This WORKBOOK & Companion Guide for DEAR DEATH, is your step-by-step guide to finding meaning in life, peace in death, and joy in an ordinary day. Whether you are an end-of-life doula, caregiver, or on a journey of personal discovery, this practical toolkit offers a step-by-step path to creating and living your best life.

This WORKBOOK & Companion Guide includes:

• An introduction and guide to the “Four Pillars of a Meaningful Life” that help you live each day with gratitude, meaning, intention, and everyday joy.

• Lessons on holding space, being present, and letting hope guide you towards making fulfilling life decisions.

• 25 thought-provoking exercises designed to guide you through answering some of life’s most important questions.

• 30 creative ideas and projects to leave a legacy that friends and loved ones will cherish.

• 6 final checklist questions every caregiver should ask their clients and loved ones who are nearing end of life, and that you can begin to ask yourself now.

• Prompts for completing a life review, a heart letter, and a vigil plan.

• Advice on how to encourage and help clients and loved ones have the most important conversations and supporting documents for meeting end of life.

Each page invites you to reflect upon, shape, and activate your purpose in simple yet profound ways. You’ll be supported and inspired with wisdom, humor, and encouragement to get to the important work of living life with joy.

HERE'S WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"...an impactful and engaging read that I will forever use...”
Angela Shook, President,
National End-of-Life Doula Alliance

“...uniquely exhilarating to read and incredibly, consistently kind!”
Sylvia Boorstein, Co-founding teacher
Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

"...reignites one's passion to live a life of purpose.”
Francesca Lynn Arnoldy, Author of
Cultivating The Doula Heart

“...an inspirational wake-up call for anyone wishing to live life to its fullest...”
J. Redwing Keyssar, Director of Patient & Caregiver Education,
MERI Center for Education in Palliative Care at UCSF/Mt Zion

“...genuine compassion and wisdom come through on every page ...reading this book significantly impacted my life.”
Carmen Clarkin, MPH, Yale School of Public Health

“...delicately powerful, and sometimes spellbinding...”
Michelle W. Thornhill, Legacy & Hope, LLC ;
Board Director, National End-of-Life Doula Alliance

“...a marvelous book, as inclusive as it is inspiring!”
Greg Brown, Instructor, University of Vermont
Larner College of Medicine End-of-Life Doula Program

“Dear Death, is a must read for everyone...Bravo!”
Jeannie Blaustein, Ph.d, D. Ministry,
Founding Board Chair of Reimagine End of Life

“...should be on every end-of-life caregiver’s bookshelf.”
Jerrigrace Lyons, Founder, Final Passages