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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 3d

Vince has been living with HIV for 40 years and now faces care systems that still haven’t caught up.

The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-h... or on your favorite podcast platform.
#AgingWithHIV #LGBTQHealth #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 4d

“40 years later, and the system still isn’t ready for us to die.”
Vince aged with HIV, but the support systems didn’t.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #EndOfLifeDoula #HealthcareEquity #DeathDoula #LGBTQVoices

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 5d

“You can’t give them more time. Don’t waste the time they have.”
Vince reminds us that the most basic act of care – listening - matters most when time is short.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#HIVCare #PalliativeSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoul

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 6d

HIV didn’t just affect one group. This Thursday, we share the stories too often forgotten.
The episode is coming: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #InclusiveCare #HealthEquity #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 8d

“The fear was everywhere. Even the doctors were afraid of us.”
Vince remembers the early days of HIV; what it meant to be seen as untouchable, and what survival has required ever since.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
#HIVAging #LGBTQVoices #DeathDoula

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 9d

“Why do we wait until the funeral to speak the truth?”
Vince’s work reminds us to celebrate people while they’re still here.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/aging-with-hiv
or on your favorite podcast platform.
#HIVAging #GriefSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 11d

“They said Asians couldn’t get HIV. I believed them.”
Vince was young and chasing his dreams. Then came the diagnosis.

Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #HIVAIDS

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 12d

“How long do I have to live?”
Vince was 28. The doctor said he wouldn’t make it to 30.

He did. And now he’s telling the story.
Full episode Thursday at www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #HIVAIDS

Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 19d

“I never had the gift of death denial.”
Sarah Hill shares how loss shaped her calling and what it really means to be a death doula.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia

#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #GriefCare

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 20d

What does a death doula actually do?
Sarah Hill and I answer that in this week’s episode - with honesty, heart, and a little humor.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia

#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #GriefCare

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 24d

This episode explores how families hold the weight of anticipatory grief while moving through everyday routines.

The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/pediatric-ho... or on your favorite podcast platform.

#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #AnticipatoryGrief

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 25d

Tasha’s child knew she was dying. She just needed Tasha to say it too.

This week’s episode is about the truth kids carry and how speaking it out loud can soften the fear.

Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 26d

“I’m grieving memories we haven’t even made yet.”

Tasha speaks about anticipatory grief, the milestones she may never get to see.

Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #AnticipatoryGrief

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · 27d

They got her on a surfboard. In a wheelchair. In Hawaii. For a moment, she wasn’t a patient, just a kid.

New episode this Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or on your favorite podcast platform.

#EndOfLifeDoula #MakeAWish #PediatricHospice

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 12

You do everything right. And still, you're not in control.
What happens when love outpaces medicine?

The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/pediatric-ho... or on your favorite podcast platform.

#GriefSupport #HospiceCare #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 11

“We did everything right. We did everything possible. And still, no diagnosis.”

When answers never come, how do you keep showing up?
The episode is out:

watch.comfortingclosure.com/pediatric-ho... or on your favorite podcast platform.
#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #PediatricHospice

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 10

“It was scary. We were doctors… and still, we were terrified.”
Dr. Tasha Faruqui shares what it’s like to be both caregiver and parent when nothing makes sense.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #PediatricHospice

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 9

She’s vibrant. Unfiltered. Hilarious. And deeply loved.
This Thursday, Dr. Tasha Faruqui talks about parenting a child in hospice and seeing her daughter as more than a diagnosis.
Full episode: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #PediatricHospice

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 8

This Thursday, Dr. Tasha Faruqui shares her story of pediatric hospice, anticipatory grief, and mothering through the unknown.
Full episode at: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia

#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #PediatricHospice

Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 8

This Thursday, Dr. Tasha Faruqui shares her story of pediatric hospice, anticipatory grief, and mothering through the unknown.
Full episode at: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia

#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #PediatricHospice

Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 6

This week’s episode with Luke’s Purpose founder Ashley Meyveci explores the intersection of grief and financial trauma.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/financial-bu... or on your favorite podcast platform.
#ChildLoss #GriefSupport #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #FuneralCosts

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 5

You're in shock. Then they hand you a bill. Ashley shares how Luke’s Purpose helps grieving parents navigate the unthinkable.
The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/financial-bu... or on your favorite podcast platform.
#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #ChildLossSupport

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 4

“He was light. He was joy. He was perfect.” I sit with Ashley of Luke’s Purpose to explore the weight of child loss and the unexpected financial burden grieving parents often face. The episode is out: watch.comfortingclosure.com/financial-bu... #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #GriefSupport

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 3

You’re not just grieving your child; you’re grieving everything they never got to do. In conversation with Ashley of Luke’s Purpose, we discuss grief after child loss, and why connection and compassion truly matter. Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Sep 2

In this episode, Ashley Meyveci of Luke’s Purpose and I explore layered grief after child loss, and what real support looks like.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia or your favorite podcast.
#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #GriefSupport

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