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I had never heard of a death doula until the winter of 2016 when I attended my first Death Café in Guelph. The facilitator was a local death doula who, as a trained professional, provided companionship, emotional support, and assistance with end-of-life planning to individuals and their families. Her attitude struck me; she didn’t shy away from hard questions but was on a mission to celebrate life! I was inspired! For those that don’t know, a Death Café is where people from a

The medical model of care is focused on writing invoices, billing medications and not to say the least try to keep people from dying....

With life there is the guarantee of death.  Normally, we float through our life without a thought to the end of our journey.  Sure, we...

Life has a way of taking you to unexpected places sometimes, which is certainly true for my journey as a death doula candidate through...

I have known for many years that our medical system is broken. So deeply broken, but today...today I felt lost and hopeless, alongside...

Dear Friends, I am deeply passionate about my personal journey to becoming a death doula. Before I began the Home Hospice Association...

Last breaths, last rights, Grim Reaper, fear, finality, homecoming, release. There, I mentioned words that are most likely ones you think...

Death doulas are on the rise and here to take the fear out of dying. Let’s face it; we are all going to die one day. If you had the...

The loss and grief of a loved one drew me to research the valuable role that a death doula provides. Marg, my beloved sister-in-law who...

Dear Friends, I am writing with a wonderful book recommendation. I recently read the book, The Collected Regrets of Clover  by Mikki...

Raise your hand if you have ever thought or uttered the words, “Death/IPLD Doula work is my soul’s calling or soul’s purpose”. If you...

As I sit at my kitchen table, surrounded by course materials, notes on end-of-life care, and a growing stack of books on grief and...

In a world where we are constantly bombarded by information, schedules, and to-do lists, one of the most difficult—and often...

Early in my journey as a death doula candidate with Home Hospice Association, a friend introduced me to a close friend of hers named...

As a society, we often shy away from conversations about death. Whether it’s the discomfort of facing our mortality or simply the...

Dear Friends, I have just finished reading Midwife for the Souls: Spiritual Care for the Dying by Kathy Kalina, I and feel that this may...

The state of Palliative Care in Ontario is one reason why we need death doulas.   Photo from Wix. The statistics for our dying brothers...

As I work towards completing my death doula certificate at HHA, I often reflect on the kind of death doula I aspire to be. I am drawn to...

Dear Friends, In the book At the Bedside by Gabrielle Elise Jimenez the author explores the role of death doulas and the importance of...

Where it All Began From an early age, I was captivated by the medical field. I spent countless hours Googling images of internal organs,...