The Afterlife Conference Online, June 5th-7th.2020 and replays of prior years

Between watching offers from Doulagivers.com about the wisdom, need and support to plan for end of ife issues such as making a choice of an healthcare representative (or another term for that such as proxy, advocate and so on) who makes healthcare decisions on your behalf as informed about your choices and according to the guidelines made in your advance directive, which a doctor should follow but may not have to do so legally and may not by mistake due to communication problems.

I also am training to work with the folks who will provide another level of clarification and will share more about that to up the odds of people having a video and clear medical language to express choices. See what is offered by the Institute of Healthcare Decisions and their unique MIDEO, My Informed Decision on Video.

I have heard of The Afterlife Conference organized by Dr. Terry Daniel which is now in its 10th year in 2020 and wll be held virtually for just under $130 if purchased in advance (and maybe closer to the time.) T

he need likely has never been more pressing to help our world's population honor the theories and experiences of people facing the passing of a loved one or someone they connect with or hear about in their community or in the news,

There are free samples of a pane from prior years and more from each year for purchase. The talks are heartfelt, informative, alternative healing modatlities, ceremony and much more. Caring for animals and their passing as well are explored. Many 'signs and connections' with loved ones in the afterlife are discussed.

A death doula (or end of life doula) shared in the 2019 free panel talk. Rituals and insights during the stages of diagnosis (or shock phase), stabilization and transition phases. Some rituals can change energetic patterns to assist someone through adjusting to one stage or another, including the spirit as it is in the phase of leaving this world. Considering these topics may be new territory whether curious or challenging to consider. Just hearing a bit can break the ice and normalize aspects of something millions of people have faced primarily under the radar.

. Let's tune into these aspects of our humanity. "Learning to navigate death and dying and the aftermath well with community" is part of what a speaker shared in a panel from 2019, The related concerns and stress to facing the passing of someone such as a child can be highly stressful.

Statistics shared say that many parents divorce after the loss of a child. That is such a sad sentence to convey and the cut and dry term 'statistics' (up to 90% for instance of parents divorcing whether directly related or perhaps since that may have happened anyway which is something I am offering to soften the edge and consider that that may not  be bad thing or need to be labelled a broken marriage or home. Another conference may be helpful to explore how we view relationships, partnerships, parenting and so on over life stages.

See Kayden's Korner which speaks about the tragic kind of loss when an abusive, controlling or distraught parent, generally a father, end the life of their child(ren) (and often the other parent or their spouse even without children..so again, realizing the aspect of abuse or mental illness that might go in that direction is 'a whole other challenge or nightmare' to put on the charts and ponder and research.)

The author of Waking Up to Love, and bring vibrational healing including word choices and possibly shamanic practices, is a researcher and scientist at heart and offers her book to encourage people. Thanks for considering these points ands sharing as you can (and attending the conference.)

Consider what is offered by many alternative healers and thinkers such as from the Peace and Harmony Company (David Adelson.) Also see what is on animiracles.com with Laurie Moore, ChristineLaria.com, and advocacy from CA Protective Parents and look into elder neglect and abuse so people protect all vulnerable people with wisdom and advocacy in one's community, with regular visits and ways one can plan to have good care and connection as part of an advance directive (when ill and when dying) so support is not cut off just when it's needed most. Those are my ideas and hopefully we can work along those lines. 

As another helpful resource at this time in 2020 consider engaging with the short videos of our son Kaelan Palmer Paton's Memorial Service on youtube.com from the summer of 2009.  I wrote more about that time on Remembering Kaelan Alexander Palmer Paton. I have other articles and stories (including The Jewel Story)in newspapers and of course this blog on Livfully.org with me, Catherine Palmer Paton of CT.