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January Newsletter for End-of-Life Doulas
End-of-Life Doula Internships. A new pilot program is being launched at a residential hospice home in Michigan. Gain hands-on experience after training in a community setting providing heart-centered care. Newsletter includes blogs and research on the sense of hearing in unresponsive patients, finding peace and purpose after loss, 3 ways to combat “imposter syndrome,” and…
January Newsletter for Birth/Postpartum Doulas
It’s time to let your inner doula out of the closet! Let 2021 be the year you invest in a new career that doesn’t feel like going to work. Online training works especially well for breastfeeding mothers and those for whom travel back and forth to in-person training presents a hardship. (Plus, it has the…
FREE WEBINAR: Riding the Roller Coaster of Grief
Kathleen Putnam, owner of Coaching at End of Life, presents on her work related to grief coaching. Kathleen has recently completed training with Amy Wright Glenn, the author of the book, “Holding Space.” Kathleen shares ideas on how doulas can support clients and families as they walk through their experience of grief. As we approach…
December Newsletter for End-of-Life Doulas
Learn about this unique hospice home, The Guest House of Fowlerville, a labor of love from Jen Fargo. Jen is a Registered Nurse and End-of-Life Doula on a mission to serve the dying and their families. In this issue we say goodbye to 2020 with some reminders to not neglect the cultivation of your sanity…
December Newsletter for Birth/Postpartum Doulas
See the many opportunities we have to help get you through the looming winter months and position yourself to achieve your goals. Our upcoming Doula Business Development Workshop (December 12) will provide you with the tools and encouragement needed to begin implementing your vision. Registration includes a copy of The Doula Business Guide Workbook: Tools…
Free Webinar on Facilitating End-of-Life Conversations
Enjoy this webinar with Maureen Kures, the owner and operator of her company Radiant Mourning. Maureen gets people talking about their end-of-life wishes. In this webinar, she shares how she supports people to get their affairs in order.
November Newsletter for End-of-Life Doulas
Our streamlined End-of-Life Doula certification process is now ready! We provide various pathways (doable, included in cost of training, available for all). Plus favorite blogs, grief resources for the upcoming holidays, free webinars, training reviews, a Beautiful Dying Expo, Toltec traditions and practices, how to generate income with your doula work, how EOLDs complement hospice…
November Newsletter for Birth/Postpartum Doulas
The Center closes after 21 years (but training continues!). If I had imagined the day when I would be closing Center for the Childbearing Year, it would not have looked like this. There would have been a party. Though we no longer share space, all businesses that shared space here–Lifespan Doulas, the Breastfeeding Center of…
WATCH NOW! Webinar for End-of-Life Doulas
The Who, What, Why, When, and How of Doula Work In this webinar, our new Director of Continuing Education, Bonnie Blachly interviews Kathy Bates about her work as an end-of-life doula, including how she got started and how she gets clients. Kathy is the owner of Compassionate End-of-Life Doula in the Seattle area. Normally a…
October Newsletter for Birth & Postpartum Doulas
Teaching aids FOR SALE! Weighted dolls can be used for hands-on teaching of babywearing. A total of 7 dolls, each weighing 8 pounds, mixed races, available. Online training makes doula work (and therefore doulas!) more accessible. No need to travel, stay at a hotel or leave your breastfeeding infant behind. Winter/Spring 2021 Live Online Training…