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In honour of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, HHA is sharing the following post from Tammy Elliott about her journey with grief...

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...

One big issue with the end-of-life industry is the lack of interest in it on a grand scale. People, organizations, funders, and governing...

I watched the paramedics lift my mother like a dead weight from her recliner chair onto the gurney. I knew she was dying. I wished and I...

Dear Friends, If I had come across the book The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer in my teenage years my life would have been a lot...

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...

When someone is living with the effects of trauma, mental illness, or substance dependence, especially in the context of precarious...

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...

Dear Friends, I have a book I would like to recommend. It is one that I read a lifetime ago. It is called The Five People You Meet In...

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...

It’s been almost three years since I first shared the story of my grandson Eric – his life, his death, and the grief that followed. That...

"True genius is knowing when to say nothing, to allow the experience, the moment itself, to carry the message, to say what needs to be...

Problem Statement: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is currently hindered by excessive regulatory restrictions, making it difficult for...

Dear Friends, I am writing to recommend a book that I think you would find helpful. It's called Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage,...

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...

Dear Friends, How to Say Goodbye : The Wisdom of Hospice Caregivers by Wendy MacNaughton is a simple, beautiful, comforting, and honest...