Wisdom Sings at Night
Gentle guidance through the sacred threshold of life and death.
What is a a Nightsong?
No matter our age or health, we each have a quiet inner song. This song is the tale of our path and life. Its echo will resonate after our death to tell our world who and how we have been.
Our Nightsong is our legacy at any given moment.
The art of composing our Nightsong while we live and age has long been buried. But we are composing our Nightsong whether we know it or not, and if we choose, we can shape it. The more we shape our Nightsong, the more we come to love it. This means we love our life.
A relationship with our mortality gifts us the urgency to rehearse our Nightsong, and keeps the time with which we play it. After we die, it offers those left behind a melody to fill the loneliness. Uncovering your Nightsong is a gift to them, and to you.
Let us help you find yours.
Death literacy and education are core values of Nightsong Doulas. Explore our monthly newsletters, frequent community events, and ongoing classes.
We love promoting the death literacy work of others! If you know of an event we may have missed, please let us know, and we’ll help spread the word!
At the heart of all that we do are the families and individuals who turn to us for care. We work with folks at all stages of life! Whether you would like to explore your relationship to mortality during a time of health, or are in need of direct end-of-life services, you will be met with competence, honesty, and a tender heart. Explore Nightsong Doulas’ full scope of Support Services.
We advocate for patient and family autonomy at the end of life, death literacy in the general population, and quality standards for End of Life Doula training and certification. We are members and leaders of the National End of Life Doula Association, International End of Life Doula Association, Compassion and Choices, and the Association of Death Education and Counseling. Our founder sits on the Positive Age board of Leading Age Virginia.