Dead Name Rituals and Shedding the Israeli Identity (with meital yaniv!)

Dead Name Rituals and Shedding the Israeli Identity (with meital yaniv!)

Happy Pride Month! Rachelle sits down with death doula, reiki practitioner and writer, meital yaniv (they/them) to discuss what goes into a dead name ritual, especially for trans folks who have given themselves a new name since their transition, true name anointing - a process of ritualizing and crowning a new chosen name, the on-going violence in Palestine at the hands of the Israeli (and American-funded) government and why meital decided to shed their "Israeli" identity as a step towards the freedom of Palestine. You can find meital's work at truenamecollective.com [https://www.truenamecollective.com/] or at meitalyaniv.com [https://www.meitalyaniv.com/]. Thank you for listening! You can follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mortalityandthemorgue/] to see guests' faces, get updates on the show, and see exclusive death content! You can also find Rachelle on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/rachelleyounie/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/rachelleyounie/], Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/rachelleyounie/] and everything else she’s up to on rachelleyounie.com [https://www.rachelleyounie.com/].  Please follow the podcast, rate it five stars and leave a written review wherever you listen, it would mean a lot!

Grieving Divorce and Relationship Loss (with Resham Mantri!)

Rachelle sits down with Death Doula, Divorce Doula and Writer, Resham Mantri (she/they) to discuss their background as a nonprofit lawyer and working in a flawed system, how the death of her father and grandmother led to death care work, and how the grief of their divorce inspired her to offer support surrounding relationship loss. You can find Resham at her website reshammantri.com [https://reshammantri.com/] and on Instagram @reshamgram [https://www.instagram.com/reshamgram/] @liberationanddeath [https://www.instagram.com/liberationanddeath/] @communitydeathcaredigest [https://www.instagram.com/communitydeathcaredigest/]. Thank you for listening! You can follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mortalityandthemorgue/]to see guests' faces, get updates on the show, and see exclusive death content! You can also find Rachelle on Instagram, [https://www.instagram.com/rachelleyounie/] Twitter, [https://twitter.com/rachelleyounie/] Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/rachelleyounie/]and everything else she’s up to on rachelleyounie.com [https://www.rachelleyounie.com/].  Please follow the podcast, rate it five stars and leave a written review wherever you listen, it would mean a lot!

Emmy Sees Ghosts (with Emmy C-G!)

Rachelle sits down with podcast host, multi-passionate, multidisciplinary storyteller, death doula and witch Emmy C-G (she/they) to discuss the intersections and nuances of identity in the death care space, being witchy and using tarot as a tool for self-exploration, seeing a ghost at a slumber party, their podcast The Violet Vulture and so much more! You can find The Violet Vulture on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3R8nR6kClvor4yxMPNumWq?si=a441739a495c4d3e] and Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-violet-vulture/id1618976510] and you can find Emmy on Instagram @la_soy_emmy [https://www.instagram.com/la_soy_emmy/]. Thank you for listening! You can follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mortalityandthemorgue/] to see guests' faces, get updates on the show, and see exclusive death content! You can also find Rachelle on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/rachelleyounie/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/rachelleyounie/] and Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/rachelleyounie/] and everything else she’s up to on rachelleyounie.com [https://www.rachelleyounie.com/].  Please follow the podcast, rate it five stars and leave a written review wherever you listen, it would mean a lot!

Modern Mortality (with Dr. Matt Boulos!)

Rachelle sits down with Internal Medicine Physician Dr. Matthew Boulos (he/him) to discuss his path in medical training that led to him beginning a critical care and pulmonary fellowship in the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, how he made the difficult decision to leave the fellowship, reflecting on his mortality through his work and podcast, Modern Mortality, and so much more! You can listen to Matt's podcast, Modern Mortality on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6iEfzT0LqlAN3BzhY3NH6l?si=699a9a458d244f87] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/modern-mortality/id1677217803]. Thank you for listening! You can follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mortalityandthemorgue/] to see guests' faces, get updates on the show, and see exclusive death content! You can also find Rachelle on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/rachelleyounie/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/rachelleyounie/] and Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/rachelleyounie/] and everything else she’s up to on rachelleyounie.com [https://www.rachelleyounie.com/].  Please follow the podcast, rate it five stars and leave a written review wherever you listen, it would mean a lot!

Socially Designing for Death (with Clara Roth!)

Rachelle sits down with Social Designer Clara Roth (she/her) to discuss her Master's Thesis on how death is socially designed in her home country of Germany, how the German death industry compares to North America, and how losing both of her parents to cancer within five years inspired her to delve into this important work. You can find Clara on Instagram @clararoth [https://www.instagram.com/clararoth/] and her design studio, no.ja studio @no.ja_studio [https://www.instagram.com/no.ja_studio/]. Thank you for listening! You can follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mortalityandthemorgue/] to see guests' faces, get updates on the show, and see exclusive death content! You can also find Rachelle on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/rachelleyounie/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/rachelleyounie/] and Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/rachelleyounie/] and everything else she’s up to on rachelleyounie.com [https://www.rachelleyounie.com/].  Please follow the podcast, rate it five stars and leave a written review wherever you listen, it would mean a lot!