Laura (Collins) Lyster-Mensh: author, podcaster, death doula in residence in 2023 https://teapaw.org/t.co/ZMETkyjMR3.
Washington DC, USA
Joined June 2009
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I am honored to have this conversation. Truly. Maya is VERY good at normalizing these discussions, and I'm such a fan. It is a bit scary, awkward, uncharted conversational territory. Thank you #deathdoula #deathpositive #eoldoula
Ever heard of a death doula? 💀
Is there money to be made in this field?
@LauraCollinsLM explains her work, and how she *actually* makes her personal finances work ...
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Remarkable discovery: if you put a few dozen death doulas in a room you will discover three of us happen to have a Death Deck in our bags. Fun people!! #thedeathdeck #deathdouladay #deathdoula #deathdoulas ##deathpositive thedeathdeck.com
Imagining our own deathbed scenes: Valoria and Laura get to ask Ali!
#GoAskAli #ShondalandAudio #iHeartRadio #endoflifedoula #endoflifeplanning #endoflifecare #deathdouladay #Hospice #deathdouladays doulabydestiny.com/post/doul…
Ugh. Certainly not my definition either.
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I love that my interview on Daily Blast LIVE followed a discussion of zombies. That makes sense. THANK YOU, @dailyblastlive for a genuinely interesting conversation!
#zombies #congressionalcemetery #deathdoula #deathdouladay @CongCemetery #deathpositive
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This podcast is always in my ears lately. And today, woo hoo, I hear myself! Join us:
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@citycastdc
We all gotta die sometime, but I have to say, I'm happy to have lived long enough to be on City Cast DC... Love @BridgetMarie Love this show in my ears!!
#deatheducation #deathdoula #deathpositive #washingtondc
There's just no way around it — all of us are going to die, and sadly, a lot of folks are dying alone. Laura Lyster-Mensh, Congressional Cemetery's (@CongCemetery) Death Doula in Residence, is trying to change that by encouraging death positivity.
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Thank you, @HillRagDC, for spotlighting this project and THIS AMAZING PLACE @CongCemetery
With her year-long residency at Historic @CongCemetery, death doula @LauraCollinsLM says she wants to "bring courage, curiosity and a sense of humor to dying --which all humans will experience." | Death Doula Laura Lyster-Mensh hillrag.com/2023/02/08/death…
My new to do list item: make this a typical Monday story!!
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"my last words will be my passwords" priceless!!!
We're all going to die ❤️ I attended an obit writing workshop and wrote that my last words will be my passwords, Sad girl music & the Glee soundtrack will play at my service, and a list of everyone and everything I love and want to accomplish in this life. axios.com/local/washington-d…
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I wrote my own obituary at the Congressional Cemetery this weekend and ngl it was pretty cool axios.com/local/washington-d…
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I’m nervous to share this but my paper is out in @TheLancetPsych today! I’ve written about #eatingdisorders, “terminal anorexia” and withdrawing treatment alongside @AgnesAyton @sensinglorna @Suzanne38063826 & others.
I am both proud & sad to write it.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1gTeI… – at Cambridge, England
My favorite things: talking openly about death, and Historic Congressional Cemetery. Thank you, @WGNMorningNews and @CongCemetery for what is turning out to be a very interesting year!
#wgnmorningnews #congressionalcemetery #congcemetery #deathpositivity #deathawareness #cemetery
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I’m buzzin’ like those bees near Janie’s pear tree—thrilled & humbled to be a part of first real (& groundbreaking) documentary of #ZoraNealeHurstonPBS the anthropologist! Time for @AmericanAnthro to
Thank you, Dr. Muhlheim. Parents trust pediatricians to be using the best data and judgement. How do they do that when AAP is not?
Thank you, Dr. Peebles. A tragic, medically unsupported, and dangerous step backward. Kids deserve better from their adults and physicians. Who can parents trust?
Hey @AmerAcadPeds I could not be more embarrassed to be a pediatrician right now. Why are you trying to make all children and teens the same size? Why are you prescribing weight loss interventions to young people without regard for future risk to their health or mental health?
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Congrats @LauraCollinsLM for founding the #deathdouladays. “I know it sounds like it’s about death,” …[b]ut it’s really about life.” Dying can be a taboo topic. Enter the death doula. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
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Silence is the first, but not the last thing demanded by fascists of their critics.
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