Death Doula/Midwife

03/29/21 • 23 min

A death doula/midwife represents a caregiver offering a shoulder to cry on, bedside vigil keeper, and home funeral planner. It is equated to the firefighter who runs into a burning building when everyone else is running out. A death doula focuses on the painful, messy, and confusing end-of-life experience and helps you make sense of it all. Whatever that means to you. Careers in death and dying have expanded greatly as more people have become interested in the idea of handling death, the way they choose. https://otter.ai/u/fUtoii8UwVNE5QIZpRC-gxldKmY https://www.betrayalandacrimony.com/ https://marmaladebodyproducts.com/ @lucytb1976

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