by Chewba55a!@# | Mar 16, 2021 | Wellbeing
I SHARE TEARS WITH PEOPLE I Share Tears with People Two days a week I work at a long-term care home on the chaplaincy team. I have the best job in the world because I get to go on rounds all day long and visit with people. Part of my work is to support residents...
by Chewba55a!@# | Feb 28, 2021 | Death & Dying, Social Justice
Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss as A Death Doula Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss As A Death Doula Each Saturday in February I spent two hours in conversation with some really incredible people in a training called Advanced Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss. The...
by Chewba55a!@# | Feb 21, 2021 | Death & Dying
Why is it important to think about and plan for death? Why is it important to think about and plan for death? Recently I asked these questions on my Instagram account. What is your perception of death? Where did this idea come from? How have those ideas or perceptions...
by Chewba55a!@# | Nov 18, 2020 | Death & Dying
Gathering With Gratitude and Sharing Ancestral Legacies A couple of weeks ago my sister sent a group text to my family asking about Thanksgiving dinner and plans. We were talking about our favorite foods and who would contribute what. One thing was resoundingly...
by Chewba55a!@# | Nov 1, 2020 | Death & Dying
STEPPING BRAVELY ON THE NARROW Stepping Bravely on the Narrow I’ve been sitting with the notion of peace in discomfort during my morning meditation and prayer time. I think I’ll be sticking with that this coming week too. I want to wish things away. At times I even...
by Chewba55a!@# | Oct 7, 2020 | Death & Dying
I AM A DEATH DOULA! I AM A DEATH DOULA! What is that? That is often the resounding question that is expressed once I tell people I am a death doula. I get it. I too had never heard of a death doula until late in 2018, and now I am one. I have spent the last seven...
