Events
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Doula Dialogue | Online Event
Between Worlds: A Conversation with Shirley Riga
May 28, 2025 from 7 to 8:30pm
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We warmly invite you to a special conversation with Shirley — Spiritual Director and Trance Healing Physical Medium — whose life’s work centers around healing, personal growth, and conscious end-of-life transitions.
Shirley’s path has been shaped by profound personal loss. She brings deep insight and compassion to her work as a Spiritual Director, Certified Psychosynthesis Counselor, and Usui Reiki Master. Through years of dedicated study and profound personal experiences, she was gradually drawn into the World of the unseen, where she deepened her understanding under the guidance of some of today’s most respected Mediums.
In this intimate talk, Shirley will share her personal journey and insights gained through decades of healing work. Together, we will explore powerful themes including:
Fear inviting fear
The voice of innate wisdom
Compassion versus empathy
The practice of trance healing
This gathering offers a space for reflection, connection, and deeper understanding of the soul’s role in living, dying, and what lies beyond. Come and join us for this heartfelt and thought-provoking dialogue.
Guild-Wide Gathering | In Person
Boston, MA
May 31, 2025 | Time TBD | Location: Jamaica Plain
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All Pods gather today to connect and share a meal together.
PAST EVENTS
Pod Gathering | In Person
Jamaica Plain, MA
May 7, 2025
Gather with fellow end-of-life/death doulas, connect, find support and share ideas.
Doula Dialogue | Online Event
Your History and Your Doula Practice, with Michele Bograd
April 16, 2025 from 7 to 8:30pm
Our histories shape much of how we practice as doulas, consciously and not. Elements of our histories can provide our greatest strengths but also our blindspots. In this conversation, we’ll explore our relationship to silence (a key element of presence) and the deaths that have shaped us.
Pod Gathering | In Person - Norwell, MA
April 14, 2025 | 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Gather with fellow end-of-life/death doulas, connect, find support and share ideas.
Pod Gathering | In Person - Jamaica Plain, MA
April 2, 2025 | 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Gather with fellow end-of-life/death doulas, connect, find support and share ideas.
Pod Gathering | In Person - North of Boston
Monday, March 24, 2025 | 6 to 7:30pm
Gather with fellow end-of-life/death doulas, connect, find support and share ideas.
Pod Gathering | In Person - West of Boston
Saturday, March 22, 2025 | 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
WALTHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY | Trustee Room
Gather with fellow end-of-life/death doulas, connect, find support and share ideas.
Doula Dialogue | Online Event
Making Choice: The Gift of Life and the Gift of Death, with Karen Monaghan
March 19, 2025 from 7 to 8:30pm
I will be sharing my experiences as a kidney donor, a clinical social worker (LICSW) and an immigrant.
Organ donation raises many issues that may be pertinent to our clients, such as disparities in terms of race and socioeconomic status. In sharing my story as a donor, I hope to raise awareness about the process and the choices it offers.
While working as a clinical social worker in dialysis and in oncology, I had many experiences of supporting patients and their medical team when considering questions that arise around sustaining life. I often had to support MDs in making more mindful choices about patient care and advocate for patients who wanted to stop treatment. Important challenges we can help our clients with include making hard decisions and exploring cultural differences between our client and their providers regarding death and dying.
I will also talk about my experience of cultural differences in death and dying between Ireland and the US and encourage a discussion about best practices at end of life.
Pod Gathering | In Person - West of Boston
Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
Weston Public Library
Gather with fellow end-of-life/death doulas, connect, find support and share ideas.
Doula Dialogue | Online - A Seasoned Doula’s Path with Dina Standar
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 7:00 PM 8:30 PM
Join us to hear Dina Stander, an End-of-Life Navigator and Celebrant, share how she has navigated her own path in supporting a wide range of clients over the years. Come and hear her wisdom, stay for questions and lasting connections!
Dina Stander is one of the few End-of-Life Doulas with the invaluable perspective of time, having begun her practice over a decade ago. Her experience is both rich and profound.
Pod Gathering | In Person - Jamaica Plain, Boston MA
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
Boston Doulas! Gather in the warmth of Kyle’s home for conversation and connection. Stay for lunch if you can (bring your own food and beverage!).
