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Board of Directors
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Akhila Murphy, Founding Director, End-of-Life Doula, Death Care Midwife
Mary Good, End-of-Life Doula, Secretary of the Board
Nancy Jacobsen, Treasurer
Jan Windz, NP PhD
Vivian Hodges, End-of-life doula, Reiki Practitioner
Rosie Mariani, Board Treasurer
Amanda Kenney, Death-Care Midwife, Board Director
Mary Jo Curtin, Board Director
FCLD Core Circle Volunteer Team
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Carolyn Seyler, Co-Chair President
Sushila Mertens, End-of-Life Doula
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Spotlight Sushila Mertens
Bonnie McKeegan, LCSW, Past Vice President Board Director
Nancy Parraz, Death Care Midwife
Martha Turner, Midwifery, Past President
Linda More, End-of-Life Doula, Past Board Director
Donna Peizer, Past Treasurer
Nandi Szabo, Co-Founder
Rebecca Sengolu
Advocates for end-of-life choices and death-care rights
FAQ
What is an End-of-Life Doula or Death Midwife?
Sign up for Newsletter/send email
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
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Cuddle Cot 2021
Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Gallery
Donate Here
JOIN OUR TEAM
Our Education
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Our Final Passages Death Midwifery Training
Home Funeral Article by Jerrigrace Lyons
Home-based Funerals
Know your rights. Home death care is legal.
In-Home Death Care
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Sacred Death Care
Home Death Care in California Consumer Guide
What is "Lying in Honor?"
CALIFORNIA DEATH CERTIFICATE Instructions
Tattoo Preservation after Death
Symbolism of our LOGO
Donate Here
Pet Funeral
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Pet Euthanasia in the Home
Death Certificate Worksheet
Video: A Conversation about After Death Care
End-of-Life Care Options
End-of-Life Care Options
Advance Directives, Dementia, Covid-19, Five Wishes
Resources for Medical Aid in Dying support
California End of Life Option Act (MAID)
Video Options for End-of-Life
End-of-Life Doula
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
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Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Cuddle Cot 2021
VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
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VSED: Resources/Links
Sacred Bridges, Local End-of-Life Caregivers
Remembrances
Contributions
Green Burial
History of Natural Green Burial, Cherokee Cemetery, Nevada County
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Green Burial Video from GBC
Exploring Cemeteries
Natural Organic Reduction -Composting Human Remains
Natural Organic Reduction Amigo Bob's story
Rules for Scattering Ashes
Find A Grave (website)
Aquamation: Water Cremation
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Desmond Tutu: Aquamation
Cremation- Not so Environmentally Friendly!
Events & News
Death Over Drafts Oct 23, 2024
Article: We Won our Lawsuit! 2024
June 26, 2024: Death Cafe March 27, 2024
The Art of Saying Good-bye April 27,2024: Pre-REGISTER Here
Upcoming Jun 2, Workshop "After the Last Breath"
Past Zoom Death Conversations Mar. 21, 2024
Past Class at Sierra College Feb. 21, 2024
Past November 19, 2023 Senior Nesting Options
Past Event October 19, 2023 Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
Past Event -September 24, 2023 Event: End-of-LIfe and After-death Care
PAST EVENT Sept. 12, 2023 : Natural Organic Reduction - Register
PAST EVENT Aug. 27, 2023 MAID & VSED Explained
2023 News
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California EOL Doula Lawsuit/Institute for Justice
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Death Doulas C&C Article Nov. 2021
California Death Doulas Fight
LA TIMES Article about Lawsuit Aug. 2022
PODCAST and links -Lawsuit EOL Doulas vs CA State Funeral Bureau
Article: Death Doula Lawsuit Dec. 2021
Past presentations June 6, 2023 Educational Series: AS YOU WISH: Creating a Beautiful End-of-Life
Past Presentation, Dementia Directives
Past Workshop: In-Home After-death Care April 30, 2023
Past event May 18, 2023 Death Conversations Event
Past Educational Series March, 2023: AS YOU WISH: Creating a Beautiful End-of-Life
Past event Aquamation Presentation Jan. 18, 2023 link to recording
2022 Past Events
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Article: Pregnancy Loss Conversations Feb, 2022
Past Film Event: Jack Has a Plan Aug. 2022
Past Event June 24, 2022 Presentation Organ and Tissue donation
Past Event Apr. 28, 2022 After-death Care presentation
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
PAST EVENTS 2021
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Review: 2021 City of Hope, End:0f-Life Symposium December
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
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Article from The Order of the Good Death
Article: California's End-of-LIfe Option Act
Article Amigo Bob -Natural Organic Reduction Human Composting
April 2020 Ventilators in times of COVID-19
Union Article Caring Cradle Sept 2019
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Links and Resources
Advance Directives, Dementia, Covid-19, Five Wishes
Write a Good-bye Letter
LEGACY VIDEO Options for End-of-Life
MAiD/California End of Life Option Act + Update SB 380
>
Links for California's End-of-Life Option Act
Bereavement Support in Nevada County
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Bereavement support Hospice of the Foothills, Nevada County
Hospice of the Foothills, Nevada County
Senior Outreach Services, Nevada County
One Source Empowering Caregivers
American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying
>
ACAMAID: Mixing medications
What is an Irish Wake?
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
>
Cuddle Cot 2021
Union Article Caring Cradle 2019
Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
End-of-Life Plan of Care
Pharmacy, Compounding
Body / Organ Donation
Threshold Choir
5 Regrets of the Dying
People in the Death Trade & Training
Holding Space
FAQ
Help after Suicide death
Companions for Pregnancy Loss
Cuddle Cot 2021
Death Related YouTube
Beauty of EOL Study
Bardo, Buddhism and the Art of Dying
Accomplishments
Remembrance donation
Kids Sit Vigil with their Granny
Sharon's End-of-life days
Nearing Death Awareness
After-Death Care of my Mom by Akhiila Murphy
Archive Video FCLD Collective
A Remembrance Gathering for Mom?
Marina Bokelman Legacy
EOL Doulas fight for Rights
Rites and Rights, EOL Doulas 2024 Article
VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
Creating a Caring Circle Community
Altar Show 2023 Sushila Mertens
Event: The Art of Saying Goodbye
Taphophilia: Fascination with Cemeteries & Tombstones
At the Threshold: Dying & Beyond
Fighting for our rights. Learn more about California EOL Doulas lawsuit
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Home
Donate Here
About us/Contact
Contact Us
Testimonials
Board of Directors
>
Akhila Murphy, Founding Director, End-of-Life Doula, Death Care Midwife
Mary Good, End-of-Life Doula, Secretary of the Board
Nancy Jacobsen, Treasurer
Jan Windz, NP PhD
Vivian Hodges, End-of-life doula, Reiki Practitioner
Rosie Mariani, Board Treasurer
Amanda Kenney, Death-Care Midwife, Board Director
Mary Jo Curtin, Board Director
FCLD Core Circle Volunteer Team
>
Carolyn Seyler, Co-Chair President
Sushila Mertens, End-of-Life Doula
>
Spotlight Sushila Mertens
Bonnie McKeegan, LCSW, Past Vice President Board Director
Nancy Parraz, Death Care Midwife
Martha Turner, Midwifery, Past President
Linda More, End-of-Life Doula, Past Board Director
Donna Peizer, Past Treasurer
Nandi Szabo, Co-Founder
Rebecca Sengolu
Advocates for end-of-life choices and death-care rights
FAQ
What is an End-of-Life Doula or Death Midwife?
Sign up for Newsletter/send email
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
>
Cuddle Cot 2021
Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Gallery
Donate Here
JOIN OUR TEAM
Our Education
>
Our Final Passages Death Midwifery Training
Home Funeral Article by Jerrigrace Lyons
Home-based Funerals
Know your rights. Home death care is legal.
In-Home Death Care
>
Sacred Death Care
Home Death Care in California Consumer Guide
What is "Lying in Honor?"
CALIFORNIA DEATH CERTIFICATE Instructions
Tattoo Preservation after Death
Symbolism of our LOGO
Donate Here
Pet Funeral
>
Pet Euthanasia in the Home
Death Certificate Worksheet
Video: A Conversation about After Death Care
End-of-Life Care Options
End-of-Life Care Options
Advance Directives, Dementia, Covid-19, Five Wishes
Resources for Medical Aid in Dying support
California End of Life Option Act (MAID)
Video Options for End-of-Life
End-of-Life Doula
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
>
Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Cuddle Cot 2021
VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
>
VSED: Resources/Links
Sacred Bridges, Local End-of-Life Caregivers
Remembrances
Contributions
Green Burial
History of Natural Green Burial, Cherokee Cemetery, Nevada County
>
Green Burial Video from GBC
Exploring Cemeteries
Natural Organic Reduction -Composting Human Remains
Natural Organic Reduction Amigo Bob's story
Rules for Scattering Ashes
Find A Grave (website)
Aquamation: Water Cremation
>
Desmond Tutu: Aquamation
Cremation- Not so Environmentally Friendly!
Events & News
Death Over Drafts Oct 23, 2024
Article: We Won our Lawsuit! 2024
June 26, 2024: Death Cafe March 27, 2024
The Art of Saying Good-bye April 27,2024: Pre-REGISTER Here
Upcoming Jun 2, Workshop "After the Last Breath"
Past Zoom Death Conversations Mar. 21, 2024
Past Class at Sierra College Feb. 21, 2024
Past November 19, 2023 Senior Nesting Options
Past Event October 19, 2023 Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
Past Event -September 24, 2023 Event: End-of-LIfe and After-death Care
PAST EVENT Sept. 12, 2023 : Natural Organic Reduction - Register
PAST EVENT Aug. 27, 2023 MAID & VSED Explained
2023 News
>
California EOL Doula Lawsuit/Institute for Justice
>
Death Doulas C&C Article Nov. 2021
California Death Doulas Fight
LA TIMES Article about Lawsuit Aug. 2022
PODCAST and links -Lawsuit EOL Doulas vs CA State Funeral Bureau
Article: Death Doula Lawsuit Dec. 2021
Past presentations June 6, 2023 Educational Series: AS YOU WISH: Creating a Beautiful End-of-Life
Past Presentation, Dementia Directives
Past Workshop: In-Home After-death Care April 30, 2023
Past event May 18, 2023 Death Conversations Event
Past Educational Series March, 2023: AS YOU WISH: Creating a Beautiful End-of-Life
Past event Aquamation Presentation Jan. 18, 2023 link to recording
2022 Past Events
>
Article: Pregnancy Loss Conversations Feb, 2022
Past Film Event: Jack Has a Plan Aug. 2022
Past Event June 24, 2022 Presentation Organ and Tissue donation
Past Event Apr. 28, 2022 After-death Care presentation
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
PAST EVENTS 2021
>
Review: 2021 City of Hope, End:0f-Life Symposium December
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 from The Order of the Good Death
Article: California's End-of-LIfe Option Act
Article Amigo Bob -Natural Organic Reduction Human Composting
April 2020 Ventilators in times of COVID-19
Union Article Caring Cradle Sept 2019
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
Links and Resources
Advance Directives, Dementia, Covid-19, Five Wishes
Write a Good-bye Letter
LEGACY VIDEO Options for End-of-Life
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
Hospice of the Foothills, Nevada County
Senior Outreach Services, Nevada County
One Source Empowering Caregivers
American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying
>
ACAMAID: Mixing medications
What is an Irish Wake?
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
>
Cuddle Cot 2021
Union Article Caring Cradle 2019
Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
End-of-Life Plan of Care
Pharmacy, Compounding
Body / Organ Donation
Threshold Choir
5 Regrets of the Dying
People in the Death Trade & Training
Holding Space
FAQ
Help after Suicide death
Companions for Pregnancy Loss
Cuddle Cot 2021
Death Related YouTube
Beauty of EOL Study
Bardo, Buddhism and the Art of Dying
Accomplishments
Remembrance donation
Kids Sit Vigil with their Granny
Sharon's End-of-life days
Nearing Death Awareness
After-Death Care of my Mom by Akhiila Murphy
Archive Video FCLD Collective
A Remembrance Gathering for Mom?
Marina Bokelman Legacy
EOL Doulas fight for Rights
Rites and Rights, EOL Doulas 2024 Article
VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
Creating a Caring Circle Community
Altar Show 2023 Sushila Mertens
Event: The Art of Saying Goodbye
Taphophilia: Fascination with Cemeteries & Tombstones
At the Threshold: Dying & Beyond