How to Die with Dignity: An Interview with Kacie Gikonyo: A Death Doula

Death is like the “elephant in the middle of the room.” Everyone sees the elephant but pretends the huge, gray elephant is not there. We dare not even talk about the elephant. I feel sorry for the elephant. Don’t you? Everyone ignores him! Poor Mr. Elephant! Yet, death is our most important act. Don’t you want to control your death? The way it is now, most humans do not. But we should be able to! People should reduce pain and suffering and retain their freedom, control, and autonomy at the end-of-life process. A death doula can help! Listen as host Tim Jordan interviews an official death doula. Resources: Website: Death Doula Kacie. https://deathdoulakacie.com/ Instagram Page: Death Doula Kacie. https://www.instagram.com/deathdoulakacie Facebook page. Death Doula Kacie. https://www.facebook.com/deathdoulakatice Article: (2018). Rawlings, D., Tieman, J., Miller-Lewis, L., & Swetenham, K. What role do Death Doulas Play in end-of-life care? A systematic review. Health and Social Care in the Community. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/hsc.12660 Podcast. Season 1, Episode 28. Grass Roots Health. Do Physician Assistant Students Receive Adequate End-of-Life Education? An interview with Kelvin Freeman. https://1795consulting.com/episode/episode-28-do-physician-assistant-students-receive-adequate-end-of-life-education-an-interview-with-kelvin-freeman/ Podcast, Season 1, Episode 15: Grass Roots Health. Why Don’t More American Adults Do This? https://1795consulting.com/episode/episode-15-why-dont-more-american-adults-do-this/ Blog: Jordan, T.R. (2023). Adding Life to One's Remaining Days. https://1795consulting.com/adding-life-to-ones-remaining-days/ Podcast, Season 1, Episode 7: Grass Roots Health. Death and Dying from the Perspective of a Hospice Nurse. https://1795consulting.com/episode/episode-7-death-and-dying-from-the-perspective-of-a-hospice-nurse-an-interview-with-nurse-penny/ Podcast, Season 1, Episode 16: Grass Roots Health. Why Death Should Not Be Feared. https://1795consulting.com/episode/episode-16-why-death-should-not-be-feared-an-interview-with-nicole-kerr/ Blog: Jordan, T.R. (2023). Death Should Not Be Feared. https://1795consulting.com/death-should-not-be-feared/ YouTube Video. Understanding the Experience of Loss. Dr. Timothy Jordan. Main Street. WLMB TV 40. Host, Virginia Bossa. https://youtu.be/a0QWYEmbw40?si=PmfqFBt29k3QfS7M Podcast, Season 3, Episode 2. Grass Roots Health. Living with Loss: The Story of Larry Avery. https://1795consulting.com/episode/s3-e2-living-with-loss-the-story-of-larry-avery/ Podcast, Season 3, Episode 3. Grass Roots Health. Living with Loss Part 2. https://1795consulting.com/episode/s3-e3-living-with-loss-part-2/ Podcast, Season 1, Episode 5: Death 20 years later. Do Grief and Mourning Change over Time? https://1795consulting.com/episode/episode-5-death-20-years-later-do-grief-and-mourning-change-over-time-an-interview-with-jeff-and-deb-banks/ Blog: Jordan, T.R (2026). Living With Loss. https://1795consulting.com/living-with-loss/ Blog: Jordan, T.R. (2022). The Mountain That Everyone Must Climb. https://1795consulting.com/the-mountain-that-everyone-must-climb/ Podcast, Season 1, Episode 3: Death and Dying Through the Eyes of a Mortician. https://1795consulting.com/episode/episode-3/ ========================================================================== Listen to all episodes of Grass Roots Health: https://1795consulting.com/podcast/ or wherever people get their podcasts. Read all the blogs written by Dr. Jordan. https://1795consulting.com/blog/ Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan. Artwork created by Priyanka Banerjee. Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio https://www.sumarecording.com/ Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio greentreemediallc.com