Full Circle of Living and Dying
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      • Akhila Murphy, Founding Director, End-of-Life Doula, Death Care Midwife
      • Bonnie McKeegan, LCSW, Vice President Board Director
      • Rosie Mariani, Board Treasurer
      • Mary Good, End-of-Life Doula, Secretary of the Board
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      • Amanda Kenney, Death-Care Midwife, Board Director
    • Sushila Mertens, End-of-Life Doula, Outstanding Volunteer of the Year!
    • FCLD Core Circle Team >
      • Martha Turner, Midwifery, President of the Board
      • Linda More, End-of-Life Doula, Past Board Director
      • Donna Peizer, Past Treasurer
      • Nandi Szabo, Co-Founder
      • CMA Medeiros, End-of-Life Doula, Past Board Director
      • Nancy Parraz, Death Care Midwife
      • Sushila Mertens, End-of-Life Doula
      • Merdeka Van Wissekerke, Death Care
      • Rebecca Sengolu
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      • Our Final Passages Death Midwifery Training
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    • Know your rights. Home death care is legal.
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      • Home Funeral Paperwork
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    • 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
    • Pregnancy and Infant Loss
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    • MAiD/California End of Life Option Act + Update SB 380
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    • Physician Support: Medical Aid in Dying
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  • Green Burial
    • June 18, 2021 Register Field trip to Cherokee Cemetery
    • History of Natural Green Burial, Cherokee Cemetery, Nevada County >
      • Green Burial Santa Monica 2016
      • Green Burial Video from GBC
    • Natural Organic Reduction -Composting Human Remains >
      • Presentation: Natural Organic Reduction + YouTube link
    • Natural Organic Reduction Amigo Bob's story
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    • Aquamation: Water Cremation >
      • Desmond Tutu: Aquamation
    • Cremation- Not so Environmentally Friendly!
  • Events/News
    • Apr. 28, 2022 After-death Care presentation
    • Past Event April 21, 2022 Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
    • PAST March 26, 2022 Cemetery Field Trip
    • Past Event March 17, 2022 Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
    • Past Event Jan 20, 2022 Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
    • Review: 2021 City of Hope, End:0f-Life Symposium December
    • Article: Pregnancy Loss Conversations Feb, 2022
    • Article: Death Doula Lawsuit Dec. 2021 >
      • California Death Doulas Fight
      • Death Doulas C&C Article Nov. 2021
    • PAST EVENTS 2021 >
      • Presentation Dec. 9th : "There's No Place Like Home." Home funeral Basics
      • Past Event: Nov. 2021- Medical Aid-in-Dying Update
      • Past Event: Natural Organic Reduction - Register
      • Past Events 2021 : June 18 -Field trip to Cherokee Cemetery
    • Newsletters
    • KVMR Podcasts: Featuring End-of-LIfe Doulas
    • PUBLISHED ARTICLES >
      • Article: California's End-of-LIfe Option Act
      • Article Amigo Bob -Natural Organic Reduction Human Composting
      • April 2020 Ventilators in times of COVID-19
      • 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 2019/20 >
      • Past Event Oct 7 & 8, 2020 Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss
      • Death & Grieving around Corona Virus March 26, 2020
      • Past Event: Jan 26, 2020 Your Life, Your Choice, Your Plan
      • End-of-Life Doula Training with Inspired Endings - Oct 2019
      • June 9, 2019 Short Film & Death Conversation
      • Mar, Apr, May 2019
      • SEPT 2019 EVENT: Advance Directives + Dementia Directive
    • 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
    • MAiD/California End of Life Option Act + Update SB 380 >
      • Links for California's End-of-Life Option Act
    • Bereavement Support in Nevada County >
      • Bereavement support Hospice of the Foothills, Nevada County
      • Grief Support: Jemma Skye Champeau
    • Advance Directives California + Dementia
    • Hospice of the Foothills, Nevada County
    • Senior Outreach Services, Nevada County
    • One Source Empowering Caregivers
    • Pregnancy and Infant Loss >
      • Cuddle Cot 2021
      • Union Article Caring Cradle 2019
    • Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
    • End-of-Life Plan of Care
    • American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying >
      • ACAMAID: Mixing medications
    • Physicians & Local Pharmacy >
      • Dr. Stephen Banister, Nevada County
    • VSED: Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking >
      • Supporting a Loved One at End of Life
    • Body / Organ Donation
    • Threshold Choir
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    • People in the Death Trade & Training
    • Holding Space
  • FAQ
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  • Bardo, Buddhism and the Art of Dying
  • Accomplishments
  • Union Article Caring Cradle Sept 2019
  • volunteer profiles
  • Spotlight Sushila Mertens
  • Kids Sit Vigil with their Granny
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​​​Full Circle of Living and Dying
​Providing End-of-Life and After Death Care Education since 2013
(530)270-9839


Note: In our work, and on this website, we use the words family, loved ones, caregiver, and caring circle interchangeably and acknowledge non-traditional "chosen" family and "community" as types of families. It is never our intention to exclude any groups, religious sectors, gender or other in our work or speech. Please contact us you have concerns. 

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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 and caring circles
​co-create an end-of-life plan of care.
Documenting your personal wishes helps bring about peace of mind. 


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Monthly Virtual Event ~ Death Conversation: Breaking the silence.

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Full Circle of Living and Dying presents: Death Conversations.
Each month our conversations explore how our personal experiences with death might support our acceptance or denial of death. This is not a therapy session.
Death Conversations meets the 3rd Thursday of the month 1:00 PM- 2:30PM PST, for an open conversation. We 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. Facilitated by end-of-life doulas. Come to one session or every month!

UPCOMING DEATH CONVERSATION:  Thursday April 21, 2022 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PST.  
                                                         Please go here to register.


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

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​​​Stay informed of upcoming events - please sign up for our monthly 
 
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Listen to KVMR podcast Embracing the Journey with host Lori Burkart Frank and
Full Circle of Living and Dying
End-of-Life Doulas. Listen.

Natural Organic Reduction:

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 Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) -
Our recent virtual presentation was a huge success!


The process of natural organic reduction, also known as human composting, gently transforms human remains into soil after death. The presentation included guest speakers from Recompose, the first funeral home to offer NOR, and Jenifer Bliss a local resident who shared her personal
experience  of human composting.  

We are pleased to offer the recording of this presentation for your educational viewing experience. 
View video.


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Full Circle of Living and Dying: Advocates for end-of-life options. 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) 


Companions for Pregnancy and Infant Loss

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