Just as midwives and doulas help bring life into the world, it makes perfect sense that there should be people to help and support us leave it, says Felicity Warner, the founder of the award-winning Soul Midwives, a movement to make dying a better experience.
A recent report commissioned by Co-op Funeralcare underlined how opening up conversations about dying is an opportunity to reduce the emotional burden, social isolation and unspoken fears of people who are bereaved or facing death.
Ever since Felicity started volunteering at a hospice, 25 years ago, she has made it her goal to support those facing death. “I spent many hours sitting with people who were dying – particularly those with no family or friends to visit them,” she says.
