Musings…
Writing is a way I process life for myself. I have also been known to write poems for friends, family and clients – sometimes serious, sometimes funny and often a bit of both. From time to time, I offer my words as a gift to others – releasing them into the wilds of the internet… Enjoy these ones and feel free to share…
What is deep rest?
The words of a dying client and my reflections on a dormant garden recently got me considering the term ‘deep rest’. And how we might honour that aspect of someone’s dying process.
Creating an altar in the dying space
One of my intentions as a death doula is to empower people to take control of their dying spaces and make them as home-like, sacred, and personalized as possible. One way to do that is with an altar.
Lessons from a dying woman
One of the great gifts of working with the dying is the lessons they offer. I received a particularly poignant one from someone I only knew for an hour or so.
My crone ceremony
A key waypoint in my death doula origin story was my Crone Ceremony on my sixtieth birthday. Big shout out to the wonderful ceremonialists at RestSure who helped me manifest it!
What can COVID-19 teach us about preparing for death?
While I wrote this guest blog on a fellow death doula’s site early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it still rings true - the pandemic continues to stir up our feelings about death and dying…