04: Taking Center Stage

Dylan Giles and Jane tell the story of Dylan's dad's death and home funeral. Phil Giles died peacefully at home, with Dylan bedside, in January 2025. If you live in the US, please know that home funerals are legal in all 50 states! Check out the National Home Funeral Alliance to learn more: https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/ We used this amazing body-care guide (from the NHFA) while caring for Phil's body over the two days he was at home following death: https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/h... You can learn more about Jane's death doula work, which we describe in this conversation, at https://janemiller.xyz/death-care. I am available to travel (on a per-case basis) to offer bedside care for your dying loved one, as I did for Phil and Dylan.