Birth, Death and Doulas
Birth, Death and Doulas
Podcast Description
A podcast for anyone who believes that more compassion at the beginning and end of life just might be the key that changes the world. Join us as we delve into heartfelt conversations with doulas, anthropologists, researchers and parents about the science and social impact of loving support during life's greatest transitions.
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Focuses on the compassionate aspects of birth and death, exploring topics such as the role of doulas, the emotional weight of grief, and the importance of loving support during life's transitions. Sample episodes include interviews with death doulas sharing their experiences and insights, as well as discussions on navigating medical systems and end-of-life care.
A podcast for anyone who believes that more compassion at the beginning and end of life just might be the key that changes the world. Join us as we delve into heartfelt conversations with doulas, anthropologists, researchers and parents about the science and social impact of loving support during life’s greatest transitions.
What if we stopped seeing those at the end of their lives as “almost dead”, and instead as “still living”?
Anne Kathryn speaks with Kimberly Wamba of Sacred Life Care Initiative, a Global Doula Project grant recipient in 2026. Sacred Life Care Initiative offers support to the dying and their caregivers in Canton, MI, free of charge.
Kimberly shares how death doulas can support the dying and their loved ones in asking difficult questions and facing hard truths, as well as simply offering them a chance to be raw and honest at this unique and tender time. She also offers her beautiful philosophy of
relating to the dying as people who are just as much alive as she is.
writing by Kimberly Wamba, Ph.D.
The Unopened Invitation: A call to our communities about support at life’s end
To learn more about Sacred Life Care Initiative, visit: https://sacredlci.org/
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birth and death doulas, visit: www.globaldoulaproject.org
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01:40 – Introduction to Kimberly Wamba and Sacred Life Care Initiative
03:21 – Kimberly explains what led her to work as an end-of-life doula
06:49 – discussion of lessons Kimberly has learned from dying people
09:40 – isolation at the end of life
10:50 – how can a death doula fill in gaps left by friends and family at the end of life?
17:38 – how death doulas can support families before a death is even imminent
26:41 – reintegrating death as a part of life
29:30 – resistance to care at the end of life
39:25 – Kimberly shares her poem, Seen
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