Full Circle of Living and Dying
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  • About Us/contact
    • Symbolism of our LOGO
    • JOIN OUR TEAM
    • Board of Directors 2021 >
      • Akhila Murphy, Co-Founder, End-of-Life Doula, Death Care Midwife
      • Martha Turner, Midwifery, President
      • Donna Peizer, Treasurer
      • Mary Good, End-of-Life Doula, Secretary
      • Amanda Kenney, Death-Care Midwife, Board Member
      • Linda More, End-of-Life Doula, Board Member since 2020
    • Core Circle Team >
      • Nandi Szabo, Co-Founder
      • CMA Medeiros, End-of-Life Doula
      • Nancy Parraz, Death Care Midwife
    • Advocates for end-of-life choices and death-care rights
    • FAQ
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    • What is an End-of-Life Doula or Death Midwife?
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    • Our Education >
      • Our Final Passages Death Midwifery Training
      • Home Funeral Article by Jerrigrace Lyons
    • Gallery
    • Contact Us
  • Home Funeral Guidance
    • Know your rights. Home death care is legal.
    • Home Death Care in California >
      • Home Funeral Paperwork
    • CALIFORNIA DEATH CERTIFICATE Instructions
    • Death Care >
      • Sacred Death Care
    • What is "Lying in Honor?"
    • Pet Funeral >
      • Pet Euthanasia in the Home
    • Death Certificate Worksheet >
      • Nevada County-File Your Own Paperwork for Death Certificate - Vital Records Office
    • Video: A Conversation about After Death Care
  • End-of-Life Plan of Care
    • Advance Directives, Dementia, Covid-19
    • End-of-Life Doula
    • Sacred Bridges, Local End-of-Life Caregivers
    • Remembrances
    • Contributions
    • Testimonials
    • California End of Life Option Act + video Info
    • Physician Support: Medical Aid in Dying
    • VSED: Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking
  • Green Burial
    • History of Natural Green Burial, Cherokee Cemetery, Nevada County >
      • Green Burial Santa Monica 2016
      • Green Burial Video from GBC
    • Recompose: Composting Human Remains
    • Natural Organic Reduction Human Composting
    • Find A Grave (website)
    • Aquamation: Water Cremation
    • Cremation- Not so Environmentally Friendly!
  • Events/News
    • EVENTS Jan/Feb 2021: Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
    • Article Amigo Bob -Natural Organic Reduction Human Composting
    • KVMR Podcast: End-of-LIfe Doulas
    • Past Event Oct 7 & 8, 2020 Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss
    • Past Event: Jan 26, 2020 Your Life, Your Choice, Your Plan
    • PUBLISHED ARTICLES >
      • April 2020 Ventilators in times of COVID-19
      • Death & Grieving around Corona Virus March 26, 2020
      • Article August 2019 Giving Back
      • Giving Back After Tragedy, September 2019 The Union
      • Article The Union May 2019 New nonprofit
      • Article The Union August 2019 HBO Documentary
      • Choosing When to Die
      • Home Funeral Visitation
    • PAST EVENTS >
      • End-of-Life Doula Training with Inspired Endings - Oct 2019
      • SEPT 2019 EVENT: Advance Directives + Dementia Directive >
        • June 9, 2019 Short Film & Death Conversation
        • Mar, Apr, May 2019
      • 2018 Past Events >
        • A Matter of Life & Death: Workshop Series Sept. 22, 2018
        • Nandi's Cancer Support Group September-October 2018
        • Past Events: 2018
        • Event May 20, 2018- Creating a Death Care Plan: Exploring Unconventional Options
        • Event: July 22, 2018 Death Cafe
      • 2017 PAST Events: August 27th -Understanding California's End-of-LIfe Option Act >
        • Deathwalker Training with Zenith Virago Sept 2017
        • Past Event: Film screening: Zen & the Art of Dying August 13, 2017
        • PAST Event: Film screening: Zen and the Art of Dying June 11, 2017
        • Past Event: Death Salon, A Gathering of Community to Discuss Death -MAR 26
        • Past Event - Exploring After Death Options: What Happens to our Bodily Remains? Feb 19, 2017 2-4pm
        • Going Out Green: Learn about Eco-friendly Home Funerals and Green Burial Cemetery JAN. 8, 2017
        • International Death Doula Training 2017
      • 2016 Events Planning Your Own Send-off May 1, 2016 >
        • Stephen Jenkinson Comes to NC March 14, 2016
        • Education, Presentations, Death Cafe
        • Event: Sunday Aug 28 2-4pm Home Funerals & Green Burial
      • EARLY YEARS 2013-2015 EVENTS
  • Resources
    • One Source Empowering Caregivers
    • Companions for Pregnancy and Infant Loss
    • Grief Support: Jemma Skye Champeau
    • Bereavement Groups in Nevada County
    • Advance Directives California + Dementia
    • Sierra Foothills Village: Aging in Place
    • Resources and Links
    • Medical Aid in Dying Film clip + Physician support >
      • Dr. Stephen Banister, Nevada County
      • American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying
    • California's End-of-Life Option Act >
      • End-of-Life Plan of Care
      • VSED: Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking >
        • Supporting a Loved One at End of Life
    • Body / Organ Donation
    • Threshold Choir
    • People in the Death Trade & Training
    • Holding Space
  • Medical Aid in Dying Film
  • FAQ
  • Companions for Pregnancy Loss
  • Suggested Reading
  • Donate Here
  • Death Related YouTube
  • Go Wish Cards Online
  • Beauty of EOL Study
  • JOIN OUR TEAM
  • Bardo, Buddhism and the Art of Dying
  • Accomplishments
  • Medical Aid in Dying - Local Pharmacy
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​​​Full Circle of Living and Dying
​Providing End-of-Life and After Death Care Education since 2013
(530)270-9839


Important updates on death care protocols during the pandemic:
We are available to answer your questions and concerns about home death care during Covid-19.
We may meet with you via video conference, audio calls, and
​open-air residential meetings with masks and safety precautions. 

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​ The mission of  Full Circle of Living and Dying: 
To educate and serve our community in understanding
options and rights for end-of-life care and post-death care.

To empower families and communities in bringing back the tradition
​of family led death care through conversation, guidance and local resources. 


We are trained End-of-Life Doulas whose passion is to
encourage conversation and help families co-create an end-of-life plan of care.
Documenting your personal wishes helps bring about peace of mind. 



Upcoming Virtual Event ~ Death Conversation: Breaking the silence.

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 ​Full Circle of Living and Dying a local non-profit 501(c)(3) organization is honored to present A Death Conversation to shift our cultural tendency from being death-phobic toward embracing death as a meaningful life transition.

WHEN: Thursday February 18, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PST.  We will gather on zoom and reflect on a question or two about death in a safe and supportive zoom call guided by Living Room Conversations agreements and format and end-of-life Doulas. Our conversation will explore how our personal experiences with death might support our acceptance or denial of death. We will offer this on 3rd Thursday each month! This first event is limited to 20 participants. Please register today!
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This is not a grief group or therapy session.  (Details)


Full Circle of Living & Dying is now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
​ We are happy to continue to serve you! Thanks for your contribution. 

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​Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss

Local Midwives and FCLD End-of-Life Doulas
Companions for Pregnancy Loss
(more)

​​Stay informed of upcoming events - please sign up for our monthly 
 
(email newsletter)

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Full Circle of Living and Dying: Advocates for end-of-life options and choices. We stand up for you and lend a helping hand in after-death care choices. 

Keeping or bringing a loved one home after death is legal in every state for bathing, dressing, private viewing, and ceremony as the family chooses. Every state recognizes the next-of-kin’s right to custody and control of the body that allows the opportunity to hold a home vigil. Religious observations, family gatherings, memorials, and private events are not under the jurisdiction of the State or professionals in the funeral industry. (More) 


The year of 2020 ​was rough for our world to say the least. Death and dying have been in our consciousness more than ever. For many, daily life has been a struggle for the physical body, mind and spirit. What has kept those of us at Full Circle of Living and Dying motivated is knowing our guidance and services have helped individuals and families facing end-of-life issues.
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Some of our accomplishments include:
  • Advocacy for natural green burial and Natural Organic Reduction in our county
  • Ongoing community education events
  • Website resources http://www.fullcirclelivingdyingcollective.com/
  • Dementia project: Events, research & dementia directive
  • Co-creating end-of-life advance care plans with the dying
  • Education on California's End-of-Life option: Events, care plan, resources
  • Collaboration with Hospice of the Foothills and other community organizations
  • Pregnancy Loss project: Research and collaborate with local midwives to create support group for miscarriage and infant death
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If you appreciate our work, please consider making a contribution to ensure this work continues to grow! Donate Here


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   Learn more about options in End-of-Life and Family-Led funerals
            in the home. Call for a free phone consultation: 

                        (530)270-9839 or text (916)397-5443
        

   We offer:
  • Advance planning: Co-create an end-of-life Plan of Care
  • Support through dying process with trained end-of-life doulas
  • Education in the After Death Care process with trained Death Midwives
  • ​Hands on training for community groups
  • Grief Counseling
  • The Art of Living & Dying expressive arts therapy
  • ​Free Community Education Events
  • Useful community resources​ ​​

 "Let's have a conversation. Let's do death differently."​
​Full Circle of Living and Dying is an educational consulting group and is in no way considered a funeral establishment. Any contributions received by Full Circle of Living and Dying are for requested consulting services and private or public education.
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