Tag: emotional estate planning

• 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 trauma to it. It is the magnitude of the event that makes it traumatic. As […]

  Jade

  March 29, 2020

  death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, fear, grief, personal development

  #traumatotranscendent, emotional estate planning, end of life, stages of grief, traumatic grief

• Employee End of Life Benefits

  In my 30 year career I have worked several places and not one employer had what I call sufficient support for those who were bereaved. Not even the hospices. Three days of paid leave and maybe some flowers. That’s usually the sum total of support an employer lends to an employee after they experience the […]

  Jade

  January 8, 2020

  death and dying, emotional estate planning, employee benefits, end of life doula, end of life doula

  emotional estate planning, employee benefits, end of life, end of life doula, end of life planning

• The Importance of Emotional Estate Planning

  True or False? “I’m not sick. I have plenty of time to do my emotional estate planning.” False. While it is never too late to start emotional estate planning, it is also never too early. Emotional estate planning should not be reserved for those suffering a terminal or chronic illness who are nearing death. Just […]

  Jade

  December 28, 2019

  death and dying, end of life doula, end of life doula, life, Life coaching, personal development

  a good death, aging, autonomy in death, death, death and dying, death doula, emotional estate planning, planning, positive death movement

• We Aren't Immortal

  “So I find myself speechless, an animal unheard of…my father is now on comfort care, unexpected to live past the weekend. Who prepares you for such a calamity of events? Who prepares you for a hostile mother, wickedness and comfortable in her environment. I’m not prepared, is anyone?” This is an actual facebook post of […]

  Jade

  December 21, 2019

  death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, fear, grief, life, Life coaching

  death, death and dying, death conversations, emotional estate planning, positive death movement

• When Death Comes – An End of Life Doula Perspective

  Early on Life taught me that it had a set of bookends named Birth and Death. I was not afforded the luxury of death denial. I understood clearly that death was always part of the deal. This perspective impacted my life in a deep soulful way. A way that made me seem odd in the […]

  Jade

  November 18, 2019

  death and dying, end of life doula, end of life doula, grief, life, Life coaching, personal development, relationships

  a good death, autonomy in death, death, death and dying, death doula, emotional estate planning, end of life, end of life doula, end of life planning, how can an end of life doula help, positive death movement