I sweated out creating this website and then hit publish and felt like my work was done.  After staring at a silent phone for days I realized that not many people know about end of life doulas and more than that they aren't interested in thinking or planning for end of life eventualities.  The obvious next step was to start getting the word out that planning and thinking about our own mortality is the greatest two for one of all time : better life and better death.  To this end, I did a Minneapolis Tedx talk in 2018.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ-LI68xS8g   This experience launched my career as a death educator.


Past Events 
SESCON U of MN
"Death gives perspective to workplace stressors"

Rock What You Got Expo
Co led a death talk with Anne Murphy

Women's Press of MN
"Lets Talk about Death"

Women and Spirituality Conference Rochester,MN
Co led a death talk with Anne Murphy

Power of the Purse Annual fundraiser for Family Means 
keynote

2019 Elder Law Institute 
"What I learned about life from death"

A Breath of Hope Annual Conference 
breakout session

Doing Good in Roseville 
"What is a death doula?"

The Hospice of Baton Rouge Annual Conference
Co keynote with BJ Miller

Washburn McReavy- U of MN Women's Press 
"Let's Talk about Death" follow up

U of MN School of Public Health
"How can death inform life choices?"

Leap Day Conference
"Life Happens! Are You Really Prepared?"

Upcoming Events
COVID 19 changes
will be rescheduled
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2020 Eden Alternative International Conference Denver, CO
1 of 3 Summit speakers

Annual Conference for Nurses and Social Workers MN

TESTIMONIALS
"Phenomenal!"  "Passion and compassion, good story teller.", "Best talk of both days!", "As a previous hospice nurse, I cannot say how important this message was.", "Very thought provoking, moving and informative", "Excellent.  She had the audience very much at attention." ,