End-of-Life

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Tools to Create Your End-of-Life Doula Business—May Newsletter

By Patty Brennan May 25, 2021

We offer functional tools to create your own end-of-life doula practice. Comprehensive training, lifetime certification, doula directory, member webinars, and more. This month–Domestic Violence Awareness for Doulas tools and resources. Doula training options: Breathe a sigh of relief to find yourself in the company of others who use words like “honor,” “privilege,” “amazing,” and “profound” when referencing…

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Building Trust with Doula Clients—April Newsletter

By Patty Brennan April 6, 2021

Stepping Stones: Following a Pathway to the End of Life ~ Book Review By Patty Brennan Author Ellie Atherton is a hospice nurse with two decades of experience supporting families. Her new book contains stories drawn from journals she kept as she walked her own path of support. There is much that doulas can learn from Ellie…

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New End-of-Life Doula Research—February Newsletter

By Patty Brennan February 3, 2021

New research on end-of-life doulas includes perspectives from four countries. Also in this newsletter–pandemic resources, what to say to a friend whose spouse has dementia, water cremation, electronic wills, force feeding our loves ones, and more!  February 2021 NewsletterView this email in your browser End-of-Life Doula Training & Certification~ Supporting life’s final transition ~ Become…

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End-of-Life Doula Internships—January Newsletter

By Patty Brennan January 6, 2021

January 2021 NewsletterView this email in your browser End-of-Life Doula Training & Certification~ Supporting life’s final transition ~ Become an End-of-Life Doula!The Doula Business Guideby Patty Brennan A new year brings hope. Change is in the air. For many of us, the pandemic and government response to it, have altered our lives dramatically–from losing loved ones…

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Grief and Holidays—Webinar Recording

By Patty Brennan December 9, 2020

Kathleen Putnam 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 the Holiday season, grief may be heightened…

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A new community-based hospice home—December Newsletter

By Patty Brennan December 8, 2020

December 2020 NewsletterView this email in your browser End-of-Life Doula Training & Certification~ Supporting life’s final transition ~ Become an End-of-Life Doula!The Doula Business Guideby Patty Brennan 2020 is nearly over.Not too many of us will shed tears over that reality, I’m guessing. The media are telling us that we are heading into a “dark…

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Facilitating End-of-Life Conversations—Webinar Recording

By Patty Brennan November 20, 2020

Maureen Kures is the owner and operator of 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.

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Pathways to End-of-Life Doula Certification—November 2020 Newsletter

By Patty Brennan November 6, 2020

November 2020 NewsletterView this email in your browser End-of-Life Doula Training & Certification~ Supporting life’s final transition ~ Become an End-of-Life Doula!The Doula Business Guideby Patty Brennan Have you completed EOLD training but are not yet certified? We have a streamlined process tailored to your needs. You have two options:If you trained with Lifespan Doulas prior…

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An End-of-Life Doula Interview—Webinar Recording

By Patty Brennan October 16, 2020

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. 

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New online End-of-Life Doula training program has launched—October 2020 Newsletter

By Patty Brennan October 1, 2020

October 2020 NewsletterView this email in your browser End-of-Life Doula Training & Certification~ Supporting life’s final transition ~ Become an End-of-Life Doula!The Doula Business Guideby Patty Brennan A year of changes … We all have a COVID story now. How it has and continues to change our lives. Most of it has been truly awful for…

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