The Terminal
Jane K. CallahanA newsletter for end-of-life and deathcare professionals
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 37 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Deathology: Tackling death anxiety through research, with Dr. Rachel Menzies
What does science say about treating intense fears of mortality?
The irony of being really afraid of death is that you stop living life.
The Terminal (Vol. 23, July 2026)
What end-of-life professionals need to know this month
According to famed psychologist Erik Erikson, we all pass through developmental stages during the course of our lives. Each of these stages comes with a psycho-social crisis along with...
Economic rant: The death doula crisis we aren't talking enough about
Fifteen years ago, it was hard for end-of-life doulas to find a steady volume of clients because not enough people knew we existed.
Today, the main problem isn’t a lack of awareness. It’s a lack of accessibility.
Death work has value. N...
Deathology: Overcoming medical gaslighting, with Dr. Karen Lutfey Spencer
I’ll keep saying this until it changes: I’ve met enough women in hospice who wouldn’t be there if their doctor had listened to them.
I’ve had several conversations with dying women who wondered how things could have been different if they...
Sassy rant: Fabulous funerals of history
Send-offs that make me glad I'm not an event planner.
I am big on financial accessibility in death work (check out this post on funeral poverty). While I love advocating for equitable end-of-life care, I …
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