Latest Doula certificate Podcast Episodes

End-of-Life Doula and National End-of-Life Doula Alliance President Angela Shook Shares Her Perspective on Doula Work During the Pandemic

Sharing Stories from End-of-Life Doulas - March 01, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes
Angela Shook considers herself a natural nurturer. She has always been drawn to non-profit work and especially to hospice, or end of life care. She experienced first-hand the quality of care that hospice provided to her grandfather at his end of life. The impact that hospice care and support had...

End-of-Life Doula Nancy Weber Shares How the Coronavirus Pandemic has Impacted her Approach to End of Life Care

Sharing Stories from End-of-Life Doulas - August 19, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes
For over 20 years Nancy Weber was an Occupational Therapist in New York City and later worked as an advocate for children with developmental disabilities. She says through her experience working with individuals and families with chronic illnesses and her own personal challenges with chronic dep...

End-of-Life Doula Diane Button Develops Creative Ways to Support Clients and Families at the End of Life

Sharing Stories from End-of-Life Doulas - June 17, 2020 21:00 - 13 minutes
Diane Button started the End of Life Doula Alliance of Marin County in Northern California to combine areas of expertise in end of life care with regional doulas. Button completed  UVM's End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate program in March of 2019. She feels as though we all have been giv...

End-of-Life Doula Alana Osher is Finding New Ways to Communicate During COVID-19

Sharing Stories from End-of-Life Doulas - May 20, 2020 19:00 - 12 minutes
Alana Osher is an end-of-life doula and a hospice volunteer. UVM End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate program taught Osher the power of holding space and being present for whatever unfolds. That learning has proven to be incredibly helpful amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  In this episode of En...

End-of-Life Doula Mary Holmes Talks About Caregiving During the COVID-19 Crisis

Sharing Stories from End-of-Life Doulas - April 23, 2020 01:00 - 8 minutes
To not feel overwhelmed by the COVID-19 crisis, caregiver and recent graduate of UVM's End-of-Life Doulas Professional Certificate, Mary Holmes is trying to stay balanced. That means gardening and listening to music. Holmes is a supervisor for the supportive day program at the Martha’s Vineyard...

End-of-Life Doula Henry R. Carse Looks for Ways to Support the Dying from a Distance

Sharing Stories from End-of-Life Doulas - April 03, 2020 20:00 - 11 minutes
Henry R. Carse is a recent graduate of the University of Vermont's End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate program. End-of-Life Doulas complement the care provided by family members and friends, as well as medical, palliative, and hospice professionals, within the settings of hospitals, senio...