Death Doula Defined
Death Doula, Sacred Passage Guide, Death Midwife, and End-of-Life Guide are a few names representing someone who tends to the dying. A Death Doula offers non-medical, holistic, supportive care to a dying person and their loved ones through presence, guidance, advocacy, education, coaching, and companionship. In our culture, death is often a topic that brings discomfort, anxiety, fear, and sometimes even anger. Death Doulas help navigate the unknowns of death while demystifying the dying process.
Death Doula is a relatively new term for our time. However, a person tending to the sacred space of dying is an ancient sacred practice worldwide.
Nicole offers a full spectrum of services, including Practical Care Management, Specialized End-Of-Life Care Planning, Pediatric End-of-Life Care, Dementia Diagnosis Support, Guided Meditation, Ritual/Ceremony during vigil and after-death care, Home Funeral Facilitator, Funeral Home Consultant/Final Disposition Education, Officiant, Grief Tender, MAID (Medical Aid In Dying) support, education, and advocacy, including VSED (Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking) support. She is a Heart Math and Comfort Touch Practitioner.
“Bringing grief and death out of the shadow is our spirtual responsibility, our sacred duty.”
Francis Weller