Learn how to reduce fears and anxiety about death and dying with expert knowledge, helpful tips, planning tools, humor, and grace. An experienced death doula/educator helps you achieve a better death someday...and a better life right now.
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It’s October – Forgive Already
I’ve sat at the side of many deathbeds and noticed some specific patterns. When careseekers at the end of their lives are able to speak, they focus on: I’m sorry. I forgive you. Thank you. I love you. Goodbye.
These are short and simple se...
Doing Nothing for a Week
A few years ago, my mother-in-law died. Since we’re Jewish, my family and I began to prepare our home and schedules for a weeklong Shiva in her memory. I converted to Judaism long ago, but this was the first time that we held Shiva in our h...
Save Your Sorries
In my 2026 monthly guide to dying well, we’ve set aside September to make meaningful amends. Saying “I’m sorry” is one of the five essential statements people feel the need to make at the end of their lives. So, my suggestion is that we sta...
Deathwork Isn’t Depressing
Imagine I’m at a social gathering and someone asks me what I do for a living. When I tell them I’m a death doula, they either:
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Run
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Tell me about their experience with loss
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Get curious and ask lots of questions, or
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Mumble...
The Best Ways to Die
I write and speak a lot about how to live and die well. I rarely write or speak about specific deaths I’ve seen — and that silence is growing heavier. Our death-positive movement, which has grown out of hospice work, home funeral advocacy,...
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I'm a death doula/educator whose work has been featured in McSweeney’s, Psychedelics Today, Chicago Sun-Times, etc. I teach future doulas at the University of New England. I'm also a board member and educator at End of Life Psychedelic Care.
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