Tag: end of life doula

• So, You Want To Be An End of Life Doula…

  

  Maybe you’ve taken care of your parents as they took their last breaths. Maybe you’ve taken care of your own spouse or another relative as they died. There is a sense of purpose that fills you. A higher sense of purpose than you’ve ever experienced before. As time passes, though, it leaves you wanting more.…

  Jade

  November 7, 2021

  personal development

  chaplaincy, death doula, end of life care, end of life doula, hospice, social work, volunteers

• 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 circle, someone who could hold space for me as I expended my energy fighting for…

  Jade

  December 14, 2020

  death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, grief, life, Suicide, trauma

  COVID-19, emotional support for dying, end of life doula, end of life holistic support, judith klemos

• Interfaith Ministry

  

  “I’m not religious. I’m spiritual.” I have heard this more often than not in the past 15 years. It is how I’ve described my own Faith system for more than 30 years now. And it is exactly why my compulsion to serve in a spiritual role led me to my recent induction as a First…

  Jade

  September 10, 2020

  faith, Meditation, personal development, spirituality

  chaplaincy, end of life doula, end of life holistic support, faith, faith system, guidance, spiritual advisor, spiritual guidance, spirituality

• The Story Of Hope

  

  I come into people’s lives at times when hope is challenged. I hear phrases such as, “we aren’t giving up hope”, “there’s no hope” and “it’s hopeless”. Individuals often describe feeling hopeless as well. Hope is not a feeling. It is something you feel yes, but in and of itself, hope is not a feeling.…

  Jade

  February 25, 2020

  death and dying, end of life doula, end of life doula, grief, life, personal development

  end of life, end of life doula, hope, hopeless, life-limiting, no hope, terminal

• Carol

  

  Holistic Support In Uncertain Times Carol was the neighborhood mom of my adolescence. Carol’s daughter, Marsha, and my younger sister were the best of friends. While in our youth we were not allies, as we grew into adulthood we grew closer. I had peripherally understood that Carol had battled a few different types of cancer…

  Jade

  February 24, 2020

  death and dying, end of life doula, end of life doula, grief

  aging, crisis, ding, dying, end of life, end of life doula, holistic support, hospice, palliative care, support, trauma

• 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

• 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

• To Those Who Would Shame Me

  When I first posted in a local facebook group the announcement of the Clarkston Death Café, the very first comment was “Making money off people’s grief and suffering. You should be ashamed of yourself.” My first reaction was one of anger. “How dare you shame me, sir!” My second reaction was confusion because there is…

  Jade

  November 7, 2019

  personal development

  a good death, death and dying, death doula, end of life doula, shame

• Death Is Imminent

  

  When I try to explain how I can help with the last days or even with the grieving period, I get a little tongue tied. I don’t have a set formula or pat answers to any situation. What I have is intuition that leads me to suggest things to a particular person in a particular…

  Jade

  October 6, 2019

  death and dying, end of life doula, grief

  death, end of life doula, grief, how can an end of life doula help, rituals, saying good bye

• Isn’t That What Hospice Is For?

  I spoke to a hospital chaplain the other day to speak to her about my end of life doula services. Her initial response to me was, “that’s what we have hospice for.” If you haven’t already, pause here to read https://willowsongmedicine.wordpress.com/2019/09/08/the-elephant-in-the-room-is-dying/ which gives relevant facts related to the systematic underutilization of hospice services and late…

  Jade

  September 15, 2019

  death and dying, end of life doula, end of life doula, grief, life, personal development

  a good death, autonomy in death, death, death and dying, death doula, end of life, end of life doula, positive death movement