Emily Eaton End Of Life Educator and Doula

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Are you a caregiver for a loved one? At Eastern Area Agency on Aging, we understand how challenging caring for a friend or family member dealing with a long-term illness can be. That’s why we offer support groups to help bring caregivers together to share their experiences in a confidential and supportive setting. These groups help attendees gain skills, build confidence and learn about helpful resources available in the community.

If you’re interested in learning more or signing up – we encourage you to call 1-800-432-7812 or 941-2865 to register.

Amy's pretty dope too. FX's Dying for S*x. All episodes streaming on Hulu.

FREE Doulagivers Institute Level 1 End of Life Doula and Family Caregiver Training Webinar (On-Demand!) Learn How to Provide Compassionate Care and Support to Someone Who is Dying in 90 Minutes!

This can't be missed. I highly recommend putting it on your calendar 📆

🎬 A must-see this spring! Caregiving premieres early on May 27.

Watch it on the PBS app, PBS.com, or WellBeings.org and celebrate the selfless work of caregivers.

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💜 "Just as we nest for birth, we can also nest for death."

Death is not just an ending - it is a transition, and how we prepare for it matters. In her book, "Death Nesting", Death Doula Anne-Marie Keppel shares a heart-centred approach to caring for the dying; offering practical, emotional, and spiritual tools to support this sacred time.

What you’ll find inside:
✨ Gentle, hands-on techniques to comfort the dying
✨ Rituals and mindfulness practices for end-of-life care
✨ Ways to support caregivers and create a meaningful transition
✨ Guidance on talking to children about death

Whether you are a Death Doula, caregiver, or simply seeking a deeper understanding of end-of-life care, Death Nesting is a powerful resource for approaching death with compassion, intention, and love.

📖 Available through Simon & Schuster: Death Nesting by Anne-Marie Keppel

💬 Have you read this book? What insights resonated with you the most? Let’s start a conversation. ⬇️

This is a vital right. I believe this is so important for people to have a choice.

10 states and Washington, D.C. allow terminally-ill people to take medicine to end their lives. Two-thirds of Americans support "Medical Aid in Dying," or MAID, but some groups are against what they call assisted su***de, arguing it's discrimination against people with disabilities.

This movie was so good. This particular was so real and moving. Be a person who holds the hand and does not let go. ✨️

Healthcare doesn’t need more efficiency. It needs more humanity. Nurse coach training isn’t just learning how to ask powerful questions or help people set goals. At its core, it’s learning how to be present. Deep, healing, non-judgmental presence. It teaches nurses how to look patients in the eye—not just as a chart or a diagnosis, but as a human being in the middle of one of the most vulnerable moments of their life. It teaches us to hold space. To listen without rushing to fix. To offer compassion instead of judgment. To meet people where they are and walk beside them. This isn’t a skill taught in nursing school. But it’s one that healthcare desperately needs. Because at the end of the day, healing isn’t just about medicine. It’s about being seen and connecting on a human level. And I believe nurse coaches will be the ones to bring this loving touch back to medicine. If you feel this in your bones, drop ACADEMY below to learn how to become a board-certified nurse coach. . . . #nursecoach #nursecoaching #boardcertifiednursecoach #nurselifecoachacademy #nurselifecoach #nursesofinstagram #nursesofig #nursestruggles #nursesunited #nursesunite #nurseburnout #nursesinspirenurses #registerednurses

When someone takes their last breath after you stepped away, or moments before you walk back in the room, I truly believe that this was in many ways intentional. I think most people want privacy and they don’t want it to be the last thing you see, so they wait for the moment when it’s just a little quieter and they can take their last breath in peace. Most people do not want an audience at that particular moment.

So many people feel like they let their person down, and that they abandoned them somehow. My belief is that they don’t take with them who was there at the last breath, they take with them who was there all along… in their heart.

If you were there every day caring for them, if you were only able to get there once a week or once a month, if you could only make phone calls or have a FaceTime with them, or if you were only able to check in with their caregiver or the facility where they might’ve been staying…. You were there. You were there in the best way you possibly could be. Don’t beat yourself up.

When people are dying, they have this amazing sense of awareness, they know what is going on, they know how you are feeling about it, they know who is there, and they also know when they are being cared for well, or not as well as they should be.

Our role is to make sure that they are cared for well whether we are at their bedside 24/7 or 1000 miles away.

We do the best that we can. And sometimes we look back with a bit of regret, I know this personally, but I have had to learn to make peace with the fact that I did what I could with the time that I had. And I know in my heart that my love for them was felt and that I was there as much as I could be. ♥️

xo
Gabby
www.thehospiceheart.net

Day Retreat with Gen Khedrub - Sat Oct 19 The stages of the path, or Lamrim, is a beautiful condensation of all of the contemplations taught by Buddha. This day retreat with Gen Khedrub will enable you to get a taste for the soothing power of authentic Buddhist meditations.

Go beyond the breath into meditations on your mortality, on your potential for liberation, and on the seeds of universal love that lie within your mind. Each session will include both teaching and guided meditation.

Session times:

10:15am - Welcome and check in
10:30am - 12:00pm Session 1
1:30 - 2:30pm Session 2
3:00 - 4:00pm Session 3

Location: The Lemont Block, 2 Pleasant Street, Brunswick, ME 04011�

Registration: $40. At the door.

Gen Kelsang Khedrub is the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Boston. He has been studying and practicing Kadampa Buddhism under the guidance of Ven. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for over 30 years. Gen Khedrub has served as a Resident Teacher in Chicago and in Seattle, and over the years he has taught special events and led meditation retreats around the country. His heartfelt teachings are presented with clarity and humor that make them accessible to everyone.