Dying can be a taboo topic. Enter the death doula.
“We can’t make informed decisions about anything unless we talk about it,”
—Valoria Walker
Valoria Walker and Laura Lyster-Mensh were featured in the Washington post on January 9th, 2023. Valoria, an end-of-life doula and an educator at the International End-Of-Life Doula Association, was Lyster-Mensh’s instructor — and is now her mentor. Walker taught her students that talking openly about death lessens the discomfort and unease around it, and that clears the way for people to think about their hopes for when it
is their time.
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