Summer Summit Spotlight – Emma Acker
Everybody dies. We all know this; as death care professionals we face this reality every single day. One of the challenges of death care work is the fact that even though everyone dies, not everyone has the resources to pay for good care at the end of their life, and unfortunately this happens to be […]
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 important to them in life. It can sometimes require a vulnerability that is difficult for people, as they worry about whether they will be valued for what makes them who […]
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 perform a necessary function, serving people in ways that have been essential for thousands of years—but at the same time, the changes in deathways across the twentieth century and the […]
IDLM Graduate Spotlight: Monica Kumar
This week our blog is honored to shine the spotlight on recent IDLM graduate, Monica Kumar!Having lived in the US and Canada but now residing and working in Tulum, Mexico, Monica putsthe “international” into International Doula Life Movement!With a background in nursing and a strong focus on grief, trauma, and bereavement work,Monica is passionate about […]
Spotlight – Barbara MacNair
For this week’s Student/Grad Spotlight, we are hearing from Barbara MacNair, located in Middletown, New Jersey. Barbara’s story is wonderful because her journey to end of life work has been unique but also contains many elements that nearly all of our IDLM community will relate to. We are so grateful to Barbara for sharing with […]
