My guest today is Zenith Virago. Zenith is known as a Deathwalker, an educator and a ceremonialist, offering guidance, support and care to enable and empower people to be as informed, open and courageous as they can, and to experience their dying and their loss in the best way they can. Simply put, she accompanies and guides people in their losses. Zenith is the EO and founding member of the Australian Charity, the Natural Death Care Centre, Co-author of The Intimacy of Death and Dying, subject of the International independent documentary “Zen & the Art of Dying”, and Patron of the Good Funeral Guide, UK. In this episode Zenith and I discuss: - How caring for our own dead makes for a healthier bereavement - The role of the Deathwalker (also commonly referred to as a Death Doula - a term Zenith does not use) - Suffering as Love transformed - Vulnerability and Courage as two wings of the same bird - Death work as “Last Aid” support - Reclaiming the old ways of doing death - The funeral industry as “the old guard” - the unstoppable power of the “third wave” of death workers - The importance of preparing both on the outside and the inside for our death - And so much more! You can find Zenith and her offerings on her websites: https://www.zenithvirago.com/ https://www.naturaldeathcarecentre.org/ https://zenandtheartofdying.com/zenith-virago/