Death as Part of Life: Conversation and Ritual with a Chaplain [public]

​The Fall Equinox marks the day and night have equal length, when light and dark are in perfect balance. For this Solar Salon, we’re honored to invite the insightful Annanda Barclay, a chaplain and end-of-life doula, for a casual conversation and simple journaling ritual to recognize death as part of life.

Seanan will host the conversation, asking Annanda: What place does death have in my life? How should I think about death now before I'm forced to confront it?

​**Please bring something to journal with for the activity and journaling ritual.**

​Annanda Barclay (she/they) is a cis, queer chaplain and end-of-life doula, specializing in advanced end-of-life planning and financial education. Through her organization, Livity, Annanda provides end-of-life services, while also offering financial and retirement planning as an independent licensed agent/broker. She trained as a chaplain at Stanford's Center for CPE and the Office for Religious and Spiritual Life, where her research focused on moral injury in STEM fields. Her doula training was completed with Going with Grace, founded by Alua Arthur, known for her viral TED Talk on death and dying.

​Annanda is also the creator and host of the Moral Repair podcast, part of the Big Questions Project with PRX Productions and the John Templeton Foundation. In her free time, she enjoys urban beekeeping, home brewing, attending concerts, spending time with loved ones, and indulging in good food she didn’t cook. You can often find her outdoors with friends, family, or enjoying her own company.

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