Enroll in the January 2026 Cohort NOW

Your Calling to Compassionate Care has arrived.

What to Expect: View the Full Schedule here

Practical Planning: Complete your own Living will, Directives, and all that is needed to strengthen your village in the final chapters of life.
Support for caregivers and what to consider navigating: Discover how to begin critical conversations, especially around care, aging, and productive / crisis prevention and planning.
Understanding Grief & Loss: Understanding bereavement, self-care, and cultivating cultural sensitivity in caregiving.
The Stages of Dying: Become aware and familiar with the stages of dying, access to the Hospice Books authored by Sierra and other resources to support you and your loved ones. Discover the differences in palliative and hospice care models.
Post-Mortem Care: Wishes, values, and decisions for the body and after-death practices
Wrapping up Affairs: Knowing the important of a living will and what to do if someone you love did not have one. We give you a step-by-step guide walking you through this process.
Legacy & Spirituality: Explore the spiritual dimensions of dying
After-Death Care: Learning about post-mortem practices, including natural death care, ceremonial rituals, and creating vigil plans. Make your decisions and add to your personal Living Will to share with loved ones.

Death Doula Training: Building a Nurturing Practice

FOUR WEEKS OF BONUS sessions specifically designed to support your professional and personal service. Weekly Business Deep Dives: Every Wednesday 12pm EST from April 13th through May 13th, join us for intensive weekly sessions to articulate your offering and build your foundational business structure.

Sustained Monthly Mentorship: After May, we continue with monthly business/service support through the end of the year, ensuring you have sustained mentorship as you launch your practice into the world. First Wednesday of each month, 12pm EST.

Meet Deva Premal & Miten, our Guest Facilitators for 2026

We are fortunate to welcome Deva Premal & Miten in these 12 weeks together. They will lead in at least one large group session on:

***Meditation & Mantra for* *the End of Life***

2024 & 2025 Nurture Facilitators

Course Information & Outline

A comprehensive and progressive learning experience covering all aspects of elder care management, end of life literacy, and a broad array of death doula services.

Module 1: Understanding Grief & Loss

Module 2: Compassionate Presence at the End of Life

Module 3: Perspectives on Elderhood

Module 4: Long-term Planning for Elders

Module 5: Compassionate Elder Care

Module 6: Core Skills for Death Doulas

Module 7: Spiritual Dimensions of Dying

Module 8: Supporting Through Grief

Module 9: Integrative and Assisted Therapies

Module 10: The Process of Dying

Module 11: Post-mortem: Ethics and Practices

Module 12: Self-Care for Caregivers

Module 13: Professional Pathways in Death Doula Services

Elizabeth
Student of Doula Course

Deep gratitude for the generosity and grace of this course, the exceptional teachings and for the chance to feel the truth of Nurture both for myself as practitioner and how it can be offered out to others, especially by embracing our vulnerabilities and not denying them.
Thank you for such an enriching and life-death changing gift.

Nicole G.

New York, New York

Nurture brought my family much needed moral support and practical wisdom on what to expect throughout the whole journey. We used Five Conversations framework and were better prepared as a family because of Nurture.

Katy
Student of Doula Course

This course has been life changing, I feel like I’ve found my people and looking forward to continuing this epic journey together in the monthly Nurture Circle.

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What You'll Gain

Death Doula Skills

Proficiency in death doula roles and practices for certification.

Compassionate Communication

Enhanced empathy and dialogue for patient-centric care.

Care Mangement Expertise

Deep insights into elder support, longterm planning, and crisis prevention.

Cultural Sensitivity

Inclusive, culturally-aware care approaches.

Bereavement Support

Effective strategies for managing grief.

Professional and Personal Growth

Support to discover and grow doula services with your community.

Decision-Making and Conflict

Skills in navigating ethical dilemmas and conflict.

Mastery of Modalities

Proficiency in diverse approaches to end-of-life care

Community Integration

Building supportive, collaborative networks.