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"I think we all have an opportunity to really meet ourselves right now": thoughts from a death doula

caption: Alua Arthur, death doula and founder of Going With Grace.
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Alua Arthur, death doula and founder of Going With Grace.

The body knows how to die.

And yet of all our capabilities, that might be the one we fear most. Death can feel wrong - like we've failed, or lost.

Alua Arthur is an attorney, death doula, and founder of the end of life planning group Going With Grace. She says confronting our own deaths, the way we're all being forced to now, can be a rich opportunity to redefine our roles, our rituals, and ourselves.

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