End-of-Life Guide/Death Doula
Holding and caring for you at your end of life just like you were at birth. Tending to you and your loved ones as you move through death. Death care is community work.
A resource by Selena Jong
As a Deathwalker, I want to empower people to take ownership of their own journey. To move through what can be a beautiful process. Our society doesn’t do a great job of placing value and importance on the dying. Death should be a sacred act. It should be honored and not overlooked. It should be celebrated like birth because in a way, it is a birth. Together, we can plan ahead (to the best of our ability) so when the time comes, there is less stress, less fear and more familiarity.
My Inspiration
I experienced my first death at 12 years old. My mother died of lung cancer. I didn’t realize it then, but her death would catapult my life in a completely different direction. When my father was taken off life support after a brain aneurism a few years ago, I instinctively walked him (over the phone) through the portal while he was dying. It felt natural what I was doing, a walking meditation. Even though he was unconscious I knew he could hear me. Since his death, I felt called to serve others who are going through the same thing. Death has become a topic I find myself pondering, meditating on and having endless conversations about.
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