End of Life Education & Death Doula Training
Holistic end of life education integrating spirituality, ritual, trauma-informed care & conscious dying practices.
Your End-of-Life Education Journey
Exploration – Foundations – Professional Practice
Explore Your Calling
Are You Called to End of Life Care
A discovery course perfect for those curious about death doula work, designed to provide a deeper understanding of your personality and how you want to work in the field of death care.
Build Your Foundation
Companions in end of life care
Essential spiritual and emotional groundwork preparing you to tend to dying people with grounded presence, compassion, skillful communication, and cultural humility.
Professional Certificate
End of Life Practitioner Training
This holistic death doula certification program integrates spirituality, ritual practices, and conscious dying approaches to prepare you as a skilled end of life practitioner.
Voices of our End of Life Practitioners
Rhea was so seamlessly able to blend SO much knowledge with SUCH a warm, open, participatory dynamic. She is a truly outstanding teacher-facilitator.
– Lisa (Apprenticeship With Death)
I now know that becoming an end-of-life practitioner requires intentionality in a vast variety of areas. …that is what makes the work meaningful and authentic.
– Deborah (Apprenticeship With Death)
Why End of Life Education Matters
In modern societies, we often avoid conversations about death, yet each of us will experience death and grief throughout our lives.
Death is all around us in the natural world. Plants die, animals die, our pets die, people we love die, and we, too, will die.
Learning about and holding space for death and grief can transform the way we live. But this isn’t a space that is all sunshine and rainbows. We honor the messy, tragic, and profoundly challenging too.
Hey there, I’m Rhea
A guide, educator, and creator of sacred spaces for navigating the realities of dying, death, and grief. I’m a certified thanatologist, and my work is grounded in experiences serving as a chaplain, coach, meditation, and yoga Nidra guide.
I believe that death, while often challenging and complex, is an integral and sacred part of life. Through my offerings, I help individuals, families, and aspiring professionals reclaim the beauty, meaning, and transformation that can come from engaging deeply with these experiences.
Rhea Mader
End of life practitioner, educator, and mentor
Featured on
Gentle Touch Podcast | What is the Role of a Death Doula
Devoted Way Life Coach Podcast with Sora Schilling | Journey in Sacred Deathcare
The Clarity Corner Podcast, Megan Seamans Johnston | Navigating The Shock of Death
Best Life Best Death Podcast with Diane Hullet | Making Meaning at the End of Life
