From Our Journal
After a profound loss, the world can feel irrevocably changed. This collection of writings is intended to be a quiet space for reflection, offering gentle wisdom and compassionate support for the long journey of grief and remembrance. You are not alone on this path.
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A Death Doula Sees the Mourner No One Names
When a friend dies young, the survivor grieves without a role, and a death doula recognizes that hidden…
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The Caregiver Who Holds Both Ends at Once
When elder caregiving and active parenting compress into a single life, a death doula holds the person no…
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The Generation That Prepared for Everything but This
Millennials built the language of grief. A death doula holds them when that language proves insufficient for the…
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Showing Up for the Parent Who Did Not Always Show Up
An adult child who never stopped showing up for an absent parent carries something to the deathbed that…
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A Death Doula Holds What the Divorce Decade Left
The divorce revolution reshaped American family life, and a death doula holds what that history still costs at…
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Needed by the Parent Who Never Quite Knew You
When a parent depends fully on an adult child they never truly knew, a death doula names the…
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A Death Doula Holds What a Difficult Parent Leaves Behind
Caring for a harmful parent does not require revising what was true — a death doula holds the…
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A Death Doula Holds the Parent Caught Between Two Griefs
The adult between a dying parent and young children grieves in two directions — and a death doula…
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No Amount of Readiness Prepares a Child to Lose a Parent
The adult child who spent years steeling against a parent’s death and found, when it arrived, that distance…
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Estrangement Does Not Cancel Grief and a Death Doula Knows Why
Estrangement does not cancel grief. When death closes what it left open, a death doula knows how to…