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]
00:55 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