Online Articles, Interviews, & Blogs

2019

• End of Life Doulas and the Art of Dying Well by Annie Berman, San Francisco Public Radio KALW, June 13, 2019
• End of Life Doulas Help Patients, Families Lean Into Death, Angela Davis, Karen Zamora, Minnesota Public Radio interview with Christy Marek and Jane Whitlock, May 30, 2019
• In Search of a Good Death: End of Life Specialists Ease the Way Home by Bob Shaw, May 18, 2019, Twin Cities.com​
• My Odd Job by Anna Lyons, May 12, 2019, MetroUK​
• Death doula training: health program formalizes Indigenous tradition by Clare Hennig, May 4, 2019, CBC
• The ABC's for DDs by Terry Skovronek, April 15, 2019, End of Life School Blog
• ​Making dying meaningful with an end-of-life doula by Julie McClure, March 13, 2019, Smile Politely 
• Baby boomers are hiring death doulas and aiming for the grave on their own terms by Shelley Lloyd, March 1, 2019, ABC News
• End-of-life doulas bring guidance and strength at a time of need by Erika Prafder, February 24, 2019, New York Post
• Empowering Retirement: Calling your own shots by Kristi Runyan, February 22, 2019, Buffalo Magazine
• Meet a birth doula who worked 500 births and a death doula with a "Death Cafe" by Molly Snyder, February 22, 2019, On Milwaukee
• Dying While Black by Yolanda Wilson, February 12, 2019, Bright Magazine
• Death Doulas Make it Rain (Tears) But Their Coffers Are Empty by Anne-Marie Keppel, February 8, 2019, Medium
• ​Ask a Death Doula interview with Lee Webster, January 30, 2019, DoulaGivers
• The End-of-Life Doula Movement by Francesca Arnoldy, January 2019, Today’s Geriatric Medicine
• The Death Doula by Molly Korroch, January 10, 2019, Northern Express
• Death-Positive Movement Fueling Hospice Growth by Bailey Bryant, January 7, 2019, Home Health Care News
• Actor Rob Lowe: I was a sick mother’s caregiver, don’t underestimate the stress caregivers face, January 14, 2019, USA Today Opinion

2018

• End of Life Doulas Bridge a Gap for the Dying, by Christy Moe Marek, December 18, 2018, Tending Life at the Threshold blog
• How End of Life Doulas Can Teach Us a New Way of Dying...and Grieving, by Rochelle Rietow, December 18, 2018, FuneralOne blog 
• Learning to Serve the Dying by Gatwiri Muthara, November 20, 2018, AARP
• What Hospices Do and Don’t Do by John F. Wasik, Next Avenue, November 15, 2018
• Death Doulas Can Fill Care Gaps at the End of Life November 13, 2018, The Conversation
• Death Doulas: Bringing death and grief out of the shadows and into the light, by Jennifer Ackerman, November 8, 2018, Regina Leader-Post
• Death Doulas Seek National Accreditation [in Australia] by Judy Skatssoon, October 22, 2018, Community Care Review
• What Role Do Death Doulas Play in End-of-Life Care? A Systemic Review​ by Deb Rawlings, Jennifer Tiemin, Lauren Miller-Lewis, Kate Swetenham, September 26, 2018, Wiley Online Library, also find on PubMed
• What is a Death Doula? ​by Abbie Stutzer, September 9, 2018, Organic Authority
• What is the Role of a Death Doula? by Ellary Allis, SevenPonds Professional Advice interview with Merilynne Rush, SevenPonds, September 8, 2018
• Death Doulas Provide Support and Compassion at the End of Life, by Jane Lindholm and Sam Gale Rosen, Vermont Public Radio, September 7, 2018
  Deathbed Planning with a Death Doula, by Caitlin Doughty with Alua Arthur, The Order of the Good Death, September 5, 2018
• Hospice Looks at Adding 'Death Doulas' for End-of-Life Care by Christina Swanson, July 22, 2018, The Florida Times-Union
• How a Doula, a Plant and Compassion Could Change How You Die… by Amanda Carr, June 6, 2018, Changing the Face of Dying blog
• End-of-life doulas comfort those nearing death by Victoria Zunitch, May 3, 2018, Queens Chronicle
• UVM Pilots an End-of-Life Doula Program by Kymelya Sari, May 2, 2018, Seven Days
• Death Doulas Gain Buzz, Start Making Hospice Connections by Robert Holly, May 1, 2018, Home Health Care News
• End-of-Life Doulas: A New Type of Support and Care by Kate Rope, April 12, 2018, Samada
• Death doulas provide comfort on final journey by Kim Ode, April 16, 2018, Star Tribune
• End-of-life doulas fill an emotional gap between doctors, family and attitudes about dying by Kim Ode, April 15, 2018, StarTribune
• End-of-Life Doulas: A Movement for the Future audio interview with Karen Wyatt, End of Life University, aired April 12, 2018, featuring NEDA's Deanna Cochran RN
• Unbearable grief at sister’s death leads a woman to set up therapy group by Gordon McIntyre, Vancouver Sun, April 9, 2018, featuring NEDA's Tarron Estes

2017

• People are hiring doulas to help them die by Molly Shea, December 6, 2017, New York Post
• Death Doula Guides Patients, Families Through Death Processes by Madalyn O’Neill, November 15, 2017, News8000
• Families turn to death midwives for help with final passage by David Wahlberg, November 12, 2017, Wisconsin State Journal
• What Does It Mean When I Tell You I’m a Death Doula? by Amanda Carr, August 8, 2017, Changing the Face of Dying blog
• So, you want to hire a death doula?: Three things to consider by Amy Wright Glenn, May 5, 2017, PhillyVoice
• Meet the Person Who Helps Prepare Someone for Death by Olivia Blair, April 12, 2017, The Independent
• Coming full circle, doulas now cradle the dying by Bruce Horovitz, April 17, 2017, USA Today
• The people who help you die better by Jeremy Laurance, February 28, 2017, Mosaic Science
• 7 New Jobs That Are so ‘2017’ by Kristen Bahler, January 25, 2017, Money Magazine
• A Growing Movement of ‘Death Doulas’ is Rethinking How We Die by Antonia Blumberg, June 5, 2017, Huffington Post
• The Life of a Death Midwife by Claire Fordham, May 5, 2017, The Malibu Time
• Interview With an End of Life Doula, Anna Lyons, March 20, 2017, Beyond...
• End of Life Doulas Becoming Growing Trend to Ease the Final Passage by Stephanie Stahl, January 16, 2017, CBSPhilly 

2016

• Can Death Doulas Shield You from Bullying Around Funerals? by Laura Martocci, October 17, 2016, Psychology Today
• How a death doula can help patients and families in end-of-life transitions by Debra Kaszubski, October 20, 2016, The Oakland Press
• Dying is hard: Death doulas want to help make it easier by Ellen McCarthy, July 31, 2016, The Washington Post
• Death doulas help the dying and their loved ones say goodbye by Kevin Fagan, June 25, 2016, San Francisco Chronicle
• How a Death Doula Can Help Patients and Families by Linda Childers, January 5, 2016, Next Avenue

2015

• The rise of the death doula by Rachel Browne, March 15, 2015, Maclean’s

• Doulas, Who Usher in New Life, Find Mission in Support for the Dying by Alina Tugend, January 23, 2015, The New York Times

2014

• Positive Passings with Suzanne O’Brien, RN, audio interview with Karen Wyatt, End of Life University, aired June 21, 2014, featuring NEDA's Suzanne O’Brien, RN
• Death doulas: helping people face up to dying by Eleanor Tucker, May 4, 2014, The Guardian
• Death Midwife Eases Passage to the Great Beyond by Erin Pottie, December 29, 2014, Herald News

2010

• Doula for the dying: Austin woman shepherds people nearing death by Mary Ann Roser, September 6, 2010, American Statesman
  
  

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