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 groundwork preparing you to tend to those who are dying with grounded presence, compassion, skillful communication, and the practical and sacred realities of dying.
Professional Certificate
End-of-Life Practitioner Training
A holistic death doula training program with online learning, live cohort sessions, mentorship, and hands-on practicum to develop professional end-of-life companioning skills.
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 | Journey in Sacred Deathcare
The Clarity Corner Podcast | Navigating The Shock of Death
Best Life Best Death Podcast | Making Meaning at the End of Life
Best Life Best Death Podcast | When the Veil is Thin
Best Life Best Death Podcast | An Invitation to Slow Down
