“It feels as if our culture is very afraid of death, and that’s not good for life,” said Laura Lyster-Mensh, death doula at Congressional Cemetery in D.C.
“The idea is to come together and have courageous conversations about death, and then also enjoy life,” she said.— which is also referred to as an end-of-life doula — about a year ago. Unlike labor doulas, who focus on childbirth, death doulas aim to ease the daunting dying process for people in their final days, offering emotional, physical and spiritual support.
Death doulas help people live out their dying days as they choose — whether that’s reflecting on regrets, calling loved ones to say goodbye or simply sitting still. During her training, for instance, Lyster-Mensh learned that although the human instinct is to encourage others to eat and drink, if a, it’s actually “better for the body in a lot of ways,” she said, adding that animals behave similarly when they’re dying. “It’s a natural part of things.”
Some people don’t want to talk at all, she said, and in those cases, she just keeps them company — which might seem insignificant, but her presence serves an important purpose, she said.
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