A new kind of support: Neurodoula - a quiet digital space for grief and loss.
Across the world, thousands of people live through grief, trauma, and life-changing loss every day - often in silence. While medical and psychological services play an essential role, many people describe a different kind of need in the early days of loss: a need for somewhere safe to speak, without pressure, diagnosis, or explanation. Neurodoula is a new digital support space created by Death Doula to meet that need. It is not therapy. It does not replace doctors, counsellors, or crisis services. It is a private, guided space where people can speak freely when they are not yet ready - or not able - to speak to another person. A tool for the moments between.
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Who we are?
"Death Doula" provides psycho-emotional, informational, ethical, and social support to people facing loss, grief, terminal conditions, or the death of loved ones, and accompanies people at the end of life.
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A Cenotaph as a Place of Memory: the Religious, Cultural, and Psychological Meaning of a Symbolic Grave
newsIn brief: what is a cenotaph? A cenotaph is a symbolic grave, an empty tomb, or a memorial marker that does not contain the remains of the d…
Becoming a Parent After Death - Is It Real
newsScience, law, and bioethics of posthumous parenthood across different countries. Phrases such as: - “I was born after my father died.” - “My…
A new kind of support: Neurodoula - a quiet digital space for grief and loss.
newsAcross the world, thousands of people live through grief, trauma, and life-changing loss every day - often in silence. While medical and psy…
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"Everyone deserves knowledge that doesn't scare but supports. We open the path to an honest, modern understanding of loss and grief."
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What can a cenotaph be like: How do I choose the shape, location, and format of the symbolic memory space?
FreeThis module will help you understand how to choose a cenotaph, a symbolic place of remembrance, if there is no ordinary grave, it is far awa…
"How to deal with anxiety and panic attack?"
5 USDAnxiety can appear in different ways. Sometimes-as a background voltage that does not let go. Sometimes-as a sharp condition, when it become…
PTSD: How to recognize the signs and react safely.
FreeSometimes people behave abruptly or unexpectedly - they scream, panic, or can't calm down. What happens at such moments and how can others r…
Palliative Care, Hospice, and Nursing Homes: What’s the Difference and How to Choose?
FreeWhen a serious illness enters a family - a progressive condition, the aftermath of a stroke, dementia, or advanced age-related frailty - dif…
LEVEL 3 — WORKING WITH COMPLEX CASES, PROFESSIONAL SELF-CARE, AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
FreePurpose of the level To prepare the death doula / end-of-life guide for professional work in complex, traumatic, and socially sensitive sit…
LEVEL 2 — ADVANCED APPROACHES AND METHODS FOR END-OF-LIFE SUPPORT
FreePurpose of the level To equip the death doula / end-of-life guide with tools for working not only through “quiet presence,” but also with r…
Opora
These are vetted, science-backed materials that help manage everyday life when grief, illness, or loss are near. These are reminders, checklists, and simple practices you can return to anytime to breathe easier, understand what's happening, and keep at hand what truly works when you have little strength.
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Prop: if you're thinking about the cenotaph.
память (memory)The cenotaph does not have to be a large monument. It can be very simple: a stone, a tree, a plaque, a bench, a home corner, a memory page,…
If You Are Facing the Question of Having a Child After the Death of a Partner...
meaningThis decision is almost never made “in a calm season of life.” It arises in the midst of loss, trauma, uncertainty, and the pressure of time…
Anonymous online support for grief and loss — Neurodoula
meaningNeurodoula is a digital support space for people experiencing grief, loss, trauma and emotional crisis. It offers anonymous online support w…
Neurodoula
Neurodoula - Vasya is created from the knowledge of death doulas, psychologists, and modern research on grief, loss, death, and end-of-life care. They answer your questions, help with first steps, share reminders and practices so you don't fall into chaos. Register to use Neurodoula Vasya and have support anytime.
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As a person, team, or organization you can join a large educational, enlightening, and deeply human movement that changes attitudes toward loss, grief, end-of-life, and death, building an honest, open, respectful language to discuss it. Being a Death Doula partner helps people meet empathy and support more often in the hardest moments instead of silence and awkwardness.
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