Palliative CARE Information to Support Practice - Doula Pride
Welcome to Session 4
Welcome to Session 4 (Enacting Doula Pride - LGBTQIA+ Doula Informed Care - Putting it Together): 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 putting together the chapters we have been reading in Arnoldy, F. L. (2018). Cultivating the Doula heart: essentials of compassionate care. Contemplative Doula, LLC. You will also find a key resources on the GRACE model in supporting our LGBTQ+ Community in enacting compassionate care in response to serious illness caring.
On this page you will find a centering quote, the outline, recording of our meeting (posted after we meet), slide deck of key points (coming sooon), evaluation survey, an optional and encouraged writing prompt, and a few resources.
Centering Quote 4
"I know the culture we live in.
I know mortality isn’t small talk.
But I wish it was. Because it is the seed
of connection, the seed
of true healing, and the seed of love."
Excerpted from: Andrea Gibson, Poet in “The Lifegiving Benefits of Befriending Our Mortality" --
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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Project Updates & Next Steps
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Centering into Our Space – Following the Breath & Heart
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Enacting Doula Informed Care into Practice
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Role Play & Guided Practice with Dina
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The GRACE Framework (Halifax, et al., 2012)
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Final Reflections & Future Support
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Post-Session Evaluation (to be emailed to you Monday)
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Writing Prompt #4
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Staying Connected during this Transition to Practice time
WRITING PROMPT:
What are the top 10 attributes in your "pockets" that you carry with you as a Doula Pride informed carer ?
And/Or –
How would you describe your journey with enacting Doula Pride? Are you a carer, ally, companion - describe?