EOL Doulas Archives - Durango End-of-Life Doulas https://durangoendoflifedoulas.com/category/eol-doulas/ Creating a Loving Approach to Death & Dying Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:57:03 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://durangoendoflifedoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Durango-End-of-Life-Doula-Services-2-150x150.png EOL Doulas Archives - Durango End-of-Life Doulas https://durangoendoflifedoulas.com/category/eol-doulas/ 32 32 End of Life Resources 2022 https://durangoendoflifedoulas.com/end-of-life-resources/ Tue, 03 May 2022 14:26:00 +0000 https://durangoendoflifedoulas.com/?p=1185 I have gathered here some of the End of Life resources I have found most helpful as a Certified End-of-Life Doula and often share with families. Some are Colorado-based, and others are more general resources on death and dying. I hope you find them useful as well. Online Wills, Advance Medical Directives and Legacy Tools…

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]]> I have gathered here some of the End of Life resources I have found most helpful as a Certified End-of-Life Doula and often share with families. Some are Colorado-based, and others are more general resources on death and dying. I hope you find them useful as well.

Online Wills, Advance Medical Directives and Legacy Tools

COLORADO Advance Medical Directive Planning Form

MOST Colorado Medical Orders Scope of Treatment Form 

Five Wishes Advanced Directive Form

Free Will Free and easy estate planning tool

US Legal Wills Online Wills, Power of Attorney, Living & Expatriate Wills

StoryWorth Legacy story tool

ReImagine Tools for planning a virtual memorial

Life Review Letter Templates From the Stanford Medicine Letter Project

Advanced Care Planning Resources for End-of-Life

Five Wishes Advanced Care Planning Website

National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

Colorado Advanced Directives Consortium

Hospice Giving Foundation End of Life preparation resources.

Natural Deathcare Initiative Documentaries, Videos & MP3’s, Books, Websites, Green burial sites, materials & more

Cancer Support Community Southwest Colorado Offers programs & support so people affected by cancer will be empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.

The Living and Dying Conscious Project – Offering Educational Resources and Workshops for Conscious Transitions

Green Burial

Green Burial Council – This is the place to learn more about green burial and how to find certified cemetery stewards, funeral professionals, and funerary product sellers who share the commitment to create more sustainable after-death options for you, your community, and the planet.

The Natural Funeral  – An independent, Holistic Funeral Home & EOL Resource Center

Colorado Terminal Care Service Providers (Local 4 Corners Area)

Comfort Keepers

Visiting Angels

Shining Star Caregivers

Care.com

End of Life Care in the Media

ARTICLES

Talking About Death Won’t Kill You 

Dying with Grace 

How Death Doulas Ease the Final Transition

MAGAZINES

Natural Transitions – A Resource for green and holistic approaches to end of life.

The Death Issue YES Magazine

MOVIES / DOCU-SERIES

A Will for the Woods Documentary – Determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet, musician and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial.

Griefwalker – Stephen Jenkinson

In the Parlor: The Final Goodbye Documentary 

Prognosis- Notes on Living

My Last Days, docu-series of people living with life-limiting illness by Justin Baldoni

PODCASTS

Mettle Health YouTube  – Online Education for Caregivers

NEWSLETTERS & BOOKLETS

Barbara Karnes – End of Life Educational Materials for Families and Professionals.

BOOKS 

Grief Resources

Good Grief – Grief Resources

Well of Grief Ritual

The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller – Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

Good Grief Healing through the Shadow of Loss by Deborah Coryell

End-of-Life Consultants

Mettle Health (B.J. Miller) – Support and guidance for serious illness

Alua Aurthur, Going with Grace

Inspirational Resources

EndWell Project 

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]]> Dying with Grace https://durangoendoflifedoulas.com/dying-with-grace/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 23:36:23 +0000 https://durangoendoflifedoulas.com/?p=1179 In January of 2019, I embarked upon a Journey of understanding and honoring death, the dying process and our end of life transition. I felt called to this EOL Doula service years ago when at the bedside of a friend, I experienced an enlightening and deep remembrance of transitioning souls into the higher realms. My…

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]]> In January of 2019, I embarked upon a Journey of understanding and honoring death, the dying process and our end of life transition. I felt called to this EOL Doula service years ago when at the bedside of a friend, I experienced an enlightening and deep remembrance of transitioning souls into the higher realms. My soul was calling loudly. During the Conscious Dying End of Life Doula Certification Program, I committed to myself that I would write and submit an article to our local E.P.I.C Magazine and it was published in the Jan/Feb 2020 issue.

Dying with Grace

Recently, an extended family member dealing with terminal cancer ended his life in a most violent way. When I heard the story, deep sorrow and grief arose from the depth of my core, not only for my family, but for all of humanity. In the aftermath, I was profoundly shaken and filled with unanswered questions.

In moments of self-inquiry I asked, “How does this happen? Where was his support? Was there a health care team in place for this precious being suffering with cancer? How unbearable the loneliness, mental strife, and sense of helplessness must have been; and the pain he must have endured to contemplate and follow through with such a drastic measure. How many other dying people are in such a state of despair that they would rather take their own lives? Did he know that there were options to die consciously?”

Keep reading…

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