The Caring Death Doula
In a world that rushes past death and ignores grief, The Caring Death Doula stops to listen with tenderness, truth, and time. Whether you are grieving right now or here to learn how to help those grieving, join your host, Frances, a certified grief educator on the journey of finding connection, conversations, and comfort. Let's make grief and death a natural part of our conversations.
Episodes
12 episodes
The Silent Companion: Grief's Presence in Every Season of Life
Grief is part of life, yet we often shy away from discussing or acknowledging it in its many forms. Understanding the different kinds of grief we experience helps us face it, handle it, and support each other through life's inevitable changes.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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14:36
Life’s Tapestry: The Grief Threads That Connect Us All
Have you ever felt grief spiraling out of control, with one loss triggering memories of another until suddenly you're drowning in emotion? You are not alone.This deeply personal episode emerged from my own struggle with grie...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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10:21
Walking the Grief Journey Together
This podcast aims to normalize grief and make it a comfortable part of our conversations. I want to create a safe space for everyone experiencing grief while removing shame, guilt, and judgment.• There are no rules, timelines, or right/...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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10:14
Don't Beat Yourself Up: A Compassionate Look at Grief's Complexity
Have you ever been blindsided by grief when you least expected it? That's exactly what happened to me recently and suddenly I was in tears. Grief works in mysterious ways, striking without warning through the most random connections...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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10:33
What if I don’t want to go back to the cemetery? I’m not ready.
In this episode we are going to address a specific question in our search for freedom and grace in grief. We will expand the idea of “ no rules in grief” with looking at the question “What if I do not want to go back to the cemetery? I am not r...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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9:46
No comparison in and of Grief
In this episode we talk about the different kinds of grief we can experience in our life journey. A loss of a role and loss of a house or job can produce grief in us. There are so many types of grief. Many we don’t even think about....
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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13:56
My heart
In this episode I follow my heart. I talk again on there being no rules for grief. We all travel the grief journey at our own pace, in our own way, and for as long or as short as we need.I remind listeners that this is their space. Their...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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10:39
Being a Presence
When supporting someone in grief often nothing more is needed than being a presence. Whether that’s a text expecting no response or a note saying you are thinking of them. It can even be just sitting with them , holding space. Often words are n...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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15:42
No Rules in Grief
In this episode The Caring Death Doula discusses how there are no rules, no timelines and no right or wrong way to grieve.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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11:11
Let’s Get Comfortable Talking About Death and Grief
This is the premier episode of The Caring Death Doula. Your host, Frances is a certified grief educator. In this episode she shares her passion to make grief widely talked about and accepted; and to help those grieving and those supporting grie...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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7:15