Join me for A Date with a Death Doula

- People who will die
- People who will care for a dying person
- People navigating grief and death in a death-phobic culture
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I’m a spiritual, manifesting, tree-hugging hippie, but I’m also a rational person that values evidence. While I do believe in some things that can’t be proven conclusively by science, the majority of the choices I make are backed by results-driven data (if only by a very real placebo effect). Salt lamps have become mainstream in…
Many times since my son’s birth, the only indication I have had that the outside world is changing has been from the magical black box in my living room telling me so. The ushering in of 2015 was no different. In fact, I didn’t even stay up to watch the ball drop. As you may…
{This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission if you make a purchase using these links.} Caregiving is an all-encompassing, round-the-clock, often thankless job. It’s back-breaking, it’s financially draining, and it’s an emotional rollercoaster. It demands that a person give more than would seem humanly possible, and to put the…
I’ve moved 26 times in my life, not counting college moves. I’ve moved while 8 months pregnant. I’ve moved while recovering from surgery. I’ve been kicked out, invited in, I’ve moved for heartbreak and for celebratory promotions. No matter how many times you do it, and under what circumstances, moving sucks. After a major relocation in…
One of the biggest things I struggled with after my mom died was dealing with people who had not experienced anything similar and/or had zero compassion for the grieving. (You’d be surprised how many people have experienced a death and still aren’t extending any “get-out-of-jail-free” passes when they see someone walking a path they…
My very first official job was working at Walgreens. I was 17 when I started and spent hours shopping in the cosmetics section while waiting for my latest roll of film to be developed anyway, so it seemed like a no-brainer. I worked there for the next four years, off and on as I went…