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Contemplative Practices in Action I: Contemplating
Contemplative practices are transversal strategies, present in my life and in the support I offer as a Transition Doula.
Rita Lança
6 min read


Ritualizing Death, Celebrating Life
This article presents a brief summary of the video available here, referring to the Lecture “Ritualizing Death, Celebrating Life”.
Rita Lança
3 min read


Deep Ecology Lived
In this article, I address the relationship between Deep Ecology, Ethics, our identity and compassion.
Rita Lança
8 min read


Deep Ecology: The Work that Reconnects (WTR)
Continuing the Deep Ecology series, in this article I present The Work that Reconnects, formulated by Joanna Macy.
Rita Lança
7 min read


Deep Ecology
This article begins a series dedicated to Deep Ecology, one of the movements that supports and inspires the services I provide as a Transiti
Rita Lança
7 min read


Transition Doula: The Concept, the Philosophy, and the Support Services
The counselling I offer is aimed at people who are going through significant changes, which can be
Rita Lança
8 min read


A Discussion on Integrative Health, a Firsthand Experience
This roundtable stems from a deep desire expressed by Carlos Chan when we first met, to create a space to give voice to people who have...
Rita Lança
4 min read

Eating from Death: Contributions to a sociology of end-of-life care II
This post continues the previous one, where I suggest you start reading. Wanderings from the body to the kitchen The architecture of the...
Rita Lança
6 min read


Eating from Death: Contributions Towards a Sociology of End-of-life care - I
In my gut, intuition and curiosity have long been moving to combine two universes – eating and living, and how they intertwine and...
Rita Lança
5 min read


The role of doulas in the end-of-life landscape in Portugal
The figure of the doula in the community The role doulas play has been present in communities throughout history. Providing care and...
Rita Lança
7 min read


Trends in end-of-life care in Portugal: Actors and Landscapes
In response to the article by journalist Helena Bento, Cuidar de quem está no fim da vida (Caring for People at the End of Life - to read...
Rita Lança
6 min read


On holidays, contemplating death?
Inspired by a visit to the St John's Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, today I write about a subject that has bubbled up in me from a long...
Rita Lança
3 min read


What do Halloween, Day of the Dead and Samhain have in common?
From ancient cults in which death was celebrated we have moved to practices mediated by commodification... We avoid thinking about death...
Rita Lança
1 min read


We inhabited time...
As an alternative to the usual Halloween festivities in the city of Lagos, we chose to celebrate this night in a ritualized way, in a...
Rita Lança
2 min read
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