Are you being called to become a death midwife or end of life doula? Not sure where to start? This virtual workshop is offered every other month & is a 60-minute presentation where Jade presents an information packed primer on the work of death doulas.

We discuss what exactly a death doula/midwife/end-of-life doula is and does and the difference between the titles. We talk about certification and training programs and Jade recommends 6 different programs and explains precisely what to consider when choosing the best fit for you. Jade also gives lots of resources: what to read, who to follow, where to start exploring and connecting, and the first few steps in discerning this path into holistic death work.

Following the 60-minute presentation is a 30-mn Q & A to get your specific questions answered. You’ll also receive an information packet full of resources to keep.

This is a live workshop and if you book but are unable to attend, you will be offered a spot in the next worship (every other month) or a digital recording to view on your own with a 15-minute virtual meeting to ask any questions.

As always, there is one spot available for free. If you’re experiencing financial hardship, please reach out for a coupon code to join us.

The last Death Doula 101 workshop was wonderful and I’m excited to offer it again in April. If you’re curious about what exactly a death doula is, what we do in private practice and how to become a death doula, this workshop is for you!

We’ll have a one hour presentation addressing the who/what/when/where/why/how of death work, followed by a 30 minute Q & A session. After our time together, you’ll receive a downloadable resource sheet to keep.

✨There is a spot available free of charge to anyone who is interested but experience financial constraints ✨

Have you completed your death doula training but are stuck on launching your business? Do you have a vision for how to bring your calling to your community but need some support with entrepreneurship? Unsure how to break down this big work into manageable, pragmatic steps? Let’s work together and have some fun while we do it.

Death Doula Business Club come to you in response to dozens of questions I’ve received about how my business has been developed. Yes, I am a death midwife but I am also an entrepreneur and I’d like to collaborate with others on how the vocation of death midwifery merges with the business side of managing a private practice.

This monthly event is designed to offer a deep dive into one key theme on the business side of death doula work. I will present what I’ve learned on the topic, share my experiences in building my own practice and break down a few actionable steps in a 45-minute presentation. A 45-minute community discussion will follow where we can put our collective brainpower on your unique situation and learn from each other as we all build stronger and more sustainable practices that honor the sacredness of death midwifery in our local communities.

This event will be offered monthly for $50; drop-in as called or join us every month.

Business Club members will also receive a coupon code to book 1:1 mentorship with me to further explore that month’s topic at a discounted rate ($50/60-min).

As always, there is a coupon code available for community members experiencing financial constraints.

Here is my preliminary outline, subject to change as we start meeting and seeing what our club wants to discuss:

March: From Idea to Reality - Distilling Your Practice’s Name, Mission, Clients & Community

April: Building a Business Foundation - Filing an LLC, Business License, Insurance, Banking & Finance Basics

May: All About Branding

June: Framing Your Business - Phone Lines, Websites, Marketing Materials & Directories

July: Serving Clients with Integrity - Services, Pricing, Intake Forms, Documentation & Invoicing

If you are an aspiring death doula who has taken the Death Doula 101, you know how death doulas fit into the larger holistic death care movement and you have a clear path to how to become a death doula. The 101 is designed as a bird’s eye view of death doulas, this 201 is a deep dive in.

Through a 1-hour presentation, Jade digs deeper into the work she does as a death midwife serving families in the greater Nashville area. In this workshop, you’ll hear stories of families served by death midwifery as well as receive a clear presentation of what the work of death doulas and death midwives looks like in our communities.

A 30-minute question and answer session is offered following the presentation.

As always, please do not let cost be a barrier for attendance. There is always one spot available, free of charge, for those who need it.

Click here to book.

The last Death Doula 101 workshop was wonderful and I’m excited to offer it again in March. If you’re curious about what exactly a death doula is and how to become a death doula, this workshop is for you!

We’ll have a one-hour presentation addressing the who/what/when/where/why/how of death work, followed by a 30-minute Q & A session. After our time together, you’ll receive a downloadable resource sheet to keep.

✨There is a spot available free of charge to anyone who is interested but experiencing financial constraints ✨

Click here to book.

Have you completed your death doula training but are stuck on launching your business? Do you have a vision for how to bring your calling to your community but need some support with entrepreneurship? Unsure how to break down this big work into manageable, pragmatic steps? Let’s work together and have some fun while we do it.

Death Doula Business Club come to you in response to dozens of questions I’ve received about how my business has been developed. Yes, I am a death midwife but I am also an entrepreneur and I’d like to collaborate with others on how the vocation of death midwifery merges with the business side of managing a private practice.

This monthly event is designed to offer a deep dive into one key theme on the business side of death doula work. I will present what I’ve learned on the topic, share my experiences in building my own practice and break down a few actionable steps in a 45-minute presentation. A 45-minute community discussion will follow where we can put our collective brainpower on your unique situation and learn from each other as we all build stronger and more sustainable practices that honor the sacredness of death midwifery in our local communities.

This event will be offered monthly for $50. Business Club members will receive a coupon code to book 1:1 mentorship with me to further explore that month’s topic at a discounted rate ($50/60-min). As always, there is a coupon code available for community members currently experiencing financial constraints, just reach out.

Here is my preliminary outline for topics, subject to change as we start meeting and seeing what our club wants to discuss as a group:

March: From Idea to Reality - Distilling Your Practice’s Name, Mission, Clients & Community

April: Building a Business Foundation - Filing an LLC, Business License, Insurance, Banking & Finance Basics

May: All About Branding

June: Framing Your Business - Phone Lines, Websites, Marketing Materials & Directories

July: Serving Clients with Integrity - Services, Pricing, Intake Forms, Documentation & Invoicing

August: Social Media Basics for Death Doula’s - Content Creation, Cross-Posting, Organization

September: Building a Community to Serve - Community Education, Collaboration Opportunities, Local Resources

October: Maintaining Boundaries for a Sustainable Practice - Energetic & Practical Boundaries for Death Doulas

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Join the Farewell Library’s Virtual Book Club on Tuesday, February 28 @ 7 pm CT to discuss Cole Arthur Riley’s, “This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories That Make Us”.

From Goodreads: “In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her family alongside contemplative reflections to discover the "necessary rituals" that connect us with our belonging, dignity, and liberation.

At once a compelling spiritual meditation, a powerful intergenerational account, and a tender coming-of-age narrative, This Here Flesh speaks potently to anyone who suspects that our stories might have something to say to us.”

Click for link to join.

This workshop is designed for those who are curious about what death doulas do, what our work actually looks like and the path to becoming a death doula. Jade offers a 1-hour presentation to a small group (maximum 6 participants) on the who, what, when, where, why, how of death work. A 30-minute Q and A follows for you to ask any and all of your questions. Following the workshop, you will receive a digital resource page with links for organizations, trainers, books to read and more.

There is one space available for those who are experiencing financial hardship. Please reach out if this is you.

Click here to book this workshop.

This small-group virtual workshop is designed as an introductory advance care planning session in an intimate group. You will download or print the 5 Wishes advance directive from fivewishes.org. We will meet virtually and walk through each of the 5 wishes for end of life care, thoroughly exploring what precisely you are recording. Jade will give real-life examples and explain (in detail) what the language means (e.g. what exactly does CPR involve? Can you request only parts of CPR?). Through each of the wishes, the group will have opportunities to clarify language, ask questions and bounce ideas off one another while separately (and privately) recording your own wishes for your self.

Additionally, the 5 Wishes are a wonderful basic template. Jade will guide you through additions to the Five Wishes to further detail your care plan by adding things an experienced Death Midwife would include. At the completion of this workshop, you will have your own advance directives complete with a vigil plan outlined, legacy project explained and after-death wishes recorded. This directive can be witnessed or notarized to make it legally binding, as required by your state (Jade will explain that for each participant too).

This group is capped at 4 participants so we can have an honest and intimate conversation to make a daunting project less overwhelming. Jade will also provide some tips for discussing your care plan with your loved ones and a discount is offered for private additional sessions, if you need more individualized assistance. Click here to book.

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Join the Farewell Library’s Virtual Book Club on Tuesday, January 31 @ 7 pm CT to discuss Sasha Sagan’s “For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World”.

From Goodreads: “Sasha Sagan was raised by secular parents, the astronomer Carl Sagan and the writer and producer Ann Druyan. They taught her that the natural world and vast cosmos are full of profound beauty, that science reveals truths more wondrous than any myth or fable. When Sagan herself became a mother, she began her own hunt for the natural phenomena behind our most treasured occasions—from births to deaths, holidays to weddings, anniversaries, and more—growing these roots into a new set of rituals for her young daughter that honor the joy and significance of each experience without relying on religious framework.”

Part autobiography, part memoir, part self-help, part social science, this brave little book guides us to create and celebrate rituals as key to a meaningful life.

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Narinder Elizabeth Bazen & I are death midwives who share an interest in witnessing and collecting stories from tender death and dying spaces. We appreciate the importance of stories.

As the death midwifery stories have accumulated in our hearts over the past few years, we have noticed that oftentimes our community is missing a place to share their death and dying stories. Recently, we noticed that there is not a communal space to share 'hospice stories' and so we'd like to start our Story Collectors events there.

We invite you to join us in a sacred event of community witnessing - the hospice edition.

This is a place to share your stories of hospice; the good, the bad, and the ugly, and the stories with a little bit of each.

We understand the power in storytelling and invite you to find whatever it is you need through telling your hospice story. You are welcome here.

The space is limited to 15 people at this time. It is our intention to keep the event intimate. This is a free offering to support our communities.

We are looking forward to listening to your stories. Book your spot on the guest list here.

This workshop is designed for those who are curious about what death doulas do, what our work actually looks like and the path to becoming a death doula. Jade offers a 1-hour presentation to a small group (maximum 6 participants) on the who, what, when, where, why, how of death work. A 30-minute Q and A follows for you to ask any and all of your questions. Following the workshop, you will receive a digital resource page with links for organizations, trainers, books to read and more.

There is one space available for those who are experiencing financial hardship. Please reach out if this is you.

Are you being called into death work but unsure where to start? I get lots of inquiries from aspiring death workers and created this one hour monthly workshop with you in mind.

In our live workshop, I’ll cover:

• How do you know you’re being called to serve the dying?

• What is the first step to becoming a death doula or midwife?

• What should you look for in a training program and an overview of my favorites?

• Literary resources you can start with, both fiction and non-fiction for death and grief.

• People and organizations you can follow to dive deeper into this work.

• What my private practice of death midwifery looks like and why we need you as a colleague.

This is designed as a 1 hour workshop with materials for you to dig into later and a 30 minute Q & A to conclude. Please do not let cost be a barrier to participation, reach out if you are called but cannot afford the fee.

From the publisher’s description:

“Growing up in Alabama, Margaret Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents—her exuberant, creative mother; her steady, supportive father—and of the bittersweet moments that accompany a child’s transition to caregiver.

And here, braided into the overall narrative, Renkl offers observations on the world surrounding her suburban Nashville home. Ringing with rapture and heartache, these essays convey the dignity of bluebirds and rat snakes, monarch butterflies and native bees. As these two threads haunt and harmonize with each other, Renkl suggests that there is astonishment to be found in common things: in what seems ordinary, in what we all share. For in both worlds—the natural one and our own—“the shadow side of love is always loss, and grief is only love’s own twin.”

Join the Farewell Library Virtual Book Club to discuss. DM your email to join us!