Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 26/04/2025It’s so natural for me to normalize and validate grief, including non-death losses, for others. Then I deny, downplay, and hide from my own. Let’s face our grief together and sit with it bravely. I’ll share mine in a comment. #grief #grieving 130
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 23/04/2025“I think the only way to meet the end is with curiosity. Not fear. not regret. Just a question- what now?” Alan Rickman #deathsky #deathdoula 031
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025“Your life is an occasion, rise to it.“ —Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Imporium 000
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Grief transcends all time and space. Grief is seeing your loved one’s favorite coffee cup in the cupboard. It’s in passing their favorite restaurant. It fills the empty chair. It starts as a a cacophony and settles into an echo. #grief #loss #deathsky 040
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Thanatophobia, the fear of death, can involve fear of the process (pain), fear of the afterlife (or lack there of), fear of being forgotten, fear that life is meaningless, but if I’m being honest mine is rooted in FOMO. You? #deathsky #deathpositive 120
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 30/03/2025People often tell me that their grief makes other people uncomfortable. So they avoid social interaction. Isolation is the worst thing for a grieving human. Let’s all try to be the friend who can be comfortable sitting in the presence of someone’s grief. Our job is to care, not to cure. 260
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 28/03/2025I love that my inner voice switches to be @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social ‘s voice while I’m reading #everythingistuberculosis 000
Reposted by DelaneyB Mo the Prince @bmotheprince.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Babe look! A new Not Real News just dropped youtu.be/o9aUhkf41Sg?...youtu.beNot Real News - Fighting Oligarchy, Executive Orders & A Fighting IrishYouTube video by Brian Moller | B Mo the Prince 5595
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 14/03/2025There is no “right” way to die, hold a funeral, or grieve. When we engage in conversations about death we learn from each other, expand our ideas and understanding, and create a sacred space at the threshold between life and death. #deathsky #deathpositive 131
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Death will not be the great equalizer until all bodies are equally valued in life. Here’s a great podcast episode with Dr. Kami Fletcher. #deathsky #deathpositivedougy.orgDeath Rituals & Funeral Practices As Resistance - Dr. Kami FletcherAt Dougy Center, you'll find grief support, resources, and connection before and after a death. We provide the right place when nothing feels right. 020
Reposted by DelaneyStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 10/03/2025It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum. 2042751659726
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Ash Wednesday: the day where people walk around with a memento mori on their foreheads. #deathsky #deathpositive #mementomori #ashwednesday 030
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Natural burials feel powerful and intimate in a way that helps me appreciate the circle of life and death. What are the options for green burial in your areas?bellefontainecemetery.orgGreen Burial Options - Bellefontaine Cemetery 041
Reposted by DelaneyHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation. I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot! 1068703907152
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Death in the arts shapes our perception. Is death inherently bad? Can death be kind? #deathsky #deathdoula #deathpositive 172
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 26/02/2025If your deceased loved one created a chatbot to emulate themselves would you want to use it? Are you comforted by the thought of an AI surrogate of your loved one? Would this ameliorate grief or cause maladaptive grief behaviors? #deathsky #deathdoula #grief #bereavement 300
Reposted by DelaneyGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Listen, things are fucked, but that doesn’t mean your accomplishments don’t matter. Wrote a book? Got accepted to a program? Recorded a song? One year sober? Whatever it is, share it. Maybe your joy will bring someone else a bit of joy, and we all need that. 982579379
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 07/02/2025What you post is your online legacy. How you react, what you say, and all your digital footprints will remain as long as the hosting platforms do. Is this good or bad? #deathsky #deathpositive 010
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Thanatechnology is a conversation we need to be having with those nearing end-of-life. How do they want their digital remains- such as social media accounts, emails, blogs, and videos, handled? 011
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 29/01/2025There are choices beyond cremation or embalming. Alkaline Hydrolysis. Natural Organic Reduction. Green (Natural) Burial. Cryopreservation. What body disposition method appeals to you? 010
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I would love to have the resources to start a community grief garden. Not only would it provide opportunities for individuals to acknowledge and actively process their own grief (including non-death losses), but it would bring people together to support each other’s grief in community.talkdeath.comNavigating Loss by Starting a Grief GardenGrief gardening connects me to the awe and the magic of energy, which is undeniably everywhere in a garden. 030
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Beware the urge to spiritually bypass grief- yours or anyone else’s. If spirituality and religion are a comfort to you that is wonderful, but neither are a bypass or fast track through grief. Grieving is a process. #deathsky #grief 151
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Today is an important day of remembering and honoring MLKJr. Nothing else. 020
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 18/01/2025I never turn on the tv during the day if I’m home. I will that day! It’ll be a great day for the background noise of HGTV or the Hallmark channel. 010
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 17/01/2025You can mourn losses like the loss of confidence, loss of security, loss of certainty, and loss of trust. These losses are real. The grief is real. #grief #loss #deathsky 071
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 09/01/2025So much loss and devastation and so much to grieve. I won’t attempt a positive spin, in this moment I can only bear witness to the pain and anguish. 000
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 06/01/2025I’ve found my New Year’s Resolution- Wonder, Whimsy, and Magic. 030
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Women were the deathcare workers until medicalization and professionalism driven by commercialism deleted them from the field in the 1800’s. Women were never too weak for blood and death, they were erased once there was money to be made. 🧵 140
Reposted by DelaneyGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too. 672405218106
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 20/12/2024The physical darkness of winter combined with the emotional darkness of grief can feel unbearable. There will be light again, my friend. #deathsky #griefwhatsyourgrief.comThe Longest Night: grief and the winter solstice - Whats your GriefThe winter solstice, sometimes called the longest night of the year, calls up so many connections to loss. Grief and the winter solstice reflections can 030
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Death positive doesn’t mean death eager. Let’s fight like hell for affordable and rational healthcare for ALL! 020
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I roll my eyes when I hear Hallelujah used as a Christmas song. Did we collectively forget this is a Leonard Cohen song about faith, doubt, love, loss, toxic relationships, and sex? Funeral song? Maybe. Christmas? No. What next Pentatonix? Praise You by Fatboy Slim? 000
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Christmas as an adult sometimes means wrapping gifts while bawling your eyes out because the holidays are just really hard sometimes. We can’t always be with the ones we love and merriment can be exhausting. You’re not an elf, you don’t have to fart snowflakes. You are enough. 100
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 15/12/2024How am I handling my winter depression mixed with crippling anxiety about the future? I bought the weird ass thing that brought me joy. #joy #anxiety #christmas 120
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Pet death can result in disenfranchised grief. Not everyone values animals or understands the significance of their loss. If you lost a pet, whether furry, scaled, or feathered, please know that your grief is valid and the impact they had on your life was real and important. #deathsky 060
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 13/12/2024I just finished @stephenking.bsky.social book Fairy Tale for the second time. This book is brilliant! Would I face giants, torture, and almost certain death to save my dog? Hell yes! This tale is for lovers of fantasy and dogs! #booksky #stephenking #dogsky 140
Reposted by DelaneyStone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 13/12/2024My houseplants watching me pour water in the coffee maker 292168041376
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Best practice: if you are bringing food to someone recently bereaved, please bring it in a dish that you don’t need returned. Disposable is best. And please normalize not expecting thank you cards for any help following the death of a loved one? #deathsky #deathpositive #deathdoula #thanatology 140
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Best version! The casting is impeccable. Kermit killed it as Bob Cratchit. Fozzie as Fezziwig… genius. 000
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 10/12/2024BYOG - bring your own grief. Grief is a human emotion, not a dirty word. It’s a part of you and you don’t have to hide it or mask it. The Victorians had the right idea with mourning clothes. We should acknowledge, accept, and honor each other’s grief. Running from it and locking it away never works. 010
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Why don’t we invest the same time and care into pre-planning our funerals as we do weddings? It takes pressure off your loved ones and you get a final celebration that it uniquely appropriate for you! Life isn’t guaranteed; it’s never too early to plan. #deathdoula #deathsky #deathpositivity 371
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Little acts add up to be your legacy. You don’t have to invent or publish anything. What you teach and how you treat people changes the world more than you can imagine. #deathsky #deathpositive 030
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 05/12/2024What’s is a thanatologist? A professional who studies death, dying, and grief. Is that depressing? It’s freeing to demystify death and understand the emotional, neurological, and spiritual components of grief. It’s best used to support through sacred death to allow for hope and joy in living. 070
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium is not only egregiously underrated, but it is quite possibly the best media depiction of death acceptance. I wrote a graduate level term paper arguing this point, that’s how passionate I am about this stance. 100
Delaney @delaneyr.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Thanatological Thought of the Day: We know we will one day die, but we have diminished capacity to fully comprehend that truth. Mortality salience is always at our heels. Use it as fuel to live well with curiosity and compassion. 000
