Sine Metu Doula

06/11/2024

Every time we experience a loss we have another chance to experience life at a greater depth

03/26/2024

It's lovely to see our local team support a great local cause

03/06/2024

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/only-half-of-those-dying-at-home-received-palliative-care-says-bruyere-study/wcm/ee578ceb-78fb-4208-8416-22d449a2baa8/amp/

The study by Ottawa researchers was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

05/16/2023

Laugh as long as breathe, and love as long as you live

This is dark humor at its finest!

04/26/2023

Love this!

02/06/2023

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/29/my-partner-died-then-my-brother-heres-what-not-to-say-to-someone-who-is-grieving

In an effort to help – and to protect themselves – people try to shrink the loss with empty platitudes. But that can make grief even more painful

02/05/2023

Here's how you can help

How to help a grieving friend…

02/05/2023

Sorrow is an inseparable dimension of our human experience.
We suffer after a loss because we are human.
And in our suffering, we are transformed

01/20/2023

Nothing is really lost as long as you remember it

12/26/2022

12/05/2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/interactive/2022/vsed-refuse-treatment-cruzan/?itid=hp_magazine_p015_f004

John Griffith chose a method called VSED to end his life, a controversial practice protected by Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health.

12/02/2022

"R.I.P."
Many ancient Romans had "NFFNSNC", non fui, fui, non sum, non curo, inscribed on their graves meaning “I was not; I was; I am not; I do not care”

10/27/2022

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-end-of-life-death-doulas/

Just as there are doulas who work on the beginning of life, there are also doulas who focus on the end

10/14/2022

For all who love, suffering is inevitable

10/06/2022

We never “get over” the loss of a child or any loved one. We will never finish healing one day and say, “Glad I’m done with that.” Instead, we learn how to grow our lives around grief. We learn to find meaning in our lives by honoring those we lost. And in some strange way, we learn that joy and grief can co-exist.

"There was no way for me to see the possibility of healing on the day the sheriff and coroner pounded on my front door."

08/11/2022

It’s easier in the short term to distance ourselves from thinking about death. But engaging with our mortality when we have the bandwidth to do so can offer clarity that in the long term infuses our lives with more joy and meaning. You’ll be living life knowing what you want to have accomplished at the end of it. And that, I swear, is the ultimate productivity hack.

https://www.vox.com/even-better/23280546/end-of-life-doula-making-time-death

05/12/2022

Carry a heart that never hates, a smile that never fades, and a touch that never hurts.

04/28/2022

https://www.facebook.com/100072226223850/posts/166081752476031/?sfnsn=mo

“Pets, it turns out, also have last wishes before they die, but only known by veterinarians who put old and sick animals to sleep. Twitter user Jesse Dietrich asked a vet what was the most difficult part of his job.
The specialist answered without hesitation that it was the hardest for him to see how old or sick animals look for their owners with the eyes of their owners before going to sleep. The fact is that 90 % of owners don't want to be in a room with a dying animal. People leave so that they don't see their pet leave. But they don't realize that it's in these last moments of life that their pet needs them most.
Veterinarians ask the owners to be close to the animals until the very end. ′′It's inevitable that they die before you. Don't forget that you were the center of their life. Maybe they were just a part of you. But they are also your family. No matter how hard it is, don't leave them.
Dont let them die in a room with a stranger in a place they dont like. It is very painful for veterinarians to see how pets cannot find their owner during the last minutes of their life. They dont understand why the owner left them. After all, they needed their owner’s consolation.
Veterinarians do everything possible to ensure that animals are not so scared, but they are completely strangers to them. Don't be a coward because it's too painful for you. Think about the pet. Endure this pain for the sake of their sake. Be with them until the end.”
- Tricia Mo’orea
Photo credit: Travis Patenaude.

04/23/2022

The importance of Advanced Care Planning.

If you don't tell them, how will they know?

https://youtu.be/hsZ287okI8c

How well do you know your partner? We put couples to the test. You know their favourite food. You’re pretty sure about their bucket list holiday destination....

04/18/2022

04/18/2022

03/26/2022

Grief can only be swallowed so many times before it becomes dangerous

03/18/2022

Goodbyes are not forever, are not the end; it simply means I'll miss you until we meet again

02/07/2022

Kindness is loaning someone your strength instead of reminding them of their weakness.

01/31/2022