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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The Good Old Days (Fact-Checked)
In my columns and public speaking engagements, I’ve often discussed the downside of dwelling on the past. How the good old days weren’t always good and clinging to idealized memories is unhealthy. It prevents us from “being here now.” Yeah....
Death as a Game, Instead of a Battle
People love to tell sick or dying people how brave they are. They mean it as a compliment, and sometimes it’s taken that way. Inspiring a loved one to be fearless and admirable. A hero. For others, bravery isn’t quite right for how they’re...
We’re Not Children Twice
There’s an old saying that we’re children twice. I don’t know where it came from, but here’s the idea: The first time, we enter into the world helpless. Someone feeds, bathes, holds, and teaches us without asking for anything in return. The...
“Me and my family, we seek no revenge. We just seek peace.”
This month, as part of my 2026 Guide to Dying Well, our focus is forgiveness. I’ll admit that it’s easier said than done. Most of us hold a grudge or five: that friend who let us down, a loved one who said something unforgivable at Thanksgi...
How Do You Want to Die?
We put so much time and thought into planning our education, careers, families and, eventually, our retirements. Even a two-week vacation means I’m researching hotels, comparing flights, and reading restaurant reviews I’ll visit for one nig...
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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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