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Ascending Intentionally INELDA TRAINED (International End of Life Doula Association)

It’s been amazing, and now the mountains are calling me home. ✌🏻 ✈️
05/30/2026

It’s been amazing, and now the mountains are calling me home. ✌🏻 ✈️

05/30/2026

Jumping on the Death Doula Confession trend.

Leaving London today by train and apparently still incapable of normal small talk. 😂The conference may be over, but the ...
05/29/2026

Leaving London today by train and apparently still incapable of normal small talk. 😂

The conference may be over, but the death doula brain remains fully operational.

Honestly though, this week reminded me how hungry people are for honest conversations — about caregiving, grief, dying, fear, connection, and what actually matters.

Also reminded me that I may never be built for surface-level conversation again and honestly? I’m okay with that. 🖤

Next stop: Toronto.
Probably overthinking my entire life while staring dramatically out a train window.

It's Friday! You already know! Show me your cute, fuzzy, slimy, snuggly little goblins and gremlins! Bonus points if the...
05/29/2026

It's Friday! You already know!

Show me your cute, fuzzy, slimy, snuggly little goblins and gremlins!

Bonus points if they are supporting you while you are being vulnerable!

05/29/2026

Please enjoy this absolutely SHOCKing clip of me, circling the conversation back to death.🤣😅🫣💀
As if there was literally another other possible outcome from me.

05/28/2026

“Do I hate this video? A little.
Please enjoy:
-the messy hair
-the post-conference emotional hangover
-me realizing I almost talked myself out of this trip
-tears
-accidental vulnerability
-and live footage of a death doula discovering she can, in fact, do hard things.

I'm just a girl 👉👈

Do I love this video? Nope
Am I posting it anyway? Yep

If you’ve heard me talk about this conference over the last month… then I KNOW I told you how scared I was.AND I know I ...
05/28/2026

If you’ve heard me talk about this conference over the last month… then I KNOW I told you how scared I was.

AND I know I filled your ears with all the what-ifs and all the potential things that could go wrong. So thank you for listening. 🙏Thank you for encouraging me, supporting me, and believing in me when I was spiraling a little. Okay, a LOT of spiraling. 🖤🌀

I’m not home yet— I’m still enjoying a little downtime here in Ontario and letting everything settle in. I am homesick though and ready to come back! 🏠

Yesterday I got to speak on a panel called “We Don’t Leave This Work Untouched,” where we talked about how caregiving changes us emotionally, spiritually, physically, and relationally.

I laughed. I learned. I cried a little (a LOT). And I met AH-mazing people from all different walks of doula life — from pre-pregnancy planning all the way through end of life care. 🤰➡💀

There’s something really beautiful about being in rooms full of people who simply want to support humans being human.

And somewhere in the middle of all of it, I remembered something important: we were never meant to do this work alone. None of us.

I already know half my conference notes are going to turn into future workshops, posts, conversations, and probably a few “well… here we go” ideas. 😂

I’ll be posting clips soon (and learning how to edit video… bear with me), so stay tuned.

Thank you all again.
I still can’t believe I did it. 🖤

One thing this conference has reminded me of is how universal grief really is.Different backgrounds. Different paths. Di...
05/27/2026

One thing this conference has reminded me of is how universal grief really is.

Different backgrounds. Different paths. Different kinds of doulas.

And still… the same love.

Say their name. Tell the story again. Keep them part of the conversation. Let's hear about them.

Also...CHIP-MUNKS!🐿

Love doesn’t end at death.

There’s something oddly healing about finding a room full of people who don’t panic when you say words like death, dying...
05/26/2026

There’s something oddly healing about finding a room full of people who don’t panic when you say words like death, dying, grief, or vigil planning.

Like… oh.
These are my emotionally strange little people. 🖤

Turns out belonging sometimes looks like coffee, conference lanyards, nervous systems held together by snacks, and openly discussing life, mortality and all things in between at round tables.

Day one ✅ Learning. Listening. Absorbing.
05/26/2026

Day one ✅
Learning. Listening. Absorbing.

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