No Matter How You Celebrate, Make Sure to Remember Self Care
It’s no secret that the end of the year is a tough time for a lot of people. The holiday season is stressful! It can be stressful to worry about putting together a special enough celebration. It can be stressful to be a person who doesn’t celebrate. Some people deal with difficult memories during the […]
Building Confidence and Habits as an End-of-Life Doula
The journey of an end-of-life doula is a unique one, marked by profound emotional experiences, compassionate service, and the privilege of supporting individuals and their loved ones during life’s final chapter. Whether you’re just starting out or have been practicing for years, building confidence and developing sustainable habits is essential to providing the best care […]
Accomplishment Journal
The holiday season is here again, and for those who celebrate, it’s just about time for Thanksgiving. This is a good time for people to consider all the blessing in their lives, and what they are grateful for. Taking time to express gratitude on a regular basis, for example by keeping a gratitude journal, has […]
Graduate Spotlight – Lee Malecki
For this week’s blog entry, we turn the spotlight over to IDLM graduate Lee Malecki. She shares in her own words about the journey that led her to end of life work and to IDLM. We are so proud to have Lee as a member of our community and feel honored to be able to […]
Graduate Spotlight – Denise Johnson
This week we would like to spotlight one of our lovely International Doula Life Movement graduates, Denise Johnson. If you would like to participate in our Student Spotlight, please reach out to Aurora Nibley through direct message on the Movement. What first brought you to end of life work? On the surface, my journey into […]
Tree of Life Spotlight
Fall is in the air, and the International Doula Life Movement Tree of Life Conference is getting closer and closer! Over the past several weeks we have taken time to spotlight many of the speakers we are looking forward to having with us at the conference, all with their own unique specialties and points of […]
Meet: The Hospice Care Plan & Linda McDowell
When people learn you work in end of life care, they say things like, “That’s so interesting,” or “I could never do that.” Sometimes the reaction is positive and sometimes it’s negative, but in both cases there is often an unspoken question—why on earth would you want to do THAT? There are lots of reasons. […]
Death in Pop Culture
This past week I was speaking to an acquaintance, someone I have known for a while but don’t know well. Somehow it came up that I work in end of life care and death planning. The woman’s eyes lit up. “Like Swedish Death Cleaning?” she asked. To be honest, I don’t know much about Swedish […]
Benny and Nick Capaul
If you are a part of the IDLM community, you’re probably the type of person who is interested in conversations about death. So you have learned by now, as so many of us have learned, that once you start talking about death, it can be difficult to stop! There is so much to know and […]
Back To School
It’s still hot out, but autumn is right around the corner, and that means back to school time. The tradition of school terms starting in the fall goes back at least a hundred and fifty years in the United States. Schools took summer off because so many of the students came from farming families. They […]
