Ivor Williams
@ivorwilliams.info
🌄 Helping you explore life before death with Mortals
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✍️ Honorary Practice Fellow at Imperial College London
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Ivor Williams
@ivorwilliams.info
· Jan 10
Ever wonder what it feels like to transform your life in just a few weeks? ✨ Our next Mortals cohort kicks off next week, and I wanted to share you the real and powerful journey our participants experience. Learn about the 5-week programme in their own words...
I'm trying to zero in on why Dying for Sex is the best thing I've seen in years that manages to make the dying experience feel not entirely awful - tragic, painful, existential - but not awful.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
April 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'm trying to zero in on why Dying for Sex is the best thing I've seen in years that manages to make the dying experience feel not entirely awful - tragic, painful, existential - but not awful.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Reposted by Ivor Williams
Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
Reposted by Ivor Williams
So enjoyed this chat with @ivorwilliams.info and @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social 💚
Loved talking with @alexevansuk.bsky.social and @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social on The Larger Us podcast. Facing our mortality together isn't just about confronting death. It's about unlocking a deeper appreciation for life. Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1738464/epis...
How to die (and live) well - with Ivor Williams - The Larger Us Podcast
Why do those of us in western societies find it so difficult to face the prospect of our deaths, or to grieve collectively for experiences of shared loss? How does unprocessed collective grief - for i...
www.buzzsprout.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
So enjoyed this chat with @ivorwilliams.info and @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social 💚
Loved talking with @alexevansuk.bsky.social and @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social on The Larger Us podcast. Facing our mortality together isn't just about confronting death. It's about unlocking a deeper appreciation for life. Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1738464/epis...
How to die (and live) well - with Ivor Williams - The Larger Us Podcast
Why do those of us in western societies find it so difficult to face the prospect of our deaths, or to grieve collectively for experiences of shared loss? How does unprocessed collective grief - for i...
www.buzzsprout.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Loved talking with @alexevansuk.bsky.social and @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social on The Larger Us podcast. Facing our mortality together isn't just about confronting death. It's about unlocking a deeper appreciation for life. Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1738464/epis...
Thanks so much everyone who's gotten in touch. I'm keen to speak to just 2-3 more people.
If you - or someone you know - has arranged a direct cremation for a loved one, I'd really like to hear how it went for you and your family & friends. Ta to @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social et all for the share!
If you - or someone you know - has arranged a direct cremation for a loved one, I'd really like to hear how it went for you and your family & friends. Ta to @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social et all for the share!
Have you arranged a direct cremation for a loved one? I'd love to talk and hear your experience.
1 hour of your time, online. Calls this week. £30 Amazon voucher as thanks ☺️
DM/reply below to chat. Please share! 📡🙏🏻
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @dremmaclare.bsky.social @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social
1 hour of your time, online. Calls this week. £30 Amazon voucher as thanks ☺️
DM/reply below to chat. Please share! 📡🙏🏻
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @dremmaclare.bsky.social @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Thanks so much everyone who's gotten in touch. I'm keen to speak to just 2-3 more people.
If you - or someone you know - has arranged a direct cremation for a loved one, I'd really like to hear how it went for you and your family & friends. Ta to @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social et all for the share!
If you - or someone you know - has arranged a direct cremation for a loved one, I'd really like to hear how it went for you and your family & friends. Ta to @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social et all for the share!
Have you arranged a direct cremation for a loved one? I'd love to talk and hear your experience.
1 hour of your time, online. Calls this week. £30 Amazon voucher as thanks ☺️
DM/reply below to chat. Please share! 📡🙏🏻
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @dremmaclare.bsky.social @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social
1 hour of your time, online. Calls this week. £30 Amazon voucher as thanks ☺️
DM/reply below to chat. Please share! 📡🙏🏻
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @dremmaclare.bsky.social @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Have you arranged a direct cremation for a loved one? I'd love to talk and hear your experience.
1 hour of your time, online. Calls this week. £30 Amazon voucher as thanks ☺️
DM/reply below to chat. Please share! 📡🙏🏻
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @dremmaclare.bsky.social @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social
1 hour of your time, online. Calls this week. £30 Amazon voucher as thanks ☺️
DM/reply below to chat. Please share! 📡🙏🏻
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @dremmaclare.bsky.social @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social
What the hell is THIS? 😷
March 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
What the hell is THIS? 😷
The adventure of the hero — the adventure of being alive.
February 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The adventure of the hero — the adventure of being alive.
UK watching Germany go fash again
brits onlooking the american empire from across the pond
February 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
UK watching Germany go fash again
LINTILLA:
...And do you know what it consists of?
ARTHUR DENT:
Rock?
LINTILLA:
But it isn’t rock.
ARTHUR DENT:
Well what is it then?
LINTILLA:
Shoes.
ARTHUR DENT:
What?!
LINTILLA:
Shoes. Billions of them! An entire archaeological layer of compressed shoes.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
...And do you know what it consists of?
ARTHUR DENT:
Rock?
LINTILLA:
But it isn’t rock.
ARTHUR DENT:
Well what is it then?
LINTILLA:
Shoes.
ARTHUR DENT:
What?!
LINTILLA:
Shoes. Billions of them! An entire archaeological layer of compressed shoes.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones
Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
LINTILLA:
...And do you know what it consists of?
ARTHUR DENT:
Rock?
LINTILLA:
But it isn’t rock.
ARTHUR DENT:
Well what is it then?
LINTILLA:
Shoes.
ARTHUR DENT:
What?!
LINTILLA:
Shoes. Billions of them! An entire archaeological layer of compressed shoes.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
...And do you know what it consists of?
ARTHUR DENT:
Rock?
LINTILLA:
But it isn’t rock.
ARTHUR DENT:
Well what is it then?
LINTILLA:
Shoes.
ARTHUR DENT:
What?!
LINTILLA:
Shoes. Billions of them! An entire archaeological layer of compressed shoes.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Reposted by Ivor Williams
Some important points from Simon Jenkins here - but misses what I see as the most important point of how we steward not just the buildings, but also a living spiritual culture. Secular community spaces are necessary but not sufficient for our spiritual health
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Even Prince William doesn’t attend church – it’s time for a new Reformation | Simon Jenkins
The UK is now a secular nation and the Church of England should no longer be one of the central pillars of state, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Some important points from Simon Jenkins here - but misses what I see as the most important point of how we steward not just the buildings, but also a living spiritual culture. Secular community spaces are necessary but not sufficient for our spiritual health
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Death haunts the workplace more than we realise... But its not just healthcare or dangerous jobs - even subtle reminders of mortality shape how we make decisions at work.
It changes how we hire.
It changes how we judge.
It changes how we lead.
It changes who we trust.
🔗👇
It changes how we hire.
It changes how we judge.
It changes how we lead.
It changes who we trust.
🔗👇
February 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Death haunts the workplace more than we realise... But its not just healthcare or dangerous jobs - even subtle reminders of mortality shape how we make decisions at work.
It changes how we hire.
It changes how we judge.
It changes how we lead.
It changes who we trust.
🔗👇
It changes how we hire.
It changes how we judge.
It changes how we lead.
It changes who we trust.
🔗👇
oh BOY. I've loved this house in Camden foreevverrrr. I can't tell you how often I've fantasised about its interior as I go past it. It's such a rare beauty. A little bit of Kyoto or Santa Cruz in London
I don't often get house envy, but *damn*.
www.ft.com/content/870...
I don't often get house envy, but *damn*.
www.ft.com/content/870...
February 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
oh BOY. I've loved this house in Camden foreevverrrr. I can't tell you how often I've fantasised about its interior as I go past it. It's such a rare beauty. A little bit of Kyoto or Santa Cruz in London
I don't often get house envy, but *damn*.
www.ft.com/content/870...
I don't often get house envy, but *damn*.
www.ft.com/content/870...
Can't fault Olly for this, but I LOVED the Brutalist.
It's the love child of The Fountainhead and There Will Be Blood.
Great cinema, in other words. It's not supposed to be a documentary.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
It's the love child of The Fountainhead and There Will Be Blood.
Great cinema, in other words. It's not supposed to be a documentary.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
Backlash builds: why the architecture world hates The Brutalist
Brady Corbet’s Oscar-tipped film is clearly based on real-life modernist master Marcel Breuer but brazenly misrepresents him and his revered modernism
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Can't fault Olly for this, but I LOVED the Brutalist.
It's the love child of The Fountainhead and There Will Be Blood.
Great cinema, in other words. It's not supposed to be a documentary.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
It's the love child of The Fountainhead and There Will Be Blood.
Great cinema, in other words. It's not supposed to be a documentary.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
Feeling grateful for the words of James Hollis today, this month, this time, this era we’re in:
“Sooner or later each of us is obliged to traverse the savannahs of suffering. Sooner or later evil makes its way into our lives, along with loss, defeat, and the seductive…
“Sooner or later each of us is obliged to traverse the savannahs of suffering. Sooner or later evil makes its way into our lives, along with loss, defeat, and the seductive…
January 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Feeling grateful for the words of James Hollis today, this month, this time, this era we’re in:
“Sooner or later each of us is obliged to traverse the savannahs of suffering. Sooner or later evil makes its way into our lives, along with loss, defeat, and the seductive…
“Sooner or later each of us is obliged to traverse the savannahs of suffering. Sooner or later evil makes its way into our lives, along with loss, defeat, and the seductive…
Reposted by Ivor Williams
For something that reaches the places New Year’s resolutions don’t, let @ivorwilliams.info guide you in reflecting on mortality
From new year reflection to real transformation 🌟 Final 2 spots for Mortals starting next Wednesday!
Join us to explore life's deeper questions in community. £160 founding member price. Link in bio! ✨
Join us to explore life's deeper questions in community. £160 founding member price. Link in bio! ✨
January 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For something that reaches the places New Year’s resolutions don’t, let @ivorwilliams.info guide you in reflecting on mortality
From new year reflection to real transformation 🌟 Final 2 spots for Mortals starting next Wednesday!
Join us to explore life's deeper questions in community. £160 founding member price. Link in bio! ✨
Join us to explore life's deeper questions in community. £160 founding member price. Link in bio! ✨
January 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
From new year reflection to real transformation 🌟 Final 2 spots for Mortals starting next Wednesday!
Join us to explore life's deeper questions in community. £160 founding member price. Link in bio! ✨
Join us to explore life's deeper questions in community. £160 founding member price. Link in bio! ✨
Ever wonder if confronting mortality could help you live more fully? 🤔
Yep, we *go* there, but we do it together – in a 5-week online journey to transform your relationship with life's biggest questions.
2 spots left for next Wed! £160 (reg. £250)
Link ⬇️
Yep, we *go* there, but we do it together – in a 5-week online journey to transform your relationship with life's biggest questions.
2 spots left for next Wed! £160 (reg. £250)
Link ⬇️
January 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ever wonder if confronting mortality could help you live more fully? 🤔
Yep, we *go* there, but we do it together – in a 5-week online journey to transform your relationship with life's biggest questions.
2 spots left for next Wed! £160 (reg. £250)
Link ⬇️
Yep, we *go* there, but we do it together – in a 5-week online journey to transform your relationship with life's biggest questions.
2 spots left for next Wed! £160 (reg. £250)
Link ⬇️
Reposted by Ivor Williams
3 kinds of deep stories that can help us to stay afloat and find our way during moments of crisis and breakdown:
💥 Apocalypse myths
🌳 Restoration myths
👶 Emergence myths
Lots more in the latest post on the Good Apocalypse Guide: alexevansuk.substack.com/p/apocalypse...
💥 Apocalypse myths
🌳 Restoration myths
👶 Emergence myths
Lots more in the latest post on the Good Apocalypse Guide: alexevansuk.substack.com/p/apocalypse...
Apocalypse. Restoration. Emergence.
Three myths to make sense of the polycrisis
alexevansuk.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
3 kinds of deep stories that can help us to stay afloat and find our way during moments of crisis and breakdown:
💥 Apocalypse myths
🌳 Restoration myths
👶 Emergence myths
Lots more in the latest post on the Good Apocalypse Guide: alexevansuk.substack.com/p/apocalypse...
💥 Apocalypse myths
🌳 Restoration myths
👶 Emergence myths
Lots more in the latest post on the Good Apocalypse Guide: alexevansuk.substack.com/p/apocalypse...
What can Seinfeld teach us about death?
In one of my favourite episodes, George Costanza has lunch with an elderly man who casually mentions he's not afraid of dying.
The gold hidden in the comic scene is the insight that accepting reality doesn't mean liking it.
🔗⬇️
In one of my favourite episodes, George Costanza has lunch with an elderly man who casually mentions he's not afraid of dying.
The gold hidden in the comic scene is the insight that accepting reality doesn't mean liking it.
🔗⬇️
January 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What can Seinfeld teach us about death?
In one of my favourite episodes, George Costanza has lunch with an elderly man who casually mentions he's not afraid of dying.
The gold hidden in the comic scene is the insight that accepting reality doesn't mean liking it.
🔗⬇️
In one of my favourite episodes, George Costanza has lunch with an elderly man who casually mentions he's not afraid of dying.
The gold hidden in the comic scene is the insight that accepting reality doesn't mean liking it.
🔗⬇️
A timely and welcome piece by Alex Evans about where we can go when faced with collective catastrophe. He revisits some of themes we explored in our pandemic report on collective grief. If your feeling uncertain of the future, it is worth your time. link below…
January 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A timely and welcome piece by Alex Evans about where we can go when faced with collective catastrophe. He revisits some of themes we explored in our pandemic report on collective grief. If your feeling uncertain of the future, it is worth your time. link below…
What if our relationship with death could transform how we live? Join me this Monday at 7pm GMT for a free 45-min session exploring this question.
"Through the whole programme, we've talked about life. Not just death... It was actually really happy." Limited spots. Link below ⬇️
"Through the whole programme, we've talked about life. Not just death... It was actually really happy." Limited spots. Link below ⬇️
January 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
What if our relationship with death could transform how we live? Join me this Monday at 7pm GMT for a free 45-min session exploring this question.
"Through the whole programme, we've talked about life. Not just death... It was actually really happy." Limited spots. Link below ⬇️
"Through the whole programme, we've talked about life. Not just death... It was actually really happy." Limited spots. Link below ⬇️
Curious about Mortals? Join me for a free webinar on Monday 20th at 7pm: "What To Expect When You're Mortal" ✨
Discover the psychology of mortality awareness and how our 5-week programme helps you live more intentionally. Sign up here: mortals.circle.so/c/mortals-m...
Discover the psychology of mortality awareness and how our 5-week programme helps you live more intentionally. Sign up here: mortals.circle.so/c/mortals-m...
What To Expect When You're Mortal: A free Mortals webinar | Mortals
Join Mortals founder, Ivor Williams, for an intimate 45-minute online session exploring how our relationship with mortality shapes the way we live.
What we'll cover:
1. The science and art of mortality awareness
Discover how confronting mortality c...
mortals.circle.so
January 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Curious about Mortals? Join me for a free webinar on Monday 20th at 7pm: "What To Expect When You're Mortal" ✨
Discover the psychology of mortality awareness and how our 5-week programme helps you live more intentionally. Sign up here: mortals.circle.so/c/mortals-m...
Discover the psychology of mortality awareness and how our 5-week programme helps you live more intentionally. Sign up here: mortals.circle.so/c/mortals-m...