Dear friends, We just crossed the Fall Equinox, when day and night hold each other in balance before autumn deepens. It feels like the right time to return to Farewell Pages after the pause since May, a moment to steady, take stock, and share what’s ahead. NEDA's 2025 Doulapalooza Presentation I’...

Dear friends, We just crossed the Fall Equinox, when day and night hold each other in balance before autumn deepens. It feels like the right time to return to Farewell Pages after the pause since May, a moment to steady, take stock, and share what’s ahead. NEDA's 2025 Doulapalooza Presentation I’...

Coming Home to Yourself — June 1 at YogaSoul On June 1, we’ll gather in Nashville for Death Doula Dialogues: Coming Home to Yourself, a workshop led by Amy Barnes and hosted by Death Doula Dialogues. This offering came from a recent experience that left me off-center: sitting vigil with my clien...

Hi friend, I have a recommendation for your death doula toolkit that I am so excited to share with you!  It's a song ... often called "world's most relaxing song", in fact.  Have you heard of Weightless by Marconi Union?   I've long heard about the therapeudic benefits of sound t...

Welcome to the Farewell Pages Newsletter: Turning Knots Into Bows.  This morning while on a walk, I overheard a guest speaker on a podcast refer to this idea, turning knots into bows.  It stuck with me because this is how my brain works: I chew on the things that trip me up until I can generate s...