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Tim Howell
New York City
A culture junkie and amateur thanatologist
Interests: pop culture, film, media, death positive, comics, books, writing
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The Best Movie About Death You've Never Seen
Posted Feb 10, 2017 at The Last Stop
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30 Day Death Doula Training Primer: Day 7
Sit tonight under the moonlight and dream all the possibilities, then go sleep on it. In the morning, journal about your ideas and choose 1-3 topics you will focus on in your program or practice creation. What stops many of us from moving forward is that we can do so... Continue reading
Posted Dec 22, 2016 at The Last Stop
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30 Day Death Doula Training Primer: Day 6
Assess your readiness - do you feel like you know how to be with families at the end of life? Do you know how to respond to various situations within yourself, let alone helping them deal with what comes next? Take stock and make sure you get the experience you... Continue reading
Posted Dec 15, 2016 at The Last Stop
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30 Day Death Doula Training Primer: Day 4
Identify where you are, as a person, in the three key needs of a death doula - The Calling, Knowing What You're Doing, and Spiritual Grounding. Reflect on your current strengths, and identify weaknesses that need to be worked on. My life's work, to this point, has been largely stressful.... Continue reading
Posted Dec 15, 2016 at The Last Stop
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Death in Gaming - Learning About Grief, with Silent Hill 2
Posted Dec 13, 2016 at The Last Stop
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An Introduction to Death in Gaming
Posted Dec 12, 2016 at The Last Stop
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30 Day Death Doula Training Primer: Day 3
Write about what you want to learn next. Then narrow down to 3 trainers who offer this exact thing. Then engage with them to see what truly will be a fit. Then, Take Action! What I am looking for next is practical guidance. The philosophy, the spirituality, the theory of... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2016 at The Last Stop
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30 Day Death Doula Training Primer: Day 2
After watching the video, take some time to center yourself. Write about how you feel regarding each of the 3 topics addressed. In making a decision where you stand, you will empower yourself to move forward. In my view, our eventual goal as a movement, if not a society, should... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2016 at The Last Stop
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30 Day Death Doula Training Primer: Day 1
Deanna Cochran has recently launched a great resource for aspiring Death Guides, or Death Doulas, or whatever new-agey term you want to adopt for people working in the home funeral movement. As part of me stretching my tentacles into a more hands-on approach to that world, I decided to go... Continue reading
Posted Dec 6, 2016 at The Last Stop
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Memento Mori
On my desk, in my home office, I have a human vertebra sitting beside my external hard drive. It's almost 150 years old, from the late 19th century, at least judging by the patina and degradation. The bone is yellowed, almost the color of honey, and is so brittle that... Continue reading
Posted Dec 2, 2016 at The Last Stop
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Tim Howell is now following Steve Martin
Nov 30, 2016
Tim Howell is now following Wil
Nov 30, 2016
Stranger Things: Death Through Retro-Colored Lenses
Posted Nov 19, 2016 at The Last Stop
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Being Dead: Only Slightly Worse Than Being Alive!
Like most late-90s goths, my introduction to all things dark and spooky came from Tim Burton. Growing up, Lydia Deetz and Edward Scissorhands were my role models, and when anything black or pleather snuck into my high school wardrobe, it was my way of showing off my inner Bio-Exorcist. Now,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 19, 2016 at The Last Stop
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Keeping Perspective
I’m sitting in the Ridgeway Diner. It might be my favorite place in New York - it’s at least near the top of that list. Ducking out of the frigid piss-scented air of sixth ave, you sidle through a tiny hallway occupied by an ATM and a health-code sanctioned wall-mounted... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2016 at The Last Stop
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