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A letter from our founder
Why I quit wedding planning to become a death doula
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Hello, Mortal
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Maura McInerney-Rowley
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Reading books is an act of resistance
In the age of the attention economy, we’re not just losing time—we’re losing ourselves. Reclaiming reading is one way to fight back.
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Carolyn Gregoire
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Hello, Mortal
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How to f*cking love your life
Befriending our mortality could save us: what poet Andrea Gibson knew about living and dying
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Maura McInerney-Rowley
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Hello, Mortal
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How to f*cking love your life
 • Maura McInerney-Rowley and Hello, Mortal
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The vibe shift is nihilism
 • Carolyn Gregoire and Hello, Mortal
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How to love a dying world
 • Carolyn Gregoire and Hello, Mortal
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Reading books is an act of resistance
 • Carolyn Gregoire and Hello, Mortal
26
Relax, you’re gonna die
 • Carolyn Gregoire and Hello, Mortal
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Nothing is certain in life but death, taxes, and existential dread
 • Maura McInerney-Rowley and Hello, Mortal
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You don’t have to die to have a funeral
A brief guide to living funerals, and celebrating life while you still can.
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Maura McInerney-Rowley
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Hello, Mortal
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The vibe shift is nihilism
The existential question of our times: What's the point?
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Carolyn Gregoire
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Hello, Mortal
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Before you think about death, think about this
A foundational Tibetan practice asks us to contemplate this “precious human birth.”
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Carolyn Gregoire
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Hello, Mortal
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You can’t fix someone else’s grief. But you can help.
What to say (and not say) when someone is grieving or dying
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Maura McInerney-Rowley
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Hello, Mortal
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Remembering how to be human
Midsummer and mortality in Freedom, Maine.
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Carolyn Gregoire
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Hello, Mortal
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What it means to choose your own death
My thoughts as a death doula and former hospice director on one of the most ethically loaded, emotionally charged topics within the deathcare space…
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Maura McInerney-Rowley
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Hello, Mortal
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What it means to contemplate—and why you should
An everyday path to reconnecting with our inner and outer worlds.
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Carolyn Gregoire
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Hello, Mortal
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Eat, Pray, Contemplate Death
How travel can teach us how to live and die a little better.
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Maura McInerney-Rowley
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Hello, Mortal
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Relax, you’re gonna die
Remembering death to awaken to life.
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Carolyn Gregoire
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Hello, Mortal
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