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Is It Time to Revisit Your Advance Care Plan?
I’m getting ready to take a big trip in the fall, and as I was working on preparations today it occurred to me that it’s

Summer Summit Spotlight – Your Morbid Friends
One of the reasons talking to people about death can be so challenging is that it often means talking to them about what is most

Death Book Roundup 3
It’s time for another book round up! Who doesn’t love a little summer reading? Previous book recommendations on this blog have focused on non-fiction books

Summer Summit – Through the Eyes of a Death Doula
Everyone here at IDLM has had the experience of telling someone they are a death doula and being met with the question, “What’s that?” We

My Love Affair With Forest Lawn
Forest Lawn is a company with several cemetery properties; by coincidence I happened to grow up just a few miles away from their main site in Glendale, California. It was a lovely place to meditate on life, death, or in my case, Poli Sci homework.

Spotlight on Summer Summit Guest, Dr. Cynthia Pan
This week on the blog we are highlighting an upcoming Summer Summit guest who puts the International in International Doula Life Movement. Dr. Cynthia Pan is a hospice and palliative care expert with decades of experience.