Dina the Doula

24/03/2026

Fill your life with as much love, fun, and joy as possible.

04/03/2026

Grief is a journey that many of us are unfamiliar with until we are in the thick of it. We don't have to go through that journey alone. I offer support sessions to help guide you along your path and to find ways for you to walk with grief, not be consumed by it.

Reach out to book your first session with me today. Outside of the area? I offer virtual services as well.

20/12/2024

Pet loss can be so hard. Some people need time to grieve before they can bring another pet into their lives. When I lost my boxer, BeBe, it was only a month before I knew that I needed another pup. It was still many months before we found our Octavia. Her energy, love, and silliness have been such a balm for my broken heart.

She has allowed me to grieve with shared happy stories and memories. It gives us the ability to talk about BeBe and remember the joy. We are able point out the ways they are similar and so very different and smile about it. How long after your pet loss were you ready for another pet?

07/12/2024

Holiday survival tips from Refuge In Grief.

26/11/2024

As I closed my eyes to sleep that night
I did not know I would wake up in the morning
and you would not

As I closed my eyes to sleep that night
I did not know you would take your last breath
and your beautiful heart would stop beating

As I closed my eyes to sleep that night
I did not know that the truth of that
day had eluded me,
and I lived that day with a profound
unawareness of the irreversible life
shattering change that was about
to take place

As I closed my eyes to sleep that night
I did not know the sun had set on your last day

As I closed my eyes to sleep that night
I did not know

Louise Reed

Artist Credit: Unknown via Pinterest

25/11/2024

25/11/2024

Have you ever noticed that grief shows up even during the most joyful moments? How do you experience that? How do you honor the grief and the joy?

Loss, the feelings of loss, are not linear. They do not start big and overwhelming and then taper off into nothingness over time.Loss is a heartbeat or the waves of the oceans. It comes and goes. Sometimes there is stillness and then sometimes something blows in like the wind and the waves grow larg...

23/10/2024

"When we're in grief, the past can haunt us.

People often ask why some people find their way to healing more quickly than others after a devastating loss.

We may have developed unhelpful beliefs based on our old wounds."

Join David Kessler for a free online discussion on:

The Old Wounds That Keep Us Stuck in Grief

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024

12 pm PT / 3 pm ET

Join us for this free live event with David Kessler - Dealing with the Emotional Wounds of Yesterday

17/10/2024

I work almost exclusively in death and loss as a doula. I know people think that sounds like a very sad experience, but it isn't always. Not completely. Death is just one part of dying. Life is a bigger part and it can be beautiful, even as a person moves towards their final breath.

Send a message to learn more

20/09/2024

"Imagine having every ounce of your fertility controlled by doctors. No. It doesn’t work the old fashioned way, as much as your friends just hope that it will happen for you. Imagine friends getting pregnant on their first try."

Maybe imagining would bring more compassion. Maybe imagining would bring more empathy. Maybe imagining would bring more understanding.

02/09/2024

Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.

And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be.

-The Good Place