Sanctuary NZ End of Life Doula

18/09/2025

My gratitude to this amazing colleague and friend Belinda Leaving Legacies NZ for this wonderful podcast. Incredible, inspirational, and a true gift to anyone listening. Thank you also for this courageous, tender, raw and beautiful sharing Katy Go With Grace. Amazing wahine shining light on navigating the hardest of times and how to show up for people when they need you most.
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Listen here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0la54h8th2FtisgJ2nhoFh?si=enZaknKxQ1yyo0_NrMIZew

Guess what time it is........ time for series two of DYING TO KNOW podcast.
I'm super excited to share with you the newly released episode one where I sit down with Katy Mandeno founder of Go with Grace.
Go With Grace is a platform built from the hardest kind of knowing. After losing her daughter, her father, and then her partner Chris to su***de, Katy didn’t try to fix her grief. She chose to hold it, and then she chose to help others do the same.

This conversation moves through the raw terrain of grief, su***de loss, end-of-life planning, and what it means to live in a world that rarely prepares us for any of it. Katy shares what it was like to be in shock and still have to make decisions. She talks about what helped, what didn’t, and how we can better show up for people when everything falls apart.

You’ll also hear about Dying Matters Week, compassionate communities, and why your village matters more than ever.

This episode is full of emotional clarity, practical insight, and the quiet reminder that showing up, even with soup or silence, matters more than we think.
You can find the episode here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0la54h8th2FtisgJ2nhoFh
Go With Grace

18/09/2025

So wonderful to meet Bec Birds of a Feather End of Life Doula yesterday✨.
She’s doing incredible mahi on the beautiful West Coast — her care, passion, and drive to support people and community is inspiring.
It’s such a buzz to walk alongside other End of Life Doulas who are creating change and supporting people with such knowledge, experience, and grace. 🌿

If you’re a West Coaster needing end-of-life support, reach out to Bec… you’ll be in the very best hands.

birdsofafeatherdoula@gmail.com💚
https://www.eldaa.org.nz/team/rebecca-gaskell💚

I was in Christchurch today and had a very special Korero with Sarah Campbell-Simpson from Sanctuary NZ End of Life Doula 🫶
My cup was very full after our loooooooong coffee.☕️☕️☕️
Such a beautiful kind soul doing amazing mahi in Canterbury.
My first time having a actual face to face and a hug from another Doula. 🥰

Give Sarah's page a follow and share her word amoungst your loved ones. 🥰

Blessed to be supported by such like minded loving humans. 😇

08/09/2025

Last week was Dying Matters Week in Aotearoa - a time to talk about one of the most difficult, but inevitable factors of life: death.⁠

To commemorate the week, I wrote an Op-ed piece for Capsule NZ about the stretched state of our palliative care services in New Zealand, and why I believe way forward is for End of Life Doulas to be integrated and accepted into Aotearoa's palliative care frameworks (including pathways for funding through health services) due to the truly positive impact they can have on the dying - and their whanau. ⁠

Here is the link to the piece if you keen to have a read:

https://capsulenz.com/uncategorized/dying-matters-week/

Huge thanks to Capsule NZ and ELDAA ( www.eldaa.org.nz) for the opportunity and support🌿.

03/09/2025

Sharing the Doula mahi, amazing doula, incredible colleague and lovely friend Treza Gallogly on TVNZ breakfast this morning- watch here ♥️

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/breakfast/episodes/s2025-e148

Thanks to
ELDAaa and for all you do ✨

03/09/2025

This morning on BreakfastTVNZ, ELDAA - End of Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa chair Treza Gallogly talking about supporting our communities and strengthening our palliative care systems with Doulas 👏 ⭐!

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/breakfast/episodes/s2025-e148

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03/09/2025

💫Wonderful interview this morning on RNZ with Kathryn Ryan and dear colleague and friend, Treza Gallogly on the role of End of Life Doulas and ELDAA ( www.eldaa.org.nz )💫

So great that these important conversations are starting to happen at a national level. The momentum is building to ensure compassionate, accessible, equitable care for our communities.

Listen to the discussion below:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2019002658/the-doulas-helping-people-treat-death-as-a-journey

Swansong : End-of-Life Doula Services💛

It's a subject that many find uncomfortable, but is a necessity - how to handle the end of life. Kathryn is Treza Gallogly, she's the chair of the End of Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa.

01/09/2025

🌿The Gift of a Tangihanga🌿

“A tangihanga is a gift that reminds us of the power in kaupapa Māori.” – Dr Shonelle Wana.

This reflection written by Dr Shonelle Wana, E-Tangata, is so moving. Although I do not have Māori whakapapa, it speaks to something I believe is so hugely important: grief carried in community, ritual, and love.

The way grief is shared—in so many ways including through food, care, and simple acts of service. Every mattress laid, every meal prepared, an expression of aroha and connection.

The presence. The whakapapa. The aroha.

“Thank you for your service, Aunty Rose. Haere atu rā.”

Thank you Dr Shonelle, for sharing this personal and incredible tribute to your Aunty Rose and also for illuminating the profound power and beauty of tangihanga.

“Her farewell was her final gift. She showed us the strength of our culture, the resilience of our whānau, and the power of kaupapa Māori when it is lived, not just spoken.” — Shonelle Wana.

27/08/2025

🌿 Yes to this Sovereign Departures!
Accessible, equitable and compassionate care aligned with the principles of dying well:

• To know when death is coming, and to understand what can be expected
• To be able to plan what you want to happen
• To be afforded dignity and privacy
• To manage pain and other symptoms
• To have choice and manage where death occurs (at home or elsewhere)
• To have access to information and expertise of whatever kind is necessary
• To have access to any spiritual or emotional support required
• To have access to hospice care in any location, not only in hospice
• To have control over who is present and who shares the end
• To be able to issue advance directives which ensure wishes are respected
• To have time to say goodbye, and be able to control other aspects of timing
• To be able to leave when it’s time to go, and not have life prolonged pointlessly 🌿

Contact me or reach out to ELDAA:
www.eldaa.org.nz
info@eldaa.org.nz
Credit to ELDAA for these Principles of Dying Well Wise Words

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26/08/2025

Thank you The National End of Life Doula Alliance - NEDA💚.

Super excited to be joining incredible End of Life Doulas from Ireland, Italy, and New Zealand as we explore what it means to walk beside others at end of life across different cultures and communities ( even if time zones means it's sleepy o'clock here in Aotearoa🌙😁)!