Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice Partners With IDLM
On the night of April 15, 1975, 21-year-old Karen Ann Quinlan told her roommates she wasn’t feeling well and went to lie down. A few minutes later, someone who went to check on her found her passed out, not breathing. They performed CPR and rushed her to the hospital, but she did not wake up […]
Tree of Life Conference – It’s Here!
When we ask our students and graduates what they value most about being a part of International Doula Life Movement, one of the answers we get most often is, “the community.” We love to hear it! Our primary mission at IDLM is to provide end of life doulas and anyone else who might be curious […]
Graduate Spotlight – Denise Johnson
This week we would like to spotlight one of our lovely International Doula Life Movement graduates, Denise Johnson. If you would like to participate in our Student Spotlight, please reach out to Aurora Nibley through direct message on the Movement. What first brought you to end of life work? On the surface, my journey into […]
Finding Purpose in Life’s Final Moments: The Journey of an End-of-Life Doulaof an End-of-Life Doula
At the age of 15, I began volunteering at a local hospital. A simple act of service helped me find my true calling in hospice. This early experience laid the foundation for what would become my life’s work, caring for individuals in their final stages of life, a journey that led me into hospice care […]
Stages of Grief – Denial
Clients who reach out to engage the services of an end of life doula all have one thing in common—for one reason or another, death is on their mind. More often than not, their death or the death of someone close to them will be happening fairly soon and they know it. This means the […]
Tree of Life Spotlight
Fall is in the air, and the International Doula Life Movement Tree of Life Conference is getting closer and closer! Over the past several weeks we have taken time to spotlight many of the speakers we are looking forward to having with us at the conference, all with their own unique specialties and points of […]
Death in Pop Culture
This past week I was speaking to an acquaintance, someone I have known for a while but don’t know well. Somehow it came up that I work in end of life care and death planning. The woman’s eyes lit up. “Like Swedish Death Cleaning?” she asked. To be honest, I don’t know much about Swedish […]
Benny and Nick Capaul
If you are a part of the IDLM community, you’re probably the type of person who is interested in conversations about death. So you have learned by now, as so many of us have learned, that once you start talking about death, it can be difficult to stop! There is so much to know and […]
Back To School
It’s still hot out, but autumn is right around the corner, and that means back to school time. The tradition of school terms starting in the fall goes back at least a hundred and fifty years in the United States. Schools took summer off because so many of the students came from farming families. They […]
Tree of Life
When it comes to caring for others and for ourselves, there are so many tools and so much knowledge that comes into play, but there is nothing more valuable than connection with other people. This is why IDLM will be holding its very first Tree of Life conference in San Antonio this coming November.
