Thanabotany in Real Life: Ciara Fiorello

Thanabotany
Written By Cole Imperi

Now that hundreds of people have completed the Introduction to Thanabotany course, it’s exciting to get to see how people use Thanabotany in real life.

 
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Ciara Fiorello shares with us how Thanabotany has been useful:

I have always loved flowers and how they tie into celebrations and rituals in both life and death. As I have furthered my education in end of life and deathwork, taking the Thanabotany class through the school opened up so many different ways for me to incorporate flowers and plants into my patient’s end-of-life rituals and celebrations.

Each week, when we would learn about a flower, I would go searching to find them. So I could connect a little deeper. The iris and the violets in this frame are from my own yard on Long Island, NY. The daisies were growing wild and made a wonderful addition. I made this piece to hang in my office to always remind me of the significance and beauty associated with death and dying.

Cole Imperi

Cole Imperi is a triple-certified thanatologist, a two-time TedX speaker, and one of America’s experts on death, dying and grief. She is best known for her work pioneering the fields of Thanabotany and Deathwork (which includes Death Companioning) and through her development of Shadowloss, Shadowlight and Dremains. Cole is the founder of the School of American Thanatology, which has students from 20 countries across 12 timezones. Cole has worked as a chaplain-thanatologist in a jail, mortuary college professor, crematory operator, hospice volunteer, grief support group leader for children as young as 3 to adults, and served on the board of a green burial startup. Cole served as the first female Board President of the 178-year-old Historic Linden Grove Cemetery & Arboretum in Covington, Kentucky, works with death-related businesses through her consulting firm, Doth, and publishes death and loss-related content. Her forthcoming book, A Guide to Your Grief, will be published by Kids Can Press in 2024.

https://coleimperi.com
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