For me, it’s a beautiful undertaking to study grief care and provide direct support to those facing loss. It’s been a different sort of challenge, though, to live grief while immersed in the field. But that’s what fate had in mind. Back in early February, I was finishing my manuscript and arranging the first print… Continue reading Living a Loss
There are countless reasons to strengthen community grief care. Here are five to embrace and enact today. #1. Grief is both Universal and Deeply Personal The community grief support I provide is rooted in this truth. There’s value in learning about loss and also in exploring our personal reactions to it.A grief care client expressed… Continue reading Beliefs Worth Backing
A written interview originally published by Mystic Mag How long have you been supporting people through grief and loss as an end-of-life doula? What first drew you to this path? I began my journey as a postpartum doula in 2009, and a few years later, expanded my path to become a childbirth educator and birth… Continue reading Holding Hands Through Life’s Thresholds
An essential part of a doula practice is introspection. When I am granted access to the most profound moments in another person's life, I can't help but be moved. And changed. Sometimes I'm even rattled. Almost always, I am awed. If this weren't to happen, it'd be an indication that I had closed off my… Continue reading Life Goes On
In a world that can feel so unwelcoming—unsafe for simply being—it is vital to find where your heart feels at home.That place of rest and unguarded ease. Of truth and unsuppressed joy.Whether it’s in the presence of beloveds, the quiet of nature, the bliss of creativity, or the purity of connection.And then to return to… Continue reading A Heart’s Return Home
Francesca Lynn Arnoldy 