<description>&lt;p&gt;Death is not something that a lot of us like to think about. But making plans about end-of-life doesn&amp;rsquo;t need to be scary. Our experts today say it could be empowering.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Today, we hear from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ctdeathcollective.weebly.com/#/"&gt;Connecticut Death Collective,&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and hear new approaches to end-of-life care, and memorialization.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Later this month, the Mattatuck Museum and Riverside Cemetery, will host the first ever &lt;a href="https://www.mattmuseum.org/symposium/"&gt;CT Death and Dying Symposium.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;We hear more.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guests:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/good_death_nurse/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sarah Sparen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registered nurse offering death education and guidance in Waterford area&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.actioncreateschange.com/chrisgrossocoaching"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chris Grosso:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;writer, speaker, musician, and the author of four books, including "Indie Spiritualist" and "Necessary Death." He also hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.beccaallen.net/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Becca Allen:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in end-of-life planning and end of life doula&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheryl Guertin:&lt;/strong&gt; vice president sexton and funeral director at &lt;a href="https://riversidecemeteryct.org/"&gt;Riverside Cemetery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment"&gt;Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Where We Live

Connecticut Public Radio

Having a "good death" is possible; we learn what this means

APR 16, 202649 MIN
Where We Live

Having a "good death" is possible; we learn what this means

APR 16, 202649 MIN

Description

Death is not something that a lot of us like to think about. But making plans about end-of-life doesn’t need to be scary. Our experts today say it could be empowering. Today, we hear from the Connecticut Death Collective, and hear new approaches to end-of-life care, and memorialization. Later this month, the Mattatuck Museum and Riverside Cemetery, will host the first ever CT Death and Dying Symposium. We hear more. Guests: Sarah Sparen: registered nurse offering death education and guidance in Waterford area Chris Grosso: writer, speaker, musician, and the author of four books, including "Indie Spiritualist" and "Necessary Death." He also hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast Becca Allen: a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in end-of-life planning and end of life doula Cheryl Guertin: vice president sexton and funeral director at Riverside Cemetery Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.