About this Event
Most people don't know how to have a good death--but Jane Callahan does. Years after watching her mother's traumatic death in a broken health care system, Jane found herself working an unfulfilling job as a marketing writer for corporations, but on nights and weekends she'd volunteer with terminally ill people awaiting death in hospice. After training as an end-of-life doula, she has spent years witnessing how our culture's resistance to talking about death leads to preventable suffering. Jane supports her clients and their families through all stages of dying, from navigating end-of-life care to preparing emotionally for the moment of death and the grief that follows.
In A Death Doula's Guide to a Meaningful End, she peels back the curtain on one of our most taboo subjects and walks readers through what happens when someone is dying. With vignettes that weave through patients' lives--and her own--she reveals to readers all the things they didn't know (or didn't know they needed to know) about our last great adventure. Along the way, readers will uncover knowledge on the raw realities of being mortal and learn how death positivity can take some of the anxiety and fear of dying out of the equation.
Surprisingly funny and often cutting, this memoir meets end-of-life planning guide outlines practical steps for patients, families, and caregivers, while acknowledging that some questions don't always need answers. The account of Jane's up-close-and-personal experiences with the emotional, physical, logistical, and (dare we say) spiritual aspects of dying shows that when we talk about death, we're actually talking about life.
Jane K. Callahan is an end-of-life doula with nearly a decade of experience and the author of A Death Doula's Guide to a Meaningful End. Additionally, she is a graduate student in clinical mental health counseling, focusing in thanatology. Jane serves on the board of the Funeral Consumers Alliance North Carolina as an advocate for affordable death care. Learn more at www.janekcallahan.com.
Becca Nelson is a Going With Grace-trained Death Doula, volunteer with Sholom Hospice, and board member of the Minnesota Death Collaborative. After leaving corporate life, Becca founded Partners in Passing to build community and support the dying by facilitating conversations about death and dying, enabling people to live fully in their love for those facing death, and to be present in their grief following the death of a loved one.
Melanie Rachel is a clinical social worker who serves as the Director of Patient Services at Beyond Hospice, where she is dedicated to ensuring individuals and families receive compassionate, dignified care at the end of life. She brings deep experience in hospice care and is passionate about helping others navigate death, dying, and grief with understanding and support.
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