckminster Fuller

Links mentioned in this episode:

Jeanne’s previous interview: Presence as a Tool for Relating to Non-Verbal Patients
Learn about SoULL
Jeanne’s YouTube Channel
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Learn what the history of natural childbirth in the U. S. has in common with the changes we are seeking in end-of-life care and how we can benefit from that knowledge as we move forward.

In this episode I share information from an article I researched and wrote about the natural childbirth movement in the U.S., how it developed over decades and ultimately succeeded with the help of the Baby Boom Generation. I’ll show how our current end-of-life movement is following a similar path and what we need to learn from the past. Download the special report below:

What the EOL movement can learn from natural childbirth

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FEATURE PRESENTATION:

A “perfect storm” led to the breakthrough of natural childbirth into mainstream U.S. medicine and society back in the 1970’s as the Baby Boom generation began demanding better alternatives. There is a similar “perfect storm” brewing right now around end-of-life care as Baby Boomers are aging and facing their own later years.

According to the book Family Centered Maternity by Celeste R. Phillips there were 3 key factors that contributed to the rise in popularity of natural childbirth. These same factors are present now in the end-of-life movement:

Medical Pioneers who served as advocates within the medical profession and began demanding change from their colleagues.
Grassroots Movements in communities that educated and empowered consumers to push for improved and alternative methods of care.
Media Attention that spotlighted the cause and galvanized the public to get involved while also normalizing the conversation.

But change doesn’t happen overnight and those seeking change in how our society deals with death and dying need to remember these 3 lessons about change:

Change in society is ultimately driven by economic factors
Change requires a united effort
Change requires a critical mass

Stay tuned next week for Part 2 of this discussion which will cover the potential deterrents to the change we are seeking and the takeaway lessons that should be learned from studying the history of natural childbirth.

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