Resources
Below are my hand picked End-of-life Books, Films, Death Doula Certification Trainings and Resources to give you the knowledge you need to make informed decisions about your end-of-life options. All of the links are ones that I use currently with my clients and have great standing relationships with.
BOOKS + FILMSBooks:The 5 Invitations by Frank Ostaseski Die Wise by Stephen Jenkinson Being with Dying by Joan Halifax Preparing to Die by Andrew Holecek Cultivating a Doula Heart by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy The Archaeology of Loss by Sarah Tarlow On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kobler Ross Death Nesting by Anne Marie Kepple Holding Space by Amy Wright Glenn Making Friends with Death by Laura Pitchett All The Living and The Dead by Haylee Campell The Radiant Coat by Clarissa Pinkola Estes (audible only) Carpooling with Death by Margaret Meloni This Party's Dead by Erica Busit Accompanying the Dying by Deanna Cochran Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron Films:In the Realm of Death and Dreaming by Johanna J. Lunn Saying Goodby: Preparing for Death by Johanna J. Lunn End Game (Netfilx) Alternative Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America Griefwalker A Will For The Woods Take me out Feet First (Amazon Prime) Fun & Dying (YouTube) |
DEATH DOULA CERTIFICATE TRAININGSSacred Crossings with Olivia Bareham (my teacher) Studio DDLA with Jill Shock (I am currently apart of her Collective and love her immensely) Going with Grace with Alua Arthur |
END-OF-LIFE RESOURCES + LOCAL FUNERAL HOME RECOMMENDATIONSLegal options and information about end-of-life. https://compassionandchoices.org/ Advance Directive by State Free Download + other valuable end-of-life planning resources https://www.everplans.com/articles/state-by-state-advance-directive-forms Having trouble getting “the conversation” started? https://theconversationproject.org/ Barbra Karnes Books Award winning end-of-life educator and hospice nurse. https://bkbooks.com Understand more about green options for your body after you die. https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/ You can have a funeral in your own home, here’s how. https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/ Funeral Consumers Alliance https://funerals.org/ LOCAL FUNERAL HOMESThe Natural Funeral Home https://www.thenaturalfuneral.com/ Be A Tree Cremation https://www.beatreecremation.com/ In Memoriam Services https://www.inmemoriamservices.com/ |
A Venerated Death Goods
A Venerated Death is an Online Shop alongside our End-of-Life Care Services. Our goods serve to bring a sacredness and honoring to every end-of-life experience before, during and after death.