FAQs

So what the heck is a “Death Doula?”

The role of a Death Doula is to educate and empower families to exercise their innate right to care for their own loved ones. Death Doulas “provide emotional, spiritual, and physical support at an intensely personal and crucial time. They assist people in finding meaning, creating a legacy project, and planning for how the last days will unfold. Doulas also guide and support loved ones through the last days of life and ease the suffering of grief in its early stages”

– INELDA (International End of Life Doula Association)

Ok cool, but what do you DO?

Short answer, whatever you need to give your life meaning and leave behind the legacy you want.

Slightly longer answer; everything from helping plan advanced directives to setting up a vigil plan for active dying, to helping your loved ones reprocess their grief after you are gone.

By getting to you know and your loved ones we can create a process for your end of life plans to make your transition out of this life as gentle and loving as you need.

Most importantly I am here to walk with you on this journey and to protect your wishes for your “good death” so you can transition from this life the way you want and deserve.

Ok, I think I get it but what can you do for my family?

I can give respite to your caregivers, so they can get some needed self care of their own. I can help them come up with a plan for what to do immediately after you’re gone to ease their stress, and I can help YOU make a legacy for them to keep you close forever. I can also help them reprocess their grief for their loss.

This is great, but why do you want to do this?

Because everyone deserves a good death. Period.