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From blogs, videos, podcasts and interviews: find resources that answer your questions about being an end-of-life doula. 
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What Death Doulas Should Know, 5 Pro tips

5/15/2020

 
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5 Important things a Death Doula must know to help their professional practice  are: 1) Get the word out about your service before every little thing is in place; 2) Know, inside and out, what the #1 tool of the trade is and take great care of it; 3) 

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Your End-of-Life Doula Business: 3 Keys to Starting

5/8/2020

 
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The 3 keys to starting your end of life doula business are--you must be comfortable with: 1) promoting yourself, 2) being in the midst of heavy emotion, and 3) gaining in-depth experience. 

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End-of-Life Doula Vigil Discussion - Pro Tips

4/30/2020

 
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Death doulas must be mindful of various aspects of the actual vigil time, which for our purposes is the last 3 days of life. You must adjust your service to the type of healthcare 

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Self Care for death doulas, midwives, guides

12/16/2017

 
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We are caring for our own families and friends. And, we are Professional caregivers have an increased responsibility to take care of ourselves, as we care for so many others. Not only our livelihood depends on caring for our number one asset, ourselves, but the care we give others too.

​But isn't there the "proof" that all is well (even when we don't) as many of us have worked on an empty tank and everything turned out ok, right? Or did it?

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Your End-of-life doula service

12/27/2016

 
This is our 3rd article in our 3-part series about the grassroots movement of the end of life doula. We reviewed our numbers from the 30-Day Death Doula Training Primer to see what interested you the most and here's what we saw. 

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Trend: Death Doula Interest High

12/16/2016

 
You are not alone in your desire to serve others at the end of life. Look at all the articles listed below; it used to be that volunteering at hospice or the hospital was the only option if you had this calling.
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​Below are just some of the mainstream press reporting on the phenomenon of the Death Doula: 

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End-of-life doula certificate program

10/11/2016

 
At our CareDoula School of Accompanying the Dying, our program is a comprehensive and innovative way to learn, integrate, and develop what you have been called to do. Our End-of-Life Doula Certificate Program is the first one created and has been the model since the beginning. We continue to lead this grassroots movement by example with our in-depth lifetime coaching and training.

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Death doula? end-of-life Doula?

10/11/2016

 
What do you call yourself? At CareDoula School of Accompanying the Dying we have adopted the suggestion of the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) regarding how we refer to this role of the Independent
End-of-Life Practitioner. You can review it on their website at nedaalliance.org. 

As it may warm my heart to call myself a Death Midwife or Transition Guide for example, the medical profession and the general public are accepting the title of 

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My work as an end-of-life doula

12/24/2013

 
In response to "what is it that you do?", let me clarify with some scenarios. I work with people and families at two different times usually: 1) at some crisis point where we develop a plan that will get them through the time period, or 2) I am with a family as the person they love is dying, providing emotional, spiritual, and practical support.

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A Blessed end-of-life doula

7/7/2013

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I love this: "Who is your client? – Your client is a unique reflection of you who is sent to help you under the guise of receiving help. You receive their highest help by providing them with your greatest gift." - Marc David. 

No matter what field you are working in, if you are working closely with someone who really needs you, do you feel this way? I know I do. 

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