Episode 18 - On Death Part IV - Your Own Good Death with Michelle Acciavatti

In today's episode, Jules speaks with Michelle Acciavatti. Michelle is a funeral director and an End of Life Specialist working in Vermont. She is a board member of the National Funeral Home Alliance, president, and co-founder of Vermont Natural Burial, she is president of Green Burial Vermont, and she is a founding member of the Collective for Radial Death Studies.

She and I spoke about her role as a death doula, her role as a funeral director, and the general labor of death. As you'll hear in our conversation, we talk about death from many angles, from the arranging of a funeral to guiding people through their end of life transition, and there's even some radical politics thrown in there.

For Further Reading

• Thinking About Having a 'Green' Funeral? Here's What to Know
• Helping Vermonters Prepare For 'Their Own Good Death'
• The National Home Funeral Alliance

Michelle's Links

• Michelle's website | Ending-Well
• Green Burial Vermont
• Collective for Radical Death Studies 
• Vermont Natural Burial Incorporated
• Follow Ending-Well on Twitter, and Follow Green Burial Vermont on Twitter

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