My work as a birth and death doula has provided a fascinating perspective on not only these hallowed bookends of life, but how the very existence of these marking points shape the reality of life which grows between them. Have you ever thought about this? About how birth and death are the delineation points, the Read more about A Death Doula’s Adventures in Life and Death[…]
We are proud of our graduates, and we love hearing about what they’re up to! Today I’m excited to share what our graduate Emily Pinzur, of Silver Wheel Healing End Of Life Doula Care, has been up to. Emily was recently featured in a wonderful interview on The Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast. Emily – as Read more about Jewish Sacred Aging Interviews Our Graduate, Death & Mourning Doula Emily Pinzur[…]
I’m excited that 2017 will see the introduction of my new Herbal Education for Death and Mourning Doulas Program, which will wonderfully supplement our existing death and mourning doula trainings. In support of that initiative, I will be blogging about one herb each month, focusing on both scientific and/or folkloric beliefs about the use of Read more about Death Doula’s Toolbox: Herbal Education – Hawthorn is for Heartbreak (and more!)[…]
Broadly.Vice featured an interview with Momdoulary Death Doula Training at MourningDoula.com/ Momdoulary, LLC, today. If you’ve ever wondered whether you should train as a death doula, or what it is like to work as a death doula, you should definitely check it out! Meet the Death Doula Who Helps People Deal with the ‘Bookends of Read more about Death Doulas In the News – Laura Interviewed by Broadly.Vice[…]
Enjoy this remarkable Infographic created by RCH Funerals
Perhaps it’s the secret you don’t share. Or if you do, most don’t understand you’re fascination with all (or many) things death and mourning. You get that it’s strange in the eyes of most people, that we live in a culture that goes to great extremes to avoid discussing death. Sure, people are constantly dying on Read more about Drawn to the World of Death & Mourning?[…]
“Folks ask me to come and stay with their loved ones ’til someone comes from the funeral home to pick them up, you know, because I’m a nurse, and they don’t want to stay with the dead body. Of their own loved one,” she said, incredulous. “I guess I get it, maybe they’re afraid of Read more about Sitting With the Dead[…]
Coffin birth is as sad, and eerie, as it sounds: Known as Postmortem Extrusion, it’s the expulsion of a non-viable fetus through the vaginal opening of a decomposing female. Essentially it’s the result of the build-up of gas, which applies pressure to the uterus, causing it to be expelled, and sometimes turned inside out. The Read more about What is Coffin Birth?[…]
You can now watch “Frontline’s” show, “Being Mortal” online. Tune in to explore “The intersection of life, death, medicine, and what it means to be at the end.” This is an interesting look at end-of-life support and issues, and it is currently being streamed on PBS. Just click this link here to check Read more about Watch “Being Mortal” Online[…]
Do you hunger to feel more connected to life? To feel more alive? Even less afraid? Do you want to feel more deeply to others? To loved ones? To your community? Do you ache to feel a deeper connection to God or to develop a spiritual connection? I’m going to tell you a little Read more about Are You Ready to Take Death Back?[…]
