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Certified End-of-Life Doula providing a holistic approach to end-of-life matters. Certification obtained through the award-winning Doulagivers Training Program.

I provide physical, emotional & spiritual support, education, and companionship at the EOL.

03/11/2026

A new addition to my death and grief library 📚

A few months ago I got The Good Death by Suzanne O’Brien - and now I also added Spanish version!!

As I continue expanding the education and the resources I share through this space, it feels important to grow the Spanish-language collection as well. Conversations about death, caregiving, and preparation should be accessible across languages and communities.

There has been an incredible increase in the Spanish-speaking community here in Toronto and I want to show up in this space and be a source of information and education for them.

This book offers practical guidance for caregivers and thoughtful prompts for anyone reflecting on how they wish to approach the end of life. It's definitely a must-read!

As a Doulagivers graduate, I’m grateful for the work Suzanne O’Brien has been doing over the yeara to bring education, compassion, and clarity to end-of-life care.

Looking forward to adding more Spanish resources! Send your recommendations!

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🇪🇦 Nueva adición a mi pequeña biblioteca de muerte y duelo 📚

Recientemente agregué La Buena Muerte escrito por Suzanne O’Brien a la biblioteca — y ahora lo conseguí en español! 🌟

A medida que sigo construyendo este espacio, para mí es muy importante también ampliar los recursos en español y abrir estas conversaciones dentro de la comunidad Latinoamericana.

Cada dia veo mas y mas personas que hablan español aqui en Toronto y me siento llamada a ser un apoyo y brindar información y educación alrededor de la muerte a mi comunidad latina.

Este libro ofrece orientación práctica para personas cuidando a alguien y también invita a reflexionar sobre cómo queremos vivir el final de la vida con más consciencia y preparación.

Mi certificación como Doula de Fin de Vida fue por medio de Doulagivers, asi que valoro y admiro profundamente el trabajo que Suzanne O’Brien has estado haciendo para llevar educación sobre el cuidado al final de la vida.

📚 mas libros en español por venir! Si tienen recomendaciones, los leo!

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03/03/2026

MIENTRAS ESTAMOS VIVOS: como la consciencia de nuestra mortalidad puede enseñarnos a vivir mejor.

La mayoría de nosotros evitamos hablar de la muerte… hasta que la vida nos obliga. Pero ¿qué pasaría si en lugar de ver la muerte como algo lejano y ajeno, la miráramos como una guía para vivir los dias con mayor claridad y coherencia?

Te invito a un espacio de conversación honesta y reflexión donde exploraremos nuestra relación con la muerte y cómo influye en las decisiones que tomamos.

Tendremos diálogo abierto para compartir curiosidades, dudas, experiencias y preguntas en un ambiente de respeto.

🗓 Domingo 22 de marzo
⏰ 11 AM – 1 PM
📍 10 Wilby Crescent (area: Weston & Lawrence Ave. West)

Si hablas español y sientes curiosidad —o incluso resistencia— hacia este tema, este espacio es para ti! Porque, hablar de la muerte, es hablar de la vida misma.

Para mas información o para registrarte:
natalia@yourlastchapter.ca o por DM

02/28/2026

I've been trying to create a simple description of the focus of my role as Deathworker but see my death work as multi-layered, complex, and delicate.

It is not only about paperwork, plans, or logistics. It is not only about grief, either. It lives in the space between preparation and presence, between fear and clarity.

Some days it looks practical. Advance care planning. Conversations families avoid. Questions about values. Other days it is deeply emotional. Sitting with uncertainty. Naming what feels unspeakable. Holding silence without rushing to fix it.

Death work asks for steadiness. It asks for nuance. It asks for respect for the layers that exist in every person and every family system.

There is nothing simplistic about preparing for the end of life. It touches identity, culture, belief, regret, love, and legacy all at once. And yet, within that complexity, there is something profoundly human and gentle. I meet people where they are.

When we approach mortality with honesty, we often begin living with more intention. This is the space I choose to work in.
Carefully. Thoughtfully. Slowly. With depth.

02/05/2026

The closer I walk with the dying, the more I understand:
death is not a single door.
It’s a series of thresholds the body crosses in its own time,
each one a soft release,
each one a quiet surrender,
each one a truth the soul already knows.

We are so conditioned to look for “the moment,”
as if dying is a switch that flips.
But it’s more like a tide —
a slow, sacred receding
that carries us from form into freedom.

For those who are witnessing,
for those who are walking someone home,
for those who are preparing for their own crossing:
may you remember that nothing about this is wrong.
It is ancient.
It is natural.
It is holy.

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Reposted these words by because they are so important. These words deserve more than a share.

02/02/2026

As death workers, we don't rush grief toward relief. We slow things down. We hold space.

We can help you get grounded.
Grounding isn’t about fixing emotions or making them manageable. It’s about creating enough safety that nothing has to be edited, minimized, or hurried along.

Holding space means staying present when the feelings get uncomfortable.
Not steering. Not rescuing. Not reframing.
Just steady attention, clear boundaries, and permission for grief to take up the room it needs.

When grief is held and tended to, it doesn’t disappear. It changes form. It becomes integrated. What was once overwhelming starts to settle into the body as understanding, growth, and lived wisdom.

This is the work.
Not answers. Just presence, containment, and the courage to stay and bear witness.

01/18/2026

Starting 2026 strong, reading the book *Life Worth Living* and today I got to join the first discussion of the book offered through the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath and Death, guided by Amy Wright Glenn.

This year feels like a threshold as I close my 30s and enter my fourth decade. And what better way to step into a new decade than by taking stock of my life, orienting myself, and clarifying my compass for what a good life actually is.

I'm examining:
💫how I spend my time, money, attention
💫 what are my hopes, fears, and sources of joy, peace, regret or disappointment

No, it's not about getting answers.
No, I am not trying to fix or optimize my way through it. I just want to slow down and ask better questions to discover meaning, values, and how I actually want to live.

So incredibly grateful for spaces that take life and death seriously.

Starting 2026 in conversation with big questions, steady curiosity, and good people -- this feels like the right place to begin.

01/15/2026

Today I had the opportunity to share a gentle, introductory presentation on how to begin thinking about and talking about end-of-life planning.

I kept the presentation intentionally basic 《why talking about death is important, what is advance care planning, what is quality of life, how to select a substitute decision-maker》 and the response confirmed something I keep seeing again and again: when the space feels calm and safe, people want to engage with this topic.

There were around 25 people in the room, and even more importantly, there was openness. Questions. Stories. Curiosity. A real appetite to keep the conversation going.

What I covered today was only scratching the surface. End-of-life planning touches so many layers (values, care, relationships, legacy) and each deserves its own time and depth.

This speaking opportunity feels like the beginning of many more conversations, seminars, and workshops to dive deep into different topics slowly and thoughtfully and offer people guidance and support as they plan their end of life -- yay!

More to explore. More to talk about.
Planting those seeds, one room at a time. 🌿🌾

01/02/2026

Best gifts I received this Xmas. My people know me too well!

So excited to start going through my very own Nothing to Fear journal by .
What a wonderful way to start my year.

Contemplating my mortality is such a wild experience because I think I know but then I realize I am not that certain and I end up with more questions than answers 😅

I'm going to enjoy the ride

12/28/2025

Reposted from because everyone needs to hear this.

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When is the time to call a death doula?⁠
Now.⁠
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Not when the final days arrive. Not when medicine has reached its limits.⁠
Now—when questions about meaning, comfort, and choice begin to surface. When families start to sense change but don’t yet have the words to name it.⁠
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A death doula’s work bridges the space between treatment and transition. They help people prepare practically and emotionally—guiding conversations about wishes, legacy, and presence long before the final moments.⁠
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Because early support isn’t a sign of giving up. It’s an act of care. It allows families to move through what’s ahead with calm, understanding, and connection.⁠
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Alua Arthur is just fabulous

12/27/2025

ChatGPT Year in Review

This year I started using ChatGPT in a very specific way - with lots of caution and even mistrust because somehow it feels wrong (even today). I had to work through feelings of guilt and understand that using tools we have available do not take away from our work and do not make us lazy.

This year I dipped my toes into this tool not to replace my thinking, not to outsource creativity. Not to produce more noise. I used it to organize and break big, overwhelming ideas into small, doable steps I could actually do instead of staying stuck in my head. I wanted to take tangible steps to move my death work forward.

I’m deeply aware that tools like this have environmental and social costs and that matters to me. So I use it intentionally, sparingly, and as a organization tool that helps me test structure, make informed decisions and translate my vision into action. Its strategic and very specific.

The real work still happens offline - in conversations, in community, in showing up. Technology doesn’t create meaning, that's all still entirely human.

I loved how ChatGPT summarized my use of it this year. I will take that pretend award! 😄

I am looking forward to 2026 and what is in store for Your Last Chapter! So many dreams, so much to build!

12/19/2025

JINGLE BELLS; EXISTENTIAL DREAD
Visual representation of the fact that death is always in the background. Haha!

(Festivity level: high. Mortality awareness: higher. )

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12/12/2025

Una buena muerte es una muerte aceptada y acompañada.
.. Un hospital sin cuidados paliativos es el peor lugar para morir, porque te van a tratar de curar contra la muerte, y eso es lo mas doloroso que te puede pasar.

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