Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
My two guests this week are collaborators who work together to ensure that their clients can access family involved deathcare: Trina Wacasey is an end-of-life doula, home funeral guide and the founder of Creating Honoring Spaces; and David Perfito is the founder of the first alkaline hydrolysis facility in the state of California, White Rose Aqua Cremation. They share how they came to work together in collaboration and how their model can be an inspiration for others to address gaps in deathcare in their communities. Learn more at their websites:
creatinghonoringspaces.com
whiteroseaquacremation.com
This episode includes:
🍃 What a home funeral is
🍂 Why a family might consider a home funeral (and why it may not be right for everyone)
🍃 Why families need a guide to help them navigate the funeral process
🍂 Trina's "mini mobile suite" for after-death care
🍃 How aqua cremation works
🍂 Advantages of aqua cremation (alkaline hydrolysis) over fire cremation
🍃 How White Rose Aqua Cremation can serve people wherever they live
🍂 How Trina and David work together even they are located 7 hours apart
🍃 How home funerals and eco-friendly disposition go hand-in-hand
🍂 Why this type of collaboration is novel and necessary for forming compassionate communities
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7 Lessons for Living from the Dying : indiebound.org/book/9781786783110
The Journey from Ego to Soul: indiebound.org/book/9780982685563
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🍂 Intro Music Credit:
"Bright Wish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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My two guests this week are collaborators who work together to ensure that their clients can access family involved deathcare: Trina Wacasey is an end-of-life doula, home funeral guide and the founder of Creating Honoring Spaces; and David Perfito is the founder of the first alkaline hydrolysis facility in the state of California, White Rose Aqua Cremation. They share how they came to work together in collaboration and how their model can be an inspiration for others to address gaps in deathcare in their communities. Learn more at their websites:
creatinghonoringspaces.com
whiteroseaquacremation.com
This episode includes:
🍃 What a home funeral is
🍂 Why a family might consider a home funeral (and why it may not be right for everyone)
🍃 Why families need a guide to help them navigate the funeral process
🍂 Trina's "mini mobile suite" for after-death care
🍃 How aqua cremation works
🍂 Advantages of aqua cremation (alkaline hydrolysis) over fire cremation
🍃 How White Rose Aqua Cremation can serve people wherever they live
🍂 How Trina and David work together even they are located 7 hours apart
🍃 How home funerals and eco-friendly disposition go hand-in-hand
🍂 Why this type of collaboration is novel and necessary for forming compassionate communities
_________________________________________________________________________
🍃 Subscribe to my email list: eepurl.com/ExfLL
🍂 Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop: bookshop.org/lists/books-by-karen-wyatt-md and Indiebound:
7 Lessons for Living from the Dying : indiebound.org/book/9781786783110
The Journey from Ego to Soul: indiebound.org/book/9780982685563
🍃 Subscribe to this podcast on
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/end-of-life-university/id1033282990
Google: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9sZXNzb25zZnJvbWR5aW5nLndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20vZmVlZC8
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7bdr4odBlaaDy8NoJhcFsL
iHeart Radio: iheart.com/podcast/256-end-of-life-university-31099550
Stitcher Radio: stitcher.com/show/endoflife-university
🍂 Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past: eolupodcast.com/series
🍃 Join the team at my Patreon page patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
🍂 Intro Music Credit:
"Bright Wish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
