Death and How to Live It: Death Doula, Alua Arthur

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Alua Arthur joins Rainn Wilson on Soul Boom to explore the transformative power of embracing mortality. They delve into how contemplating death can bring clarity and meaning to life, the cultural taboos around discussing death, and the importance of preparing for the end of life. Alua shares personal stories and insights, revealing how facing death can be a pathway to living more fully. Alua Arthur is a death doula, attorney, and founder of Going with Grace, an end-of-life planning organization that helps people navigate the process of dying with dignity. Her work involves providing emotional, spiritual, and practical support to individuals and their families as they approach the end of life. She also offers education and training for others who want to become death doulas or better understand the dying process. Alua Arthur is known for her compassionate approach, blending legal expertise with a deep commitment to making death a more conscious, informed, and peaceful experience. She often speaks publicly and conducts workshops on topics related to death, dying, and grief. Thank you to our sponsors! LMNT: http://drinklmnt.com/SoulBoom HOKA: https://bit.ly/HokaSoulBoom Pique Tea: (15% off!): https://piquelife.com/SOUL Waking Up app (1st month FREE!): https://wakingup.com/soulboom Fetzer Institute: https://fetzer.org/ Sign up for our newsletter! https://soulboom.substack.com SUBSCRIBE to Soul Boom!! https://bit.ly/Subscribe2SoulBoom Watch our Clips: https://bit.ly/SoulBoomCLIPS Watch WISDOM DUMP: https://bit.ly/WISDOMDUMP Follow us! Instagram: http://instagram.com/soulboom TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@soulboom Sponsor Soul Boom: [email protected] Work with Soul Boom: [email protected] Send Fan Creations, Questions, Comments: [email protected] Produced by: Kartik Chainani Executive Produced by: Ford Bowers, Samah Tokmachi Spring Green Films Production Supervisor: Mike O'Brien Voicing Change Media Theme Music by: Marcos Moscat

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0:00.0	Hey, Soul Boom Generation, I've got a really exciting announcement for you.
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0:30.0	You're listening to Sobub. Everybody dies. Everything dies, except for a styrofoam at some point. Everything else dies. And because of that, we get to really be present with the fact that that happens and then see what we'll do with it, how we engage with it once we become aware that this is what happens. And there are a number of ways to look at it. We can look at it as dark and scary and macab and no thank you and morbid.
0:56.0	And also we can see the value in it, the benefit, the potential.
1:00.0	Because when I'm thinking about my death, I'm thinking about death in general,
1:04.0	my entire life comes into very, very clear focus.
1:08.0	Life itself becomes far more meaningful. Life's meaning is that it ends. The fact
1:13.2	that we will die, I will die, this will die, creates such importance for the while, for the time
1:20.1	that it's here.
1:24.1	Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience. I want to have
1:29.0	conversations about a spiritual revolution. Let's get deep with our favorite thinkers, friends,
1:34.3	and entertainers about life, meaning, and idiocy. Welcome to the Soul Boom Podcast.
1:53.4	I think my favorite part of your new book is when you describe your own death pet and your death scene.
1:55.3	Can you take us through that?
1:57.4	What does that look like?
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