A woman has shared how she quit her high-flying job to become a death doula — a person who helps people organize a death plan. Alua Arthur who left her legal job to help others plan the end of their ...

There is little about Alua Arthur that emanates the deathly or morbid. The 45-year-old Los Angeles resident has a radiant, gap-toothed smile, a propensity for citrus-colored nail polish and an ...

Alua Arthur, a death doula, works with Beverly Leacock, whom she addresses as Ms. Beverly as "an important sign of respect." Death doulas work to support and guide the dying through a "good death," ...

Alua Arthur is a death doula who helps people, both ill and healthy, plan the end of their lives. In 2012, she taught herself about end-of-life care and helped her brother-in-law with cancer die. She ...

One of the things that makes humans unique is our awareness of the inevitability of death. While many of us push this death awareness out of our minds in our daily lives, it is undeniable that 10 out ...

On a special episode (first released on September 4, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: If you’re the type of person who might enjoy five daily reminders about the certainty of death sent to your phone, ...

Alua Arthur helps people plan for death. A big part of her work is helping them reconcile the lives they lived with the lives they might have... Death doula says life is more meaningful if you 'get ...

Alua Arthur is what is called a "death doula," one who helps people at the end of their lives. As the founder of Going With Grace, Arthur guides individuals and families and reframes the conversation ...

Alua Arthur wants to change the way you think about death. “Being aware of our mortality and having a relationship with it allows us to look at our lives holistically,” she says. “We can see more ...