Nine Keys & Co: the art, soft-business, activism, and mystery of death work

This Nine Keys episode is a real treasure hunt! Listen closely to Warlock Fulltime's conversation with Narinder to find a valuable gem just for you. Warlock drops keepsakes all through this 60-minute chat about potential portals, uncertainty, grief as a production queen, art, seagulls, sunsets, and pain as a big doorway to the art of noticing.  Warlock Fulltime is the son of a Baptist pastor,...

In this episode of the Nine Keys podcast, Narinder talks with her best friend Deryn about the importance of play, whimsy, following our intuition, and releasing attachments to outcomes when playing with magic!  Deryn is a witch and an artist living in Atlanta with his three cats and a handful of spirits. He and Narinder have been playing together between realms for years. If you seek end...

In this episode, Narinder and Melissa Word riff on: Death Work as an art medium  Grief as the diva she is  Patriarchal learning systems vs matriarchal learning systems in regard to 'death schools" If you are an artist, if you are a death worker, if you are a new world builder, or if you're curious about how those three things blend, this episode is for you!  Melissa Word is a powerh...

In this episode of Nine Keys, Narinder slips into her storytelling magic to share the true tale of how Seven Moon Cove came to be. Seven Moon Cove is an intimate space for fringe folk, makers, new-world dreamers, death workers, and grief walkers, (aka the cool kids) to explore together for seven moon cycles and to meet up in the mystic's sandbox. Narinder facilitates play spaces full of secre...

Holy moly, this episode of Nine Keys is so smart and inspiring! Narinder talks with one of her colleagues, her friend Sarah, about the benefits, collective and personal, of specialization in our death work. This is a must listen. It's so good! Dr. Sarah Parker Ward wants people to think more affectionately about death so they can experience a healthier, more fulfilling life. Sarah holds a Ph....

If you are a death worker who is just starting your business, or a death worker who needs some warm and wholesome small business encouragement, this episode is for you! Narinder invites back one of her favorite small business mentors, Yarrow Magdalena. This conversation is cozy and very helpful. It's a great listen for driving, drawing, washing dishes, or relaxing. Enjoy! Yarrow Magdalena is a web...

Narinder has been talking a lot about death worker small businesses for quite some time. In this episode of Nine Keys, Narinder shares what the 'small' part of 'small business' means to her. Through personal stories, insights gained from mentoring death workers, and grand ideas about new paradigm work, she shares what it means to have a business that centers on taking what one needs to be able to...

Death workers are givers. Like, we wouldn't be doing the work we do if we were just takers. Are we spiritually bypassing the access to the longevity and sustainability of our work by not unwinding the ick around 'business'? Are we continuing to give our offerings freely because we believe that spiritual care doesn't vibe with a fee or we feel bad for charging for our work? Do we think th...

In this episode of Nine Keys, Narinder gets to share with you someone who inspires her work. Death Midwifery as artform and entrepreneurial work takes a village to raise if we want to get it to where it is calling us to go. Narinder needed help with her website, so she reached out to Yarrow Magdalena. Not only did Yarrow help her with her website beautifully, they also showed Narinder how to find...

In this episode of Nine Keys, Narinder talks with Naila Francis about whales and grief, Grief-In-Public Day, her childhood in St. Lucia, how we need more Grief Coaches to step up to the plate, and how letting grief be in its fullest expression is immensely important in these times.  Naila Francis  is a grief coach, death midwife, poet and interfaith minister. She is also a Reiki Level II...

Maggie Converse is a death midwife who specializes in the care for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. In this episode, Maggie shares her journey with death midwifery as a spiritual path, her short stint working for a hospice group in Oregon, and the huge loss she endured that ultimately became the pivotal point in her life that shaped her death midwifery. To find Maggie, and access her am...

In this episode of Vulture Culture, Narinder shares a message about the holistic death care movement's timing and destinations. She hopes that there is something in this episode that serves as an inspiration for her fellow death workers. If you find this podcast to be an inspiration for you, please pass it along! Thank you so much. And thank you for listening to the Vulture Culture. Hosted on...

V Wiley is a death worker that we see often on social media with the handle @corpse_pose_yoga. V shares their wisdom and knowledge with us in this powerful, yet casual, chat about death work in 2023. They have shared some super amazing resources with us as well. Those are listed below. Piano Burning – Annea Lockwood, 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_burning   Ismatu Gwendolyn – Information...

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Vulture Culture friends, this podcast episode is for us who are comfortable with the word 'activism' and for those who aren't comfortable with that word. It's an invitation to softly take in the enormity of our work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dear death worker friends, this short episode is meant to challenge you in gentle ways, and to inspire you too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Sarah Parker-Ward, a creative services professional with a focus in thanatology, joined the Long Hall Many Doors podcast to graciously share her expert opinion regarding the importance of Death Workers finding financial sustainability as it relates to the overarching health of the Holistic Death Care Movement. Dr. Parker-Ward is the co-founder of digital marketplace Clio, designed to improve d...

It was so inspiring to sit with other death workers and healers who are currently rewriting the narratives that are keeping them stuck in instability with their work. This podcast is a big invitation to get the conversation about sustainability in our work out there! It's vitally important that we rewrite the value of "women's work" and that we do it immediately. Hosted on Acast....

If you are a death care worker, a healer or a guide, this guided meditation is for you, for us. Sometimes it really serves our work when we can take it out of the gaze of the ego and let it expand in the oneness of the collective. May this meditation serve your work in the ways that you need it to. Background music by Cat Fitzgerald Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you are a woman identified healer or helper (ex. Death Doula, a Sound Healer, Coach, Guide etc) this episode is for you. Don't put it off. Listen immediately. This conversation is critical. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Death Workers, you are always on my heart! I believe in your work and I want to help you. This podcast may be the very thing you need. Thank you for giving it a listen. Let me know what you think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In my heart is a library of Death Midwifery stories. They are beginning to speak and I am letting them. It is with honor and respect that I let these stories come out. Details in the stories have been changed to preserve the privacy of the beautiful people who have invited me to tremendously tender moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This first podcast of mine is an invitation. It's an invitation to myself to step out of my comfort zone and to try something new, a podcast! It's an invitation to Death Workers (death midwives, death doulas and death companions) to consider the way we are asking the general public to understand our work. And it's an invitation to the general public to allow for the evolution of market...