How Bedside Visitations are Helping to Heal Grief with Suzanne O’Brien
Big Ideas: 1. What are Bedside Visitations [00:59] – Many times there is a space in the end of life where people who have died before “come back” to the bedside of the patient. I am told they return to help the other person cross over to the other side. In the Doulagivers Training, we…
Read MoreHow Dementia Presents at the End of Life with Suzanne O’Brien
Big Ideas: 1.Defining Dementia and Alzheimer’s [1:35] – Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with functions of daily living. Alzheimer’s disease is a mental decline that shows up first as loss of memory function and is a form of Dementia. Brain lesions, called amyloid plaques, accumulate…
Read MorePain Management at the End of Life with Suzanne O’Brien
Big Ideas: 1. There are two different types of pain [1:49] – Both types of pain require different treatments to control. Somatic pain is the most common type that requires narcotic medication to treat. Nerve pain is the second type of pain. Narcotic medication does not work in the treatment of nerve pain, and it…
Read MoreHow to Follow your Highest Guidance System
How to Follow your Highest Guidance System Big Ideas: How I Was Guided to Hospice [3:35] – I was raised in a medical family and always liked helping others as a child, so a career in nursing felt like a great fit for me as an adult. I was working in the hospital and kept…
Read MoreLive Authentically, Forgive the Past, & Let Death be Your Greatest Teacher About Life
Hypnotherapist, Certified Death Doula and Author Roger Moore joins me on this episode… Roger joins me on the podcast to teach you, how to create a future greater than your past. In this episode, Roger beautifully explains how everyone can powerfully and simply shift how you think to heal past wounds and let go…
Read MoreDeath and the Spiritual Body of Energy
in this episode of ask a death doula, I will be talking about one of my favorite subjects the spiritual body of energy and death. It has always amazed me from the time that I was a very young Hospice nurse the universal language of death, the common themes that would reoccur with my patience…
Read MoreMeet Death Doula Jane Whitlock
Jane Whitlock is the new Integrative Care Specialist/End of Life Doula at Providence Place Senior Living (Minneapolis, MN) Jane will be working with the folks on hospice as well as other residents in need of her services. As an end of life doula, she specializes in talking with people about their fears, and hopes as…
Read MoreInterview with Y4T Founder
Today on the Ask a Death Doula Podcast, I am speaking with Y4T Founder Lisa Danylchuk!! Lisa is a heart centered caring individual that has used her own personal story and journey to create a platform to help others. Get ready to me inspired by this woman and her work. Lisa Danylchuk is a LMFT,…
Read MoreInterview With Author Jennifer O’Brien
Get your Grief Guide at www.doulagivers.com/grief Jennifer O’Brien www.hospicedrswidow.com/about In this episode of Ask A Doulagiver, I have the pleasure of speaking with Author of The Hospice Doctor’s Widow Jennifer O’Brien. Jennifer O’Brien has helped thousands live and love more fully by recognizing that: at the end of life comes death; family caregiving is both…
Read MoreWhat is a Death Doula? Top 7 Questions
In this episode of “Ask a Death Doula” I will be covering What is a Death Doula and the Top 7 Questions Answered. You Will Learn: 1) What is a Death Doula? 2) What do Death Doulas do? 3) What Holistic support do Death Doulas provide? 4) Are there National Initiatives in place…
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