Palliative CARE Information to Support Practice - Doula Pride
Welcome to Session 3
Welcome to Session 3 (A Doula's Place - LGBTQIA+ Navigating Serious Illness and Loss): For this session you will be asked to engage in the content and complete an evaluation. In this session we will focus on specific content areas in Section 2 and 3 from Arnoldy, F. L. (2018). Cultivating the Doula heart: essentials of compassionate care. Contemplative Doula, LLC. You will also find some 2 key resources in supporting our LGBTQ+ Community and Grieving Contexts.
On this page you will find a centering quote, the outline, recording of our meeting (posted after we meet), slide deck of key points, evaluation survey, an optional and encouraged writing prompt, and a few resources.
Centering Quote 3
•“Queering death is an invitation to bring creativity, self-determination, collective care and resisting oppression to how we prepare for the end of our life. It’s why I keep all my death-related paperwork in a glittery silver binder. While its contents might be serious, I want the outside to sparkle, a small nod to the femme aesthetics that are an important facet of who I am.”
By: Zena Sherman in “How to queer your end-of-life planning: We can be specific, creative and collaborative in our approach to end-of-life planning”
Objectives: Essentials of the Doula's Informed Caregiver in LGBTQ+ Sacred Place
Readings: Section 3 - Creating and Holding Space (Review Sections 1 & 2) -
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Welcoming Guests and Project Updates
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Centering into Our Space – Following the Breath & Heart
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Review of Doula Essentials - Section 1 & 2 Comments & Questions
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Sharing (Writing Prompts) - Interactive Share
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Section 3 in “Cultivating the Doula Heart”: Loss and Support
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Guided Practice with Dina
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LGBTQIA+ Serious Illness Resource Pod Casts.
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Post-Session Evaluation (to be emailed to you Monday)
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Writing Prompt #3
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Session 4 - Review Readings and Resources
WRITING PROMPT:
How do you slow you pace when your feelings speed up?
And/Or –
About a moment your open-mindedness challenged in the context of (being with) LGBTQ+ serious illness care?