Presented by Âme Atendre
On the Table
With Ashley
Open Conversations and Human Connection
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On the Table with Ashley is a podcast of engaging conversations presented by luxury home goods brand, Âme Atendre. Join host Ashley Gould as she speaks with an inspirational and diverse group of individuals on their varied life experiences and professions. On the Table with Ashley covers the topics people so often leave off the table, with the goal of increasing human connection through curiosity, respect, and understanding.
On the Table with Ashley uses each interview as an opportunity to show how difficult and sometimes uncomfortable conversations are the ones worth having.
Ashley approaches each interview with a constructive and open lens. Episodes lean into the facets of every topic with the same core principals – mindful listening, compassion, and sometimes polite disagreement.
Ashley embraces the inspirational nuances of each guest’s lived experiences and doesn’t shy away from introspective, emotional, and complicated conversations. By going deeper, we not only explore the subject at hand but demonstrate how respecting varying perspectives and engaging in intimate, oftentimes provocative conversation without judgment leads to understanding, acceptance, and community.
Âme Atendre explores how surrounding ourselves with functional and beautiful objects helps us to feel “taken care of in our spaces” and in turn incentivizes us to take care of one another. Tying in this philosophy Ashley explores with guests how objects, the ones from our pasts and the ones we collect throughout our lives, connect us to the present moment and to one another.
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Dan Bulf
D+D Series: The Death Cafe Movement and Finding Connections through Grief with Dan Bulf
Candid conversations about death over coffee. Inclusive environments open to all walks of life. Destigmatizing one’s own mortality. This is the essence of Death Cafes. On this week’s episode of On the Table with Ashley, we had the pleasure of speaking with Dan Bulf, one of the original facilitators of these unique gatherings.
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Ashley Kirkham
D+D Series: Death and Honey – In Conversation with Former Estate Planning Attorney and Current Beekeeper, Ashley Kirkham
At Âme Atendre, we believe in honoring the threads that connect us all—to one another, to the earth, and to the communities we build throughout our lives. These connections are at the heart of our Death and Dying Series, where we explore the ways in which death can guide us to live more meaningfully.
This week’s episode features a conversation with Ashley Kirkham, a former estate planning attorney turned beekeeper. Ashley’s unique journey through estate law and beekeeping offers profound insights into life’s cycles, the importance of following one’s passion, and the enduring power of love and legacy.
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Laura Sullivan Cassidy
D+D Series: Human Composting and Returning to Nature – A Revolution in Death Care with the First Human Composting Company, Recompose
Sustainability in death is on the table today! In this episode, we are joined by Laura Sullivan Cassidy. Laura is the client experience leader at Recompose, a death care company based in Seattle Washington. As the world’s first human composting company, Recompose offers a sustainable alternative to traditional methods of burial and cremation. Laura shares her journey to Recompose, client stories, and how their innovative approach to death care aligns with our values at Âme Atendre.
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Play Steinberg
D+D Series: Scribe of Their Own Life – Processing Suicide, Grief, Addiction and Divorce through Religion, Self Care and Finding their Gender Identity with Play Steinberg
On the table today, we are processing grief through creativity and learning. In part one of this two-part episode, we are joined by Play Steinberg, a Deaf Studies graduate, scribe, and creator of the web series Father.Mother.God.
In their conversation with Ashley, Play dives into their journey to becoming a scribe, their experience earning a master’s degree in Deaf Studies, and how the loss of both parents to suicide informed their deeply personal webcomic series. Play shares their experience navigating life in the aftermath of intense and complicated loss, candidly exploring with Ashley their ongoing process toward acceptance. Together, they foster a vulnerable conversation that unravels and examines the nuances of loss, guilt, religion, communication, and healing.
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Susan Turnbull
D+D Series: Legacy Planning and Ethical Wills – The What and How of What Matters Most with Susan Turnbull
Part 4 of our series on Death + Dying. Ethical wills are on the table today. In this episode, we’re joined by Susan Turnbull. As the founder and Principal of Personal Legacy Advisors LLC, Susan has devoted her career to helping individuals create legacy documents, often referred to as ethical wills, which express the personal values, life lessons, and hopes they wish to pass on to future generations.
