Death doulas — or more accurately end-of-life doulas — help people navigate death. Getty Images Recently, actor Riley Keough shared she had completed training to become a death doula.

Death doulas are the people that hold the hand of a dying person, ask them about their wishes and try to make them happen, and advocate for them every single day, according to Humphrey.

My death doula journey began several years ago when I started as a hospice volunteer. I had no experience in end-of-life care, but I did possess a strong desire to become a better human being.

Just as doulas support mothers through birth, death, or end-of-life doulas support people who are preparing for death.

"A death doula is a person who helps support the dying or their loved ones through the end of life," Carlisle said. "And there's lots of different ways to provide non-medical support. So maybe a ...

Since COVID-19 emerged in early 2020, organizations that support and train U.S. death doulas have seen significant spikes in membership and enrollment. The National End-of-Life Doula Alliance grew ...

End-of-life doulas (also called death doulas or death coaches) are compassionate and knowledgeable guides who can walk with you through death and grief. Skip to Main Content.

Death doulas, as they are also known, help someone at the end of their life with dying, just like birth doulas help at the beginning of life with the birthing process.

Death is hard to talk about. But death doula Alua Arthur says if we want to live presently and die peacefully, we have to radically reshape our relationship with death.