Death with Steph

About the Substack

I used to be a nurse, when I became disabled I studied to be a doula, then my son died, and I became a grief coach. If you survive something terrible and are able to find joy, you have a moral obligation to throw a rope back.

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About Stephanie Dawson

Bereaved mama, grief coach, death doula, educator. Grief and death can be a dark and scary time, you have to go through it, you don't have to go alone. I'll sit with you.

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