Death Ed with Erin

Death Ed with Erin Fear wont keep you from dying, only from living. Classes and events: beacons.ai/erinmerelli

05/30/2026

Animal loss is sometimes dismissed as less than it really is. They can be our truest companions, and they deserve honorable end of life care.

My full weekend immersion, now online. Is this enough training to call yourself a professional doula? No, this work is d...
05/28/2026

My full weekend immersion, now online.

Is this enough training to call yourself a professional doula? No, this work is deeper than a weekend.

But it will 1) prepare you for personal loss 2) support your grief and 3) inform you as to if stepping into professional doulaship and a longer program is what your heart wants.

It’s the most complete training a weekend could provide. You’ll surprise yourself at how fun and compelling it is, and you’ll also have the opportunity to sit with your own grief in a supported space.

One weekend with truly life shifting potential 💞

If you feel drawn toward end of life work but aren’t yet ready for the deep journey of Deathschool Evolved, I created th...
05/25/2026

If you feel drawn toward end of life work but aren’t yet ready for the deep journey of Deathschool Evolved, I created this class for you.

A bit deeper than a toe in the water, Threshold is an intermediate training. It’s for new learners. Maybe you’ve taken my free Death Doula 101 class (if not, go get it!) or maybe you’ve been reading about Doulaship and are ready to learn the lessons. You’ll need some curiosity and courage to enter, but you don’t need credentials, only the willingness to ask: Is this for me?

What the weekend covers:
Lesson 1: Philosophy & Phases of Doulaship
Lesson 2: Disposition Options & Environmentalism in Deathcare
Lesson 3: Grief as Praise
Lesson 4:Ceremony & Crafting Meaningful Rituals
Lesson 5: Case Studies & Real-Life Applications
Lesson 6: Business of Doulaship

I hope to see you there. Link in bio🖤💀

There are so many ways to memorialize our loved ones. You don’t have to show your grief by buying a $15k casket. Some th...
05/24/2026

There are so many ways to memorialize our loved ones. You don’t have to show your grief by buying a $15k casket. Some things, money could never buy.

✨✨Deathschool Evolved is opening its doors for summer registration Deathschool Evolved is my beloved, community centered...
05/22/2026

✨✨Deathschool Evolved is opening its doors for summer registration

Deathschool Evolved is my beloved, community centered, comprehensive 9-week death doula certification course. This is not a surface level training. It is a deep curriculum that brings you into relationship with your own fears, beliefs, and understanding of death.

Along the way, you’ll become part of a likeminded, supportive group of doulas, fostering community connection.

You will emerge from this program with a certification in death doulaship and philosophy, ready to approach death work in a meaningful way, alongside a cohort of doulas to support you as you walk this path.

Early bird pricing is available for 1 week. Check out with code “SUMMEREARLYBIRD” for $300 OFF!! ✨

Payment plans are always available, just reach out to arrange details.

Scholarship details coming in 2 weeks.

I hope to see you there 🖤Registration in bio

05/22/2026

Hi it’s Erin, Death Educator from Denver. I am a rookie at making videos and honey, you can tell. But we have to be beginners before we can fly, so I’m here paying my dues. What I’m not new at - is death education. I’ve been a death doula for one a decade and training other doulas for the last 7 years. I’m finally facing my camera-shy fears, committed to teaching the public more about something really important that we all do - die.

What does it actually look like to support someone from their first conversation all the way through their death? Over 6...
05/22/2026

What does it actually look like to support someone from their first conversation all the way through their death? Over 6 weeks, we’ll walk you through real client journeys, from consult to after-death care.
We’ll show you what worked, what didn’t, and what we wish we’d known.

Death, Unfolded: A virtual case study experience for death doulas COMING SOON…
Sign up for the waitlist at the link in bio 🖤💀

If you feel the pull, I invite you to join us for Threshold. This is the kind of weekend that leaves a lifetime impressi...
05/20/2026

If you feel the pull, I invite you to join us for Threshold. This is the kind of weekend that leaves a lifetime impression.

June 13 & 14 - Zoom

Sign up or learn more at the link in bio 🖤

05/19/2026

Remember how I told you a few weeks ago that we turned my sister into a windchime? That’s only half the story. As you saw, it was her bones we used for that.
This part? Her body.

During water cremation (which is very different from flame cremation), the soft tissues (skin, muscles, organs) break down into a very nutrient-rich formula called “tree tea”.
These are your salts, sugars and peptides. Your roots.
They can be used to grow new life.
Tree’s. Grasses. Peonies.

In every film with a cemetery scene they say
ashes to ashes, dust to dust
but in modern reality we embalm and entomb the dead, preventing that return.

This is a rebellion,
to feed the Earth, once we are done feeding.
So we gave her to the Earth
Where every spring she blooms as peonies
and instead of visiting a cemetery, I visit a flower farm.

P.S. Shout out to my daughter for her college graduation this week. We know auntie is proud of you. 🪽

After completing a death doula training, many students are left asking the same question:“But what does this actually lo...
05/19/2026

After completing a death doula training, many students are left asking the same question:

“But what does this actually look like with a real client?”

In an ideal world, every new doula could shadow experienced practitioners through real end-of-life work. But death doulas are independent providers, not hospital systems with built-in clinicals. And ethically, it can be difficult to ask dying people and their families to invite students into deeply intimate moments.

So this important stage of learning often gets skipped entirely.

That’s why Kacie and I created Death Unfolded: a virtual shadowing experience designed to bridge the gap between education and practice.

Through evolving case studies, we walk with clients week by week, exploring the realities of doulaship beyond the textbook: family dynamics, bedside care, uncertainty, grief, ritual, conflict, practical planning, and the deeply human nature of this work.

Not polished perfection. Realistic, nuanced deathcare.

A self-paced virtual apprenticeship for those ready to deepen their understanding of what it truly means to accompany others through the final threshold.

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