Hosted by Frances · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 67 episodes
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In a world that rushes past death and ignores grief, The Caring Death Doula stops to listen with tenderness, truth, and time. Whether you are grieving right now or here to learn how to help those grieving, join your host, Frances, a certified grief educator on the journey of finding connection, conversations, and comfort. Let's make grief and death a natural part of our conversations.
Frances hosts The Caring Death Doula, a society show with 67 episodes published.
In this episode, Frances shows up raw on a hard day and names the numbness that can hit without warning when grief waves roll in. A quiet morning in the park becomes a reminder that joy can break through in an instant, e
When grief gets judged, that pressure can make you feel even more alone. In this episode, I’m here to say the quiet part out loud: you matter, and you don’t have to prove your pain to anyone. If you’ve ever wondered whet
I thank you for coming here and making this space a part of your grief journey. Grief can be loud, or it can be eerily quiet. Either way, it can convince you that you are on your own. I recorded this message for you to h
Grief has a way of making us disappear from ourselves. In this episode, we discuss how we stay busy, stay quiet, keep it moving, and hope time will do the work we refuse to touch. But when nobody talks about grief, we of
In this episode, we discuss how your body can only carry grief for so long before it starts sending louder signals. We talk honestly about what it feels like when you’ve been pushing through loss for weeks, months, or ye
Mother’s Day lands differently when your mom is gone or when motherhood has been shaped by loss. This episode follows Morher’s Day weekend here in the U.S. and I wanted to honor the place a mother has in our lives. And,
This episode comes from the thick envelope from a lawyer that lands in my mailbox and flips my whole day upside down. Inside is news I never expected to learn this way: my aunt has died, and I don’t even know when it hap
In today’s episode we talk again about children and grief. We discuss how important it is for children to see death as a natural part of life. They need to be part of conversations and hear adults talking. If talking abo
I’m sitting in a park in my hometown, gently swinging while we talk about something most families stumble through: children and grief. When a divorce hits, a loved one dies, a pet dies, or life changes in the way it can,
In this episode, I talk honestly about the days when I’m grieving in more than one way, when words are nonexistent, and when grief whispers, “stay in bed”. If you’re coping with loss right now, I want you to feel seen an
Some grief doesn’t get “approved” by the people around you. It shows up when someone says you didn’t know them, didn’t have them long enough, or shouldn’t still be thinking about it. I share a personal, tender look at th
Your hand reaches for the phone before your brain catches up. For a split second, it feels perfectly natural to call your dad, your mom, your person and then reality hits, and the grief rushes in. I share a moment that h
In this episode, we talk about why so many of us hesitate to reach out after someone grieves the death of a loved one and how that silence can grow when weeks turn into months. Frances makes the case that it is not too l
In this episode, I discuss how a book can be something we look forward to until it suddenly feels like a mirror. I sit down ready to gather grief resources and instead I’m stopped cold by a story that’s too close to home
A birthday can be a celebration and a gut punch at the same time, especially when it arrives only weeks after a funeral. Today I’m holding space for my brother in law’s family and anyone staring down a hard date: your lo
Ever have a day where your heart says not tonight and the world keeps asking anyway? We start right there—at the honest edge of not wanting to show up—and talk about how grief reshapes energy, attention, and appetite for
Grief doesn’t ask if you’re ready. It arrives and sometimes it knocks you flat. In this episode, I open up about the death of my brother‑in‑law and how the shock unsettled not just my thoughts but my body, even with year
Plans unraveled, but the heart of our work held steady. We set out to share the origin story behind “the caring death doula” for a milestone 50th episode and ran into tech roadblocks—so we did what grief teaches best: we
In this episode, Frances, The Caring Death Doula, pushes back on grief-shaming and makes the case that a simple “I’m sorry for your loss” is better than nothing. Frances shares how to move from polite words to real prese
In this episode, your host, Frances, shares raw moments after two funerals and the quiet that followed. She names the numbness of early grief and the strength in saying “I’m not okay.” She offers encouragement to rest or
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