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Sarah Parker Ward is an end-of-life strategist and death tech futurist.
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Sarah Parker Ward is an end-of-life strategist and death-tech futurist whose work challenges conventional approaches to ‘deathcare.’ She advocates for intentional, strategic planning as a pathway to more compassionate and effective end-of-life experiences. Ward has trained under the International [https://inelda.org/ End of Life Doula Association] (INELDA), the Oasis Institute’s [https://www.umassalumni.com/s/1640/rd17/leftCol.aspx?sid=1640&gid=2&pgid=252&cid=3695&ecid=3695&crid=0&calpgid=1978&calcid=3482 Center for Mindfulness] at UMass Amherst, and [https://www.psilohealth.co/ PsiloHealth’s] [https://www.psilohealth.co/pps Psychedelic Peer Support] program. She is the co-founder, with Anish Dhanasekaran, of [https://weareclio.com/about Clio,] a platform that helps people at the end of life more quickly connect with a global community of death-care practitioners. She holds a PhD in emerging media studies from Boston University, where she researched death cognition and its policy implications. Ward has created work with Columbia University’s Digital Storytelling Lab and has taught marketing and communications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Boston University, and SUNY Potsdam. She has served on several nonprofit boards focused on healthcare, equitable access to the arts, and education. She is also the proud mother of three children.
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This survey shows that although irritable bowel disease (IBS) affects five million people globally, 85 percent of the population doesn’t know what it is.
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December
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Dr. Parker Ward shares her journey from digital advertising to becoming a pioneering voice in the intersection of technology and end-of-life planning. She offers unique insights into how the digital revolution is transforming our relationship with death and explores the emergence of innovative technologies like grief bots and digital legacy planning tools.
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Dr. Sarah Parker Ward talks to the Health Design podcast encouraging you to think more affectionately about death so you can experience a healthier, more fulfilling life.
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Sarah Parker Ward joins the Long Hall Many Doors podcast to 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.
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