Caitlin Doughty
Mortician & Advocate | Rethinking Death & Dying
About
Caitlin Doughty is a licensed funeral director, activist, and author who is revolutionizing the death care industry. Her memoir 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' was a New York Times bestseller, and her YouTube series 'Ask a Mortician' has over 600,000 subscribers.
Doughty founded the progressive funeral collective 'The Order of the Good Death' to promote open discussions around mortality. Her talks inspire audiences to confront their fears and misconceptions about death, offering a more transparent and healing approach to end-of-life care.
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A burial practice that nourishes the planet
Here's a question we all have to answer sooner or later: What do you want to happen to your body when you die? Funeral director Caitlin Doughty explores new ways to prepare us for inevitable mortality. In this thoughtful talk, learn more about ideas for burial (like "recomposting" and "conservation burial") that return our bodies back to the earth in an eco-friendly, humble and self-aware way.
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