☀️Join Me For The DEATH DOULA BOOTCAMP August 27th-29th

https://www.deathdoulabootcamp.com

What if the work you're meant to do has been quietly calling you all along?

Across the world, families are caring for loved ones through aging, serious illness, and the end of life with very little preparation or support. Most people don't realize that family caregivers provide the vast majority of end-of-life care, yet few have ever been taught the practical skills or emotional support needed for one of life's most sacred experiences.

This isn't just a healthcare issue.

It's an education issue.

In this episode, Suzanne O'Brien, RN, Founder and CEO of Doulagivers Institute, shares why the Death Doula Business Bootcamp was created—and why this moment in history is calling for a new generation of compassionate community leaders.

This isn't another certification program or a weekend filled with information.

It's a three-day live implementation experience where you'll learn exactly how to build a meaningful, sustainable death doula practice rooted in service, education, and community impact.

Whether you're simply exploring this path or ready to begin building your practice, this episode will help you discover if this work is calling you.

You've been researching, reading books, watching videos, or exploring different training programs and wondering:

"Could I really do this?"

In this Bootcamp, you'll receive a realistic roadmap for what it takes to build a meaningful and sustainable practice so you can confidently decide whether this calling is right for you.

You have the heart.

You have the education.

But no one taught you how to build a successful practice.

Suzanne shares the exact community education model that has helped Doulagivers grow into a global institute—without expensive marketing, complicated funnels, or high-pressure sales tactics.

Perhaps you've cared for a parent, spouse, sibling, child, or close friend and experienced firsthand the enormous gaps in caregiving support.

That experience changed you.

Now you're wondering how to transform your own journey into meaningful service for others.

This work offers a pathway to turn pain into purpose while ensuring other families feel more prepared, supported, and empowered.

You've built the career.

You've achieved the success.

You've checked all the boxes.

Yet something inside keeps asking,

"Is this really what I'm here to do?"

If you're longing for work filled with purpose, connection, and lasting impact, this episode may be exactly the invitation you've been waiting for.

Perhaps you're a nurse, social worker, therapist, physician, chaplain, or another healthcare professional who entered healthcare to make a difference.

Instead, you've found yourself working within a system that often feels fragmented, rushed, and disconnected from the very reason you entered the profession.

This work offers the opportunity to return to what matters most: spending meaningful time with patients and families, providing holistic support, and rediscovering the fulfillment that first inspired you to serve.

During this live three-day experience, you'll learn how to:

You'll leave with far more than inspiration.

You'll leave with clarity.

A roadmap.

A completed outreach plan.

The confidence to begin serving your community immediately.

Suzanne's vision extends far beyond training death doulas.

Her mission is to help create compassionate communities for aging and end-of-life care by empowering local educators who bring practical skills, confidence, and hope back into neighborhoods around the world.

Imagine every family caregiver having access to the education they need before they ever need it.

Imagine every community having a trusted guide to help families navigate aging, caregiving, grief, and the end of life with compassion instead of fear.

That's the movement.

And perhaps it's your invitation to become part of it.

🎓 Join the Death Doula Business Bootcamp and spend three transformational days building your roadmap for impact, purpose, and a sustainable practice.

☀️Join Me For The DEATH DOULA BOOTCAMP August 27th-29th

https://www.deathdoulabootcamp.com

Or...

💻 Attend Suzanne's next Death Doula Secrets Webinar on August 5 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, where she'll share the three biggest secrets to building a meaningful, service-based death doula practice and help you determine whether this calling is the right next step for you.

https://event.webinarjam.com/4kv5v/register/q0y3ya6y?webinar_id=37

If this episode inspired you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who feels called to make a difference in the lives of others.

Together, we can return the sacredness to aging, caregiving, dying, grieving—and ultimately, to living.

For years, people have come to me asking one question:

"How do I become a death doula?"

At the very beginning,  my answer was straightforward: become certified.

Today, my answer is different.

In this episode, I share why the future of this movement is no longer about earning another certificate—it's about becoming a full spectrum educator who brings compassionate community care back where it belongs.

After serving more than 1,000 people at the bedside, training hundreds of thousands of caregivers around the world, and witnessing the enormous gaps in our healthcare system, one thing has become crystal clear:

The healing in the world isn’t going to happen with just more certified death doulas.

It needs compassionate educators.

It needs community leaders.

It needs people who know how to teach families, support caregivers, normalize conversations about aging, grief, and end-of-life, and create compassionate communities where no one has to face these experiences alone.

In this conversation, I explain why I've evolved beyond selling a traditional death doula certification and why Doulagivers Institute is leading the next evolution in support of this movement.

This isn't about abandoning the work of the death doula.

It's about expanding it.

The bedside will always matter.

But if we truly want to change the experience of aging, caregiving, dying, and grief, we must reach people long before a medical crisis occurs.

Education changes everything.

When communities understand how to care for one another, fear decreases, confidence grows, and people experience greater peace throughout life's most important transitions.

That is the future.

That is a return to the sacred.

And that's the movement we're building together.

If you've ever felt called to this work—or if you've wondered whether you're meant to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others—I'd love to invite you to take the next step.

Join my free Death Doula Secrets Webinar, where I'll share the three biggest secrets behind creating meaningful impact while building a sustainable path in this work. https://event.webinarjam.com/4kv5v/register/o3ynytw7?webinar_id=35

And if you're ready to move from inspiration to implementation, join us for the Death Doula Bootcamp—a transformational three-day experience where you'll leave with your first community education event planned and ready to launch, along with the complete Community Educator Playbook. https://www.deathdoulabootcamp.com/

The world doesn't just need more certified doulas.

It needs compassionate educators

Maybe you're one of them.

As Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) legislation continues to expand across the United States and around the world, one important question deserves deeper exploration:

Are people choosing Medical Aid in Dying because they truly want to die—or because they're afraid of how they believe they will die?

In this thought-provoking episode of Ask a Death Doula, Suzanne B. O'Brien, RN, Founder of Doulagivers Institute and former hospice nurse with more than two decades of end-of-life experience, explores one of the most important conversations of our time.

Drawing from caring for more than 1,000 people at the end of life, Suzanne shares what she has witnessed firsthand: that the greatest suffering is often not physical pain—but fear, isolation, lack of education, and the absence of compassionate support.

In this episode, you'll discover:

This episode is not about taking sides in the MAID debate.

It is about asking whether people are being given every opportunity to understand their options, receive compassionate support, and experience a death that is informed, supported, and free from unnecessary fear.

When we replace fear with education, isolation with community, and uncertainty with understanding, people are empowered to make decisions from a place of peace rather than panic.

If we truly want choice at the end of life, we must first ensure people have knowledge.

If this conversation resonates with you and you've ever felt called to make a greater difference in the lives of others, join Suzanne for her free Death Doula Secrets Webinar.

In this special training, you'll discover the three biggest secrets successful death doulas understand—how they create profound impact in their communities while building meaningful, purpose-driven work.

Whether you're simply curious, considering becoming a death doula, or know you're being called to serve during one of life's most sacred transitions, this webinar will show you what's possible.

Your calling may be greater than you ever imagined.

Reserve your free seat today and take the first step toward becoming part of the movement to bring compassionate community care back to the world.

https://event.webinarjam.com/4kv5v/register/o3ynytw7?webinar_id=35

What if everything we've been taught about success is incomplete?

From the time we're young, we're taught that success looks like achievement, titles, promotions, money, recognition, and checking all the boxes. But what happens when you finally arrive... and something still feels missing?

In this powerful episode of Ask a Death Doula, Suzanne B. O'Brien sits down with Kerrie Lee Brown, award-winning journalist, Chief Content Officer and Editor-in-Chief of SUCCESS® Magazine, to explore a conversation that is transforming millions of lives:

What is the true definition of success?

After interviewing thousands of the world's most accomplished leaders, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and changemakers, Kerrie has witnessed a remarkable pattern. The people who appear the most successful on paper are often asking the same deeper question:

"Is this really why I'm here?"

As a heart attack survivor at just 39 years old, Kerrie shares how a life-changing experience shifted her own understanding of success—from achievement to alignment, from external validation to inner fulfillment, and from chasing more to becoming more.

Suzanne brings the wisdom of more than two decades as a hospice nurse, sharing what thousands of people at the end of life have taught her about the difference between accomplishment and a life truly lived.

Together they explore why service, purpose, connection, and authenticity may be the missing pieces in the conversation about success.

Success isn't about becoming someone else. It's about remembering who you truly are.

When we stop measuring our lives by titles, income, or accomplishments alone and begin measuring them by love, contribution, growth, and authenticity, everything changes.

Perhaps the question isn't:

"How successful am I?"

Perhaps the better question is:

"Am I living the life I came here to live?"

Kerrie Lee Brown is an award-winning media executive, international journalist, speaker, and transformational leader with more than 30 years of experience shaping some of the world's most influential media brands.

As former Chief Content Officer and Editor-in-Chief of SUCCESS® Magazine, she interviewed thousands of thought leaders, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and innovators, gaining extraordinary insight into leadership, resilience, reinvention, and what creates a truly meaningful life.

Following a heart attack at age 39, Kerrie experienced a profound personal transformation that inspired her to redefine success through the lens of wellbeing, purpose, and authentic leadership.

Today she is the founder of RedLily® Media and co-founder of Lioness Global Initiatives™, helping amplify meaningful stories and empowering women around the world to embrace courageous reinvention.

Learn more at: https://kerrieleebrown.com/

Learn More About Lioness Global here: https://www.thelionessglobal.com

If this conversation resonated with you, you'll love Suzanne's mission to help people live fully by understanding what matters most before the end of life.

Through the Doulagivers Institute, Suzanne is leading a global movement to restore the sacred understanding of aging, dying, grief, and living—empowering communities to care for one another with knowledge, compassion, and confidence.

Subscribe, share this episode with someone who may be redefining success in their own life, and join the movement toward a more meaningful future.

Because in the end...

The greatest success isn't what you accumulated.

It's who you became, how deeply you loved, and how fully you lived.

SAVE YOUR SEAT: Death Doula Secrets Webinar here: July 18th https://event.webinarjam.com/4kv5v/register/0ov7va8z?webinar_id=34

What if the future of end-of-life care isn't found inside the healthcare system—but within our communities?

In this powerful episode of Ask a Death Doula, Suzanne B. O'Brien, RN, shares why the global death doula movement has reached a pivotal moment—and why it's time for its next evolution.

Drawing from more than 20 years as a hospice and oncology nurse and over 1,000 bedside experiences, Suzanne reveals the critical gaps she sees in today's end-of-life landscape, why so many aspiring death doulas struggle to build meaningful, sustainable practices, and what it will truly take to create a cultural shift around aging, caregiving, grief, and end-of-life.

This episode also marks the exciting announcement of the very first Death Doula Bootcamp—a transformational three-day live virtual experience designed to help compassionate people become confident community educators and leaders.

This isn't about collecting another certification.

It's about becoming part of a movement.

Changing the culture around death will not happen one family at a time.

It happens when compassionate people step forward as educators, leaders, and advocates—bringing knowledge, confidence, and sacred support back into their communities.

The future of end-of-life care isn't simply about serving people who are dying.

It's about helping people live well, prepare well, care well, and love well—long before the final chapter arrives.

If you've ever felt called to this work...

If you're already a death doula but aren't sure how to build a thriving practice...

If you're a caregiver, nurse, social worker, therapist, chaplain, or simply someone who knows there has to be a better way...

This Bootcamp was created for you.

During this live three-day experience (August 27–29), you'll learn Suzanne's proven community educator model—the same framework that helped grow Doulagivers into a global movement serving hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.

By the end of the Bootcamp, you'll leave with:

This is not just information.

It's implementation.

It's transformation.

And it's an invitation to become part of one of the most important cultural movements of our time.

Join us for the first-ever Death Doula Bootcamp and become part of the movement to create Compassionate Communities for Aging and End of Life.

Learn more and register at:

Please subscribe to Ask a Death Doula, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who feels called to bring more compassion, education, and sacred care into the world.

Together, we can return end-of-life care to where it has always belonged—in the hearts, hands, and communities of everyday people.

What happens when you listen to the quiet voice in your heart and trust where it leads?

In this inspiring episode, Suzanne B. O'Brien sits down with Doulagivers graduate Killy Sanchez from Guatemala to explore a remarkable journey that began with caring for her mother and grew into a calling that is now touching lives around the world.

Like so many people, Killy first entered the world of caregiving through personal experience. What she discovered along the way was something much bigger than she ever imagined—a deeper understanding of life, love, service, and the sacred nature of the human experience.

Following her heart led Killy to become a Certified Doulagiver®, but it didn't stop there.

Today, Killy is helping Spanish-speaking communities around the world access life-changing end-of-life education and support. She is a vital part of the growing Doulagivers Institute Español initiative, helping expand free resources, including the award-winning Level 1 Family Caregiver Training, to Spanish-speaking families globally.

Killy also facilitates The Good Death Book Club in Spanish, creating a beautiful space where people from many countries can come together to explore meaningful conversations about life, death, grief, caregiving, forgiveness, and what truly matters.

One of the most moving moments in this conversation is Killy's story of caring for her cousin at the end of life.

When her cousin needed support, Killy opened her home and her heart. Using the skills, compassion, and wisdom she learned through her Doulagivers training, she helped bring family members together, bridged difficult relationships, created opportunities for forgiveness, and fostered meaningful conversations that may never have happened otherwise.

What unfolded was a powerful example of what becomes possible when a family is supported through the end-of-life journey with love, understanding, and intention.

Through Killy's guidance, her cousin's final chapter became one filled with connection, acceptance, peace, storytelling, healing, and love.

This episode reminds us that ordinary people have the extraordinary ability to change lives.

When we follow our hearts, answer the call to serve, and show up for one another, we create ripple effects that extend far beyond what we can see. Families heal. Communities strengthen. Fear transforms into understanding. Love becomes the guiding force.

This is how we change the world.

One person.

How Killy's caregiving journey began with her mother

What inspired her to become a Certified Doulagiver®

The profound impact end-of-life education had on her own life

How she supported her cousin and family through a sacred end-of-life journey

The role forgiveness, communication, and connection play in healing

Why following your heart can transform not only your life but the lives of others

The growth of Doulagivers Institute Español and its global impact

How Spanish-speaking communities can access free caregiving resources today

Information about joining The Good Death Book Club in Spanish

If this conversation inspired you, we invite you to take the next step.

Join The Good Death Book Club in Spanish and become part of a global community exploring what it means to live fully, care deeply, and embrace the sacredness of life, death, and grief.

You can also access free Spanish-language caregiving resources, including the award-winning Level 1 Family Caregiver Training, designed to help families feel more prepared, supported, and empowered during life's most important transitions.

Together, we are bringing compassionate care, education, and community back where it belongs—into the hearts and homes of people everywhere.

Because when one person follows their heart, the world changes.

As Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) legislation continues to expand across the United States, a deeper question is emerging:

What is really driving the conversation?

In this episode, Suzanne B. O'Brien, RN, Founder and CEO of Doulagivers Institute and author of The Good Death, explores the growing movement around Medical Aid in Dying and asks us to look beneath the headlines, politics, and debates to uncover what many people are truly seeking.

Suzanne recently appeared on the nationally acclaimed Freakonomics Radio podcast alongside New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who discussed her decision to sign Medical Aid in Dying into law in New York State. While opinions on MAID vary widely, Suzanne believes there is one important truth that deserves more attention:

The desire for Medical Aid in Dying is often rooted in fear.

Fear of pain.

Fear of prolonged suffering.

Fear of loss of dignity.

Fear of losing autonomy.

Fear of becoming a burden to loved ones.

But what if, instead of debating only the final decision, we focused on addressing the fears that lead people there?

Drawing on more than 20 years as a hospice and oncology nurse and the bedside wisdom of over 1,000 dying patients, Suzanne shares how education, preparation, community support, and compassionate end-of-life care can transform fear into peace.

This episode opens an important conversation about what it means to die well—and ultimately, what it means to live well.

If people are choosing Medical Aid in Dying because they fear pain, suffering, loss of dignity, or becoming a burden...

Shouldn't we first make sure they have access to the education, support, resources, and care that can address those fears?

That is the conversation Suzanne believes is the invitation of this moment: Returning Death Back to Sacred Experience it was meant to be.  

Death Doula Secrets Webinar: https://event.webinarjam.com/4kv5v/register/zmyryix0?

Freakonomics: Who Gets to Choose a Good Death: 678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

Learn the foundational skills every family should know for caregiving and end-of-life support.

Suzanne B. O'Brien's bestselling book on what the dying teach us about living fully, loving deeply, and facing death without fear.

Providing free education, resources, and professional certification programs to help return the sacredness of aging, caregiving, end-of-life, grief, and community support.

Suzanne B. O'Brien, RN is a former hospice and oncology nurse, international bestselling author, and founder of Doulagivers Institute. She has trained hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in end-of-life care and is dedicated to ensuring that every family has access to the knowledge and support needed to navigate aging, caregiving, and dying with dignity and peace.

Please subscribe, share it with someone you love, and help us continue the movement of bringing death, caregiving, and community back into the conversation.

Because when we learn how to support a good death, we learn how to create a better life.

What if success wasn't measured by titles, status, or income alone?

What if true success was measured by fulfillment, purpose, compassion, presence, and the impact we leave on others?

In this special Doulagivers Graduate Spotlight episode, we are honored to introduce Yasmeen Fatima—author, Certified Doulagiver, and a beautiful example of what becomes possible when we follow the quiet calling of the heart.

Yasmeen completed her Doulagivers training in 2020 and has since dedicated her work to one of the most tender and sacred spaces imaginable: supporting children and families facing grief, loss, and end-of-life experiences.

Suzanne recently had the opportunity to meet Yasmin in person while speaking at a conference in Guatemala, and the connection was a powerful reminder that this work transcends borders, languages, and cultures. It is a universal calling to show up for one another in our most vulnerable moments.

In this heartfelt conversation, Yasmeen shares how the Doulagivers training transformed not only her professional path, but her life itself. She speaks about the courage it takes to follow your purpose, the unexpected gifts that emerge when you do, and why supporting children through grief is some of the most meaningful work she has ever known.

As an author, Yasmeen has also created beautiful resources to support families navigating loss, including her book Heaven Starts Here: A Children's Guide to Grief—a compassionate and much-needed guide that helps children understand, process, and move through grief with love and support.

This episode is part of our ongoing Doulagivers Graduate Spotlight Series, where we celebrate graduates who are bringing the teachings of compassion, community care, sacred dying, sacred grieving, and sacred living into the world in unique and powerful ways.

Because success today is being redefined.

Success is living in alignment with your values.

Success is sharing your gifts.

Success is answering the call to serve.

Success is leaving the world a little better than you found it.

And Yasmeen Fatima is doing exactly that.

Yasmeen Fatima is a Certified Doulagiver, author, and compassionate advocate for children and families navigating grief and loss. Her work focuses on supporting young people through some of life's most challenging transitions with honesty, love, understanding, and hope. Through her books, education, and service, she is helping create a world where children and families have the support they need to navigate grief with greater understanding and connection.

Explore Yasmeen's work and discover her children's grief resources, including Heaven Starts Here: A Children's Guide to Grief.

Yasmeen’s website: https://yasmeenfatimah.com/

Thank you for joining us as we continue to celebrate the extraordinary graduates of Doulagivers Institute who are helping return the sacred to dying, grieving, and living—one family, one community, and one heart at a time.

The award-winning training that has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world feel more prepared for caregiving, end-of-life, and grief.

Save your seat here: https://www.doulagivers.com/monthly-free-class-register

Join us for this transformational 12-month journey into death literacy, end-of-life planning, and sacred living.

https://thegooddeathbook.com/the-good-death-seminar-series/

Website: https://www.suzannebobrien.com

Doulagivers Institute: https://www.doulagivers.com

Get the Book: The Good Death Here

"Bringing back the sacredness of death brings back the sacredness of life."- and THIS is how we change the world! Xo Suzanne 

In this special birthday episode, Suzanne reflects on turning 59 and shares some of the greatest lessons she has learned from caring for more than 1,000 people at the end of life and training over 400,000 people to care for the dying.

What do those nearing the end of life teach us about how to live?

Again and again, they remind us that time is our most precious resource. They remind us not to wait to become who we came here to be. They remind us that purpose matters. Love matters. Presence matters.

Suzanne shares why she has come to view each day as its own lifetime—an opportunity to show up fully, love deeply, serve meaningfully, and not miss the gift of being alive.

She also shares her birthday wish for the coming year: to help train another 100,000 people through the free Doulagivers Level 1 Family Caregiver Training so that more families around the world feel prepared, empowered, and supported through caregiving, end-of-life, and grief.

This episode also celebrates the return of the Good Death Seminar Series—a transformational 12-month educational series designed to bring death literacy, empowerment, and sacred understanding back into our communities.

Because when we bring back the sacredness of death, we bring back the sacredness of life.

How Did We Get Here?

What Is Hospice Care and How Does It Work?

Advance Directives and POLST Forms

Choosing a Healthcare Proxy

Quality of Life

The 9 Essential End-of-Life Questions

Having the Family Conversation

When Families Don't Agree

The Three Most Common End-of-Life Phenomena

Home Wakes, Home Funerals, and FUNerals

Green End-of-Life Options

Grief and Bereavement

All seminars are held live on Zoom. Space is limited and registration is required for each individual session.

If this message resonates with you, please help make Suzanne's birthday wish come true.

Share the free Doulagivers Level 1 Family Caregiver Training with your family, friends, healthcare professionals, faith communities, and social networks.

Education changes fear into understanding.

Together, we can create a world where no family faces end-of-life alone.

The award-winning training that has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world feel more prepared for caregiving, end-of-life, and grief.

Save your seat here: https://www.doulagivers.com/monthly-free-class-register

Join us for this transformational 12-month journey into death literacy, end-of-life planning, and sacred living.

https://thegooddeathbook.com/the-good-death-seminar-series/

Website: https://www.suzannebobrien.com

Doulagivers Institute: https://www.doulagivers.com

Get the Book: The Good Death Here

"Bringing back the sacredness of death brings back the sacredness of life."- and THIS is how we change the world! Xo Suzanne 

In this deeply important and heartfelt episode, hospice and oncology nurse, death doula educator, and founder of the Doulagivers Institute https://doulagivers.com, Suzanne B. O’Brien RN, shares the truth about why so many end-of-life experiences today are filled with fear, overwhelm, and unnecessary suffering.

After supporting over a thousand people at the end of life, Suzanne explains that the problem is not a lack of love — it is a lack of education, understanding, and support.

The good news? A peaceful and meaningful end of life is absolutely possible.

In this episode, Suzanne breaks down the top three reasons end of life is not going well for most families today — and what we can do to change it.

Suzanne shares how compassionate education, preparation, and support can transform the end-of-life experience for both the dying person and their loved ones.

For the past 16 years, the Doulagivers Institute https://doulagivers.com has been offering free family caregiver education to help empower people with the skills, understanding, and confidence needed to care for loved ones at the end of life.

The free Level 1 Family Caregiver Training is now available in 15 languages and includes:

This training is offered live and interactively — there are no replays.

Suzanne invites everyone to take this training before they need it, because one day, someone we love will need us.

“A peaceful end of life should not be a privilege. It is a human right.”

Learn more and register here: https://www.doulagivers.com/monthly-free-class-register

“Most end-of-life experiences are not going well today — not because families don’t care, but because they were never taught how to care.”

“Hospice is incredibly valuable, but most people misunderstand what hospice actually is.”

“Families are doing approximately 98% of the hands-on end-of-life care, even with hospice services involved.”

“Death is not a medical experience. It is a human one.”

“When we teach people how to care for one another at the end of life, we don’t just change death — we change humanity.”

If this episode touched your heart, please share it with caregivers, healthcare professionals, and loved ones who may benefit from this important conversation.

Together, we can help bring compassion, education, and dignity back to end-of-life care.