Shylene Schlackl & Susan Blackwood have teamed up to build this comprehensive understanding of what we all need to know about the end of life here in British Columbia. Working together over the past couple of years they have become a great team, ready to support our community. Working as a team and separately in their own fields, Susan and Shylene bring a unique cross of wisdom and play to this field of service. Over the past years, these two have developed various 'prescriptions" for rest and sureness at the end of life. The Eight Areas of Transition: a rest assurance plan
1) Living Life - what does life truly mean to you?
2) People - key people and the impact your death will have on them.
3) Belief - your thoughts on death, dying, and the dead
4) Grief - a normal part of living and empowers you when honoured
5) Transition - document, clarify and discuss your Exit strategy
6) Last Honours - help. you organize and think about your funeral
7) Legacy/Ancestry- contemplation on what you are leaving behind
8) Material Life - your physical presence, possessions and such
it was only a few years ago i (Shylene) began to notice people are not coping well with deaths. Through my work in the community and my very large family, I knew I wanted to begin this conversation, begin learning about this area of life. I am slowing learning, exploring, and researching death, practices, and cultural traditions, rituals, and ceremonies. I am reading and creating documents to help support my circles of people. Planning to create the Rest-Assured package, to guide, support, and deepen our relationship to each other, our lives, and our deaths. I am looking forward to using this page to help me collect and share more about the materials and resources becoming widely available online. Together, we are co-creating awareness, acceptance, and a bit of magic around this once very dark and often neglected part of being human. blessed be!
