What is an End of Life Doula? Who is it for and why would I want to utilize such a person?
GREAT questions and that is EXACTLY why you will LOVE listing to this, much more fun and upbeat episode than you might expect!
End of life Doula’s bring so much to the person who is dying and also those around them. We think of beautiful births and beautiful funerals. We don’t always think of the concept of a beautiful death and what that might mean or look like.
Shelby shares her stories and experiences to help us make sense of the cultural awkwardness that we might be much more accustom too.
RESOURCES and MENTIONS
Books
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande
https://amzn.to/2rk77Y4
Caring for the dying, a Doula Approach
Henry Fersko-Weiss LCSW
https://amzn.to/2SulGE6
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross has multiple books and resources. Here is one.
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
https://amzn.to/2QxU03T
Caitlin Doughty
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
https://amzn.to/2KSNBeb
Caitlin Doughty
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
https://amzn.to/2SreKrp
VIDEOS
What really matters at the end of life
TED talk by BJ miller
The Five Invitations
Frank Ostaseski
Not here by choice
Phyllis Shacter at TEDxBellingham
CARD CONVERSATION GAME
My Gift of Grace
http://mygiftofgrace.com/
To find an end of life Doula in your area or to connect with Shelby
International End of Life Doula Association
INELDA
Inelda.org
Contact
Shelby is in Richmond, VA
https://www.apeacefulpassing.info/