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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
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FCLD Core Circle Volunteer Team
>
- Carolyn Seyler, Co-Chair President
- Sushila Mertens, End-of-Life Doula >
- 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 >
- Gallery
- Donate Here
- JOIN OUR TEAM
- Our Education >
-
Home-based Funerals
- Know your rights. Home death care is legal.
- In-Home 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 >
- 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 >
- VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking >
- Sacred Bridges, Local End-of-Life Caregivers
- Remembrances
- Contributions
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Green Burial
- History of Natural Green Burial, Cherokee Cemetery, Nevada County >
- 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 >
- 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 >
- 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
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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 >
- 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 >
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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 >
- EARLY YEARS 2013-2015 EVENTS
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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 >
- Bereavement Support in 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 >
- What is an Irish Wake?
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss >
- 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
- 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
Important Links to Death Related Services
Our Partners and Support in Death Care: |
Links and Organizations |
Death Industry Partner of Full Circle Living & Dying Collective: Nevada Cemetery District - Offering Green Burial at Cherokee Cemetery in North San Juan area.
www.nevadacemeterydistrict.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Death Industry Partner of Full Circle Living & Dying Collective: Chapel of the Angels Mortuary in Grass Valley supports home funerals, green burial and provides compassionate mortuary care. (530)273-2446 www.chapeloftheangels.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
ENDORSED BY FULL CIRCLE LIVING & DYING COLLECTIVE
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MY WONDERFUL LIFE.COM - Website to Document your Wishes - Plan your funeral/memorial, write obituary, upload photos... My wonderful LIfe.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compassion & Choices End of Life Care Guides,Tool Kits, Worksheets https://www.compassionandchoices.org/plan-your-care/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - Mission: To introduce remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby with a free gift of professional portraiture. https://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Green Burial Council - Mission: To inspire and advocate for environmentally sustainable, natural death care through education and certification http://greenburialcouncil.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- California Advance Directive: Advance Health Care Directive Form - Attorney General.A fillable online form ProbateCodeAdvancedHealthCareDirectiveForm-fillable.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Happens. Isn't it Time to Get Your Sh*t Together? You already know what they are... your will, living will, and life insurance. http://www.gyst.com/ _____________________________________________________ |
- Home
-
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 >
- 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 >
- Gallery
- Donate Here
- JOIN OUR TEAM
- Our Education >
-
Home-based Funerals
- Know your rights. Home death care is legal.
- In-Home 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 >
- 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 >
- VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking >
- Sacred Bridges, Local End-of-Life Caregivers
- Remembrances
- Contributions
-
Green Burial
- History of Natural Green Burial, Cherokee Cemetery, Nevada County >
- 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 >
- 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 >
- 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 >
- 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 >
-
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 >
- 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 >
- Bereavement Support in 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 >
- What is an Irish Wake?
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss >
- 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
- 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