Our urgent need to do death differently | Ronika Power | TEDxMelbourne
Ronika Power |
TEDxMelbourne
• August 2018
Deathwalker and bioarchaeologist, Ronika Power, urges us to rethink the convention of death – a topic that has become taboo in the modern Western world. She asks a compelling question: in our efforts to protect ourselves from pain and discomfort, have we become ‘death denying’? In this talk, Ronika shares lessons from the ancient world to teach us how we can reconnect with the extraordinary opportunities for growth, bonding and ripening that emerge through death, prompting us to reclaim the ancient human right and privilege to take care of our own.
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