Michelle Williams
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A patriarchy? Yeah, yeah. But things that we've inherited make that bucket that bucket. I hope that the generational turnover is going to drain that bucket into the bucket of, first of all, normal, acceptable, great, pleasurable, and also... personal.
A patriarchy? Yeah, yeah. But things that we've inherited make that bucket that bucket. I hope that the generational turnover is going to drain that bucket into the bucket of, first of all, normal, acceptable, great, pleasurable, and also... personal.
It belongs to you. I remember I asked Nikki, I was like, what did people say when Molly found out she had stage four and she was dying? And then told everybody that she was going on this sexual journey. Did that open her up to any judgment where people like, oh my God, you're never going to believe what Molly is doing. She was like, nobody did. And I was like, that's great.
It belongs to you. I remember I asked Nikki, I was like, what did people say when Molly found out she had stage four and she was dying? And then told everybody that she was going on this sexual journey. Did that open her up to any judgment where people like, oh my God, you're never going to believe what Molly is doing. She was like, nobody did. And I was like, that's great.
It belongs to you. I remember I asked Nikki, I was like, what did people say when Molly found out she had stage four and she was dying? And then told everybody that she was going on this sexual journey. Did that open her up to any judgment where people like, oh my God, you're never going to believe what Molly is doing. She was like, nobody did. And I was like, that's great.
Well, she's got amazing friends then because there wasn't chatter about it. But I think we're worried what people would think or what people would say.
Well, she's got amazing friends then because there wasn't chatter about it. But I think we're worried what people would think or what people would say.
Well, she's got amazing friends then because there wasn't chatter about it. But I think we're worried what people would think or what people would say.
Yes, the right way to do it. Her refusal of that and also her desire to control it, to know what it was and to say when enough was enough. Childbirth and death are like these portals, but they're so medicalized. But that in each experience, you have the ability to say, I've experienced enough pain and my body is done with that aspect of this. But to know the timelines of things.
Yes, the right way to do it. Her refusal of that and also her desire to control it, to know what it was and to say when enough was enough. Childbirth and death are like these portals, but they're so medicalized. But that in each experience, you have the ability to say, I've experienced enough pain and my body is done with that aspect of this. But to know the timelines of things.
Yes, the right way to do it. Her refusal of that and also her desire to control it, to know what it was and to say when enough was enough. Childbirth and death are like these portals, but they're so medicalized. But that in each experience, you have the ability to say, I've experienced enough pain and my body is done with that aspect of this. But to know the timelines of things.
We know, oh, when your water breaks, you'll probably go into labor and 36 hours. But death just isn't a part of our conversation. We don't know the bodily function of it and we don't see it.
We know, oh, when your water breaks, you'll probably go into labor and 36 hours. But death just isn't a part of our conversation. We don't know the bodily function of it and we don't see it.
We know, oh, when your water breaks, you'll probably go into labor and 36 hours. But death just isn't a part of our conversation. We don't know the bodily function of it and we don't see it.
Right. And also the hope that what if there's more? And the treatment cycles that a person has to go through. I haven't been with somebody at the end of their life. That's not something that I... know intimately. But I know that the information is so powerful to have hospice care.
Right. And also the hope that what if there's more? And the treatment cycles that a person has to go through. I haven't been with somebody at the end of their life. That's not something that I... know intimately. But I know that the information is so powerful to have hospice care.
Right. And also the hope that what if there's more? And the treatment cycles that a person has to go through. I haven't been with somebody at the end of their life. That's not something that I... know intimately. But I know that the information is so powerful to have hospice care.
You can have a death doula in the same way that you used to have a birth doula, but somebody who really supports you and walks you through and helps you do it on your own terms. And it helps you understand end of life care. I know somebody actually who switched from being a birth doula to being a death doula. That place is so information rich. There's so much encoded stuff about really how to live.
You can have a death doula in the same way that you used to have a birth doula, but somebody who really supports you and walks you through and helps you do it on your own terms. And it helps you understand end of life care. I know somebody actually who switched from being a birth doula to being a death doula. That place is so information rich. There's so much encoded stuff about really how to live.
You can have a death doula in the same way that you used to have a birth doula, but somebody who really supports you and walks you through and helps you do it on your own terms. And it helps you understand end of life care. I know somebody actually who switched from being a birth doula to being a death doula. That place is so information rich. There's so much encoded stuff about really how to live.