end of life doula

  • Free E-Book

    Just a quick post to let you know my new book, The Last Breath – The Truth About Dying Alone, is available for free in ebook format until Wednesday Sept 27. Every download helps my book go up in ranking… Continue reading

    Free E-Book
  • The Good Death

    The Good Death When I’m dying, I want it to be slow. Not slow like a hot Sunday service in an old church, Nor any Tuesday at a job that sucked my soul; But slow like watching sunsets rocking on… Continue reading

    The Good Death
  • Why Throw A Living Memorial?

    My husband turned 70 this week and the pre-Corona plan was to throw him an Honor Dinner (or Living Memorial) to celebrate his life. Now you might be asking what is the difference between an Honor Dinner and a birthday… Continue reading

    Why Throw A Living Memorial?
  • Best Death Possible (part two) – A Daughter’s Mission

    The Difference A Doula Makes An experienced Death Doula is someone familiar with many faces of death. While death is universal in its presence, it is individual in its experience. In my situation, a Doula would’ve been outside the grief… Continue reading

    Best Death Possible (part two) – A Daughter’s Mission
  • Best Death Possible – Part One -A Mother’s Death

    Today, December 13, 2020 is the fifteenth anniversary of my mother’s transition. Until this time I haven’t shared the details of my experience of her death. There are so many things I would do differently, most are details that would… Continue reading

    Best Death Possible – Part One -A Mother’s Death
  • Ask The Death Witch – Seeing Dead People

    A worried daughter asks, “What do we do when my mom hallucinates? She keeps seeing her dead father.” These are not hallucinations. There is a reason it is called ‘crossing over’ when people die. In every way it is a… Continue reading

    Ask The Death Witch – Seeing Dead People
  • What The Lack Of End Of Life Planning Really Costs

    I want to share a deeply personal story. At the time of his death my daughter’s father and I had been divorced for four years. During our 23 year marriage, because of my career, we always had open discussions about… Continue reading

    What The Lack Of End Of Life Planning Really Costs
  • To Tell, Or Not To Tell The Children, There’s No Question

    It is our job as parents to protect, nurture, and guide our children into whole human beings. It is our responsibility to do this to the best of our ability. If we do it right, the parenting role will take… Continue reading

    To Tell, Or Not To Tell The Children, There’s No Question
  • A Dialogue About Death

    Every story ever written has a beginning, middle and an end. Every author considers the end when first sitting down to write a storyline; However in the greatest story an individual will ever author, the end is often left unscripted.… Continue reading

    A Dialogue About Death
  • Pandemic Traumatic Grief

    To a certain degree there is trauma in every loss, whether it is the unexpectedness of it, the suffering of it, the impact of it, the violence of it or the massiveness of it. Every loss has an element of… Continue reading