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Podcast: Gratitudespace Radio
Episode: Erasing the stigma and shame with End of Life Doula, Janie Rakow (Part 1 of 2)
Description: Pause, Breathe, Reflect Series Opener
Janie Rakow is the cofounder of Farewell Doula, LLC. As an end-of-life doula, she journeys with the dying person and their loved ones through the end-of-life process. She fills the gaps in hospice care and helps create legacies, memories, conduct rituals, plan vigils and create guided visualizations. Janie has been a hospice volunteer since 2001, providing emotional and spiritual support to patients and their loved ones through the end-of-life process. She has also worked as an end-of-life doula privately in her community to raise awareness of the end-of-life doula field and to educate othe...