Sarah, an RN and death guide, shares her background as a longtime bartender who became a nurse out of necessity, and how she sits with discomfort. She explains how she supports end-of-life autonomy, and how her nursing experience and spirituality inform her work. She outlines her business, End With Ease, including guidance on medical aid in dying (not legal in Connecticut) and voluntary stopping eating and drinking (VSED). Sarah recounts early experiences with death, loneliness in the work, self-care amid stress, and how her own cervical cancer led her to slow down and deepen her connection to spirit.

Sarah can be found @good_death_nurse and [email protected]

00:00 Meet Sarah

00:55 From Bars to Nursing

04:20 What Is a Death Guide

13:13 Hospice Misconceptions

14:54 Spiritual Side of Dying

17:14 First Death Experience

24:00 Embracing Death Guide Role

28:24 Loneliness and Self Care

33:19 Palliative to Hospice Process

39:55 Private Client Planning

42:05 Dying at Home Explained

50:30 VSED Basics Legality

52:42 Hard Reality Timeline

53:23 Body Natural Dying Process

54:49 Letting Go Not Forcing

55:58 Learning Sharing Evidence

59:24 Hardest Part Family Resistance

01:00:13 Young Fighter Breakthrough

01:06:51 Death Is Beautiful Now

01:12:35 How To Get Curious

01:15:30 Hospice Morphine Myths

01:17:02 Spirit And Body Explained

01:21:22 Cancer Changed Everything

01:26:32 Body As Gift On Loan

01:34:54 Closing Contact Info