A Personal Grief Practice: The 7-Day Burial Ritual

As the founder of Until Death Doulas, I spend much of my time helping others navigate grief, death, and end-of-life transitions. Still, when an unexpected loss comes close, it's disorienting. I had just spoken at an event, introducing myself and the work I do as a death doula, and joked that I'd been "lucky" not to have experienced a personal, tragic death for a while. One day later, I was grieving.