doula
Testimonials
The final chapter of life deserves the same care, presence, and love as every chapter before it.
Doulas offer emotional, spiritual, and practical support that helps transform overwhelming moments into deeply held memories.
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We invite you to scroll through testimonials below.
These testimonials reveal the profound impact of compassionate companionship at life’s end.
“How can I convey to you how invaluable it is to have an End Of Life Doula... Someone to walk beside you on your journey through a life limiting illness – to help navigate the often unknown waters and help make them less turbulent and more calming. To have that special person who has the knowledge, understanding and means to ‘read the map’ for you…"
“Doulas understand. They know how to make you calm, safe. If I’m having a bad day they know how to make it better. They’re a friend you can call on, who won’t say ‘I don’t want to talk about this today.”
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“I'm so grateful that you came along when she died. We wouldn't have known what to do, and you made it feel so right and so easy. I'm so glad we brought her 'home' for her final goodbyes before her cremation."
"**** has the unique ability to hold the space … by listening deeply… totally getting and feeling where I am at. I was impressed by the depth of professionalism, respectful and empathic language. Looking for and identifying needs where needs hadn’t yet been realised by myself."
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"****showed a genuine interest in my mother wanting to know things about her life she was so encouraging and supportive of me, checking in that I was getting breaks away from Mum's bedside and getting some sleep."
"***** is a strong advocate for those she supports – often knowing a path of direction to achieve positive outcomes … as well as being an active seeker of ‘ways that make life easier’ and more efficient when there appears not to be those ‘ways’ already."
"**** work is profoundly important. She understands the need/urgency to put plans in place and assists you to piece together the must haves and the nice to haves as you prepare for the inevitable. People don't plan for a baby in the eleventh hr, why should death be any different?"
"Encouraging and supporting me to convey my voice when expressing my needs to other professionals… **** helped in such a way that gently described an overview of a situation – which helped me to see more clearly what my needs are and so I felt empowered to advocate for myself."
"I would whole-heartedly recommend & encourage you to meet with **** – allow yourself the space to feel whether the connection is right for you both. So that your journey going forward not only primarily meets your needs but also helps you to feel that your friends and family’s needs will also be met… because plans will be made and put into place that will help ease their loss and sadness."
"Having *** by my side is like being given a trusted ally – I trust them implicitly- on all levels, professionally and personally.I feel they allow me to be fully empowered and they are without judgement."
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"I found ***** quite by chance … and now I know without doubt; that I will be cared for, supported and respected in ways I believe neither my close friends or family could."
“**** was my support, advocate and empowered me when my Mum became unconscious after a long illness and died 2 weeks later. From the first phone call she shared resources with me around coffin choices, crematorium and how to do a DIY approach following my Mum's death. She gave me a clear explanation of what a death doula does. Talked me through the paperwork that is required as we were initially going to take Mum back to our family home."
"Never intrusive, **** joined with family and friends in enveloping *** with love and support in her final days and hours. **** natural warmth, her nursing and advocacy expertise, her ability to liaise with the medical staff about *** evolving condition and her intuitive wisdom and practical implementation regarding *** needs, particularly when they could no longer be voiced, clearly eased ***body and mind. “You’ve always got my back” was one final acknowledgement from *** herself. It speaks to how safe she felt with **** at her side."
“Having her support outside of family was incredible, to walk through decisions that I was making and reassure me that they were right,”
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“She has been the most amazing balm to everything I’ve gone through.”
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"During the two weeks **** regularly checked in with me and it felt like she was walking beside me, encouraging and empowering me around my decision making to support my Mother to have a pain free death."
"Creating ritual and reverence, it doesn't have to be "alternative" or "religious" more like the most precious gift of service and respect”.
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“Thank you for helping us through this difficult time. Your help was incredibly awesome and totally valuable. I could just let go of everything and focus on *** and knew everything would be sorted. I can’t even begin to explain how totally awesome that was. Thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart."
“I will be forever grateful that I reached out to ***. At a time when life became a roller coaster of emotions, she empowered us with practical advice to help us deal with a terminal diagnosis with mana.
We connected with her from the first time she visited. She offered experienced advice and care to help us honour my husband’s wish to pass at home. She was always available day or night and provided extra support alongside the hospice team through his end of life journey.
*** supported my husband’s decision for assisted dying and talked us through the process. She was a wonderful support through that process and the following days that he was at home with us.
*** organised a direct cremation, which meant we didn’t need a funeral director. I loved how she was there for us for the whole journey and she continues to check in on my well-being from time to time.
Everyone who met *** felt her natural energy, she feels like a part of our family now.”
"Day and night, **** was tireless in her care for **** but she was also extremely caring and supportive of the family, providing practical help with information, co-ordination and communication and, most importantly, peace of mind that our dear ***journeyed with a true companion."
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"I saw that **** listened deeply and responded thoughtfully. Fear and sorrow, joy and peace, wants and needs were all acknowledged and celebrated as being worthy life experiences. Through her deep reflective listening and advocacy, she supported my loved one to understand and make the decisions that were required regarding her initial medical care, her palliative care and eventually, her end of life wishes."
“Your visit to me, last week, has got my mind working, again and has helped me past the stalemate I seemed to have reached. Your visit opened up my mind to all sorts of possibilities for funeral ideas and has spurred me on to re-visit the lists and booklets that I already have. Meanwhile, I have followed your suggestion of putting all the relevant 'papers' in a place that is known and easily accessible to my daughter. I'm so grateful to you for your insightful and frank leadership of our discussion”.
"*** made an exquisite connection with *** that allowed her to not only offer pragmatic, practical care and advocacy during a time of high emotion and turmoil, but compassionately and lovingly walk beside her on her final journey."
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"**** encouraged and supported *** in holding her final conversations with the people who were important to her, and she spoke on her behalf when that was most appropriate. Most importantly, she sat with *** once those conversations had been made, and I witnessed the deep reverence in which she held that space."