Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #117

“Freedom” must now include entanglement. “Sovereignty” must be recast as mutuality. “Security” must embrace interdependence. These are not semantic tweaks—they are acts of ontological engineering.

“You can’t fundamentally change big systems. You can only abandon them and start over or offer hospice to what’s dying.” – Deborah Frieze

The work of a death doula isn’t to go to people who are dying and knock them down so they transition quicker. It’s to accompany them, to help them be with what is inevitable, to breathe deeply through discomfort, to help heal any relationships while there’s still time, to support those around them who are in pain, to ease suffering, and support dig... See more

As many as 50–100 billion cells die each day in our bodies alone. There is nothing more normal in life than death.