Dragonfly End-of-Life Services

11/06/2025

LGCYPet offers a uniquely beautiful way to honor and memorialize your beloved pets. The process is easy and supports healing during the pet loss grief journey🐾. Please reach out for more information!

11/05/2025

https://boldjourney.com/meet-angela-shook/

We were lucky to catch up with Angela Shook recently and have shared our conversation below. Angela, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found y

11/05/2025

Wise words from an amazing doula heart 🩵

There is no D at the end of love when someone has died. We didn’t "loved" them, we love them. Still. Always. That love doesn’t vanish when their physical presence leaves this world; it simply shifts, deepens, and finds new ways to exist. You are allowed to say their name out loud. You are allowed to tell their stories, to share the memories that make you laugh or cry or both at once. You are allowed to carry them with you, because love like that doesn’t end, it evolves.

I give you permission to scream from the mountain tops that you love them and you always will. Love is not something that anyone can take from you. Death can’t silence it, time can’t erase it, and no one gets to tell you that you should stop speaking their name. In fact, I’m learning that sometimes, after someone dies, our love for them grows even stronger, more sacred, more present, more intentional.

I will honor the ones I love for the rest of my life, and I am proud of that. I am at peace with that. And I want you to be too. Because the truth is, love doesn’t die, it simply changes form, and continues to live in us.

xo
Gabby
www.thehospiceheart.net

10/31/2025

You don't want to miss this one! ✨🐈‍⬛🐕

We're excited to learn from Angela ( ) on Wednesday, November 19th. Can't make it on the 19th? Sign up and you'll have access to the recording to view at your convenience!

Angela Shook is an end-of-life doula, companion animal doula and the Past President of the National End-of-Life-Doula Alliance (NEDA). She is an instructor for the doula programs at the University of Vermont and offers multiple end-of-life educational workshops and grief support groups. She is a veterinary doula with Pet Well Mobile Vet where she assists with euthanasia and the end-of-life care and support of companion animals. Angela has received the Animal Hospice Advocate Certificate from the International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care (IAAHPC). She is a certified Pet Loss Grief Specialist through the Association of Pet Loss and Bereavement. She is also the owner of Dragonfly End-of-Life Services where she provides guidance and support to the dying and those who love them across the globe. Angela and her doula work have been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, Well + Good Magazine and several podcasts including End-of-Life University, Best Life Best Death and Wolfie's Wish. She is the co-author of The Doula Tool Kit: The Complete Practical Guide for End-of-Life Doulas and Caregivers. She is currently working on her next book Hearts Unleashed, a guidebook to support pet caregivers through their companion animals' end-of-life journeys.

All are welcome, donated-based! No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Registration required in order to get the meeting link. Sign up in our bio!

10/28/2025

Thank you so much to Patricia M Sears of For Graceful Transitions An End-of-Life Doula for inviting me into this conversation. Please follow her on Substack and where you find podcasts. You won’t be sorry!

Podcast Episode · In Conversation with an End-of-Life Specialist · 10/25/2025 · 58m

10/27/2025

🐾🩵🐾

Día de los Mu***os for dogs, or Day of the Dead for pets, is a modern tradition observed on October 27th to honor deceased canine companions 🌈

10/25/2025

🌈 🐾

If you meet your pet in the afterlife, thank Edna Clyne-Rekhy

10/23/2025

A great listen!

Story Beat with Alycia Lee

10/23/2025

Job opportunity:

Do you align with INELDA's mission to encourage the presence of end-of-life doulas by normalizing death, dying, and grief? Team INELDA is expanding and we are hiring for a part-time operations coordinator position!

Visit our Job Opportunities at https://inelda.org/inelda-job-listings/ and click on Job Description to learn more and apply. We are excited to hear from you!

Link also in bio

10/23/2025

Make a meaningful impact when it matters most.

UVM’s portfolio of End-of-Life Care programs prepares you to support individuals and families through life’s most profound transitions.

Explore our certificate options:

🌼 End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate
🐾 Companion Animal End-of-Life Doula Certificate
🧸 Pediatric End-of-Life Doula Specialist Certificate
💫 Grief and Bereavement Specialist Certificate
✨ NEW: End-of-Life Doula Business Foundations Certificate

Each program equips you with the emotional, physical, and spiritual tools to provide compassionate care.

💚 Registration for spring courses is now open.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4cOIx7I

10/23/2025

Don't assume a friend or family member will take care of your pets if you should pass away.