Death Cafe profile for Korttany
Location: United States
About Korttany:
Hi, I'm Korttany. I never expected to become an advocate of conversating about death, but here I am. I was deeply touched (and intrigued and challenged) by a very popular internet thread involving a coroner and various questions she answered. It made me realize the importance of thinking about death and gave me ideas on a way I could normalize talking about it and actually make it fun! I asked the coroner, Jacquie, if she'd like to write a lighthearted guidebook outlining all of these important questions that perfect strangers had asked her. She agreed, and out came "Spoiler Alert: You're Gonna Die." With it, we aim to inform people about death, get them okay with thinking about it using a lighthearted & funny approach of discussing it, and prompt them to talk about death which would ultimately lead to planning for it. It has become a great passion for me and I hope that the conversation continues to become more prevalent!
What brings you to Death Cafe?
I love the concept of encouraging and normalizing conversations about death! It desparately NEEDS to be normalized, as it is majorly important since it happens to us all.
Thoughts for sharing:
"In your opinion, what is the worst way to die?"
"Being killed by someone you love."
-Jacquie Purcell
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Korttany's posts on the Death Cafe website
New Blog post: How one person's views on Life, Death & Snickers Bars was forever changed
Posted by Korttany on Feb. 10, 2016, 2:29 p.m.
So, there’s this coroner who invited thousands of strangers to ask her questions about death. Sounds like a pretty weird invitation, right? My first thought upon discovering this, was, “What kind of weirdo’s actually want to talk about death?” I, myself, had done a pretty good job at completely avoiding any and every aspect of death, and thoroughly intended to keep it that way. However, my curiosity was piqued and I had a ...
New Blog post: Open letter to those who have lost children, from a coroner
Posted by Korttany on Jan. 19, 2016, 1:49 p.m. 1 comment
To all the parents I have had to meet,
One of the hardest moments of my job in the Coroner’s office was having to meet you during the worst day of your life. It was the day your world stopped spinning and ceased to exist as you knew it. The day that marked the start of a painfully long and unwanted chapter. The day that the beautiful child you brought in to this world ...