‘It’s your life, it’s your death': NYC’s end-of-life doulas are trying to make dying a little better

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‘It’s your life, it’s your death': NYC’s end-of-life doulas are trying to make dying a little better
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“I actually don't want Uncle Bob to speak at my funeral.” How death doulas are trying to make dying a little easier.

through an outreach program at his church aimed toward people dealing with food or housing insecurity.

Stevie Santangelo says she "would like to make people's second most profound moment in their life, better somehow."An overarching theme expressed by doulas is choice – specifically helping people understand that they have choices, even amid a terminal prognosis.She said she talks to dying people who realize, “I don't want that damn casket,” or “I actually don't want Uncle Bob to speak at my funeral.”to become an end-of-life doula.

“My one takeaway from that talk was, why wasn't there someone like that there for me during this past experience?” Chang said.“I literally changed my whole life and I started exploring the path to becoming an end-of-life doula,” Chang said. “I would start with: who is dying and how in this country? I don't actually think that's separate from death work,” Mantri said.

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