Soul Journey Doula

Soul Journey Doula

Featuring Lea Brovedani, Big Blend Radio’s SOUL JOURNEY DOULA Podcast offers candid yet compassionate conversations about the end-of-life.

Episodes

February 20, 2025 30 mins

In observance of International Friendship Month, this final episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast series with death doula Lea Brovedani focuses on how to support a friend or colleague who is at their end-of-life. 

Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula: Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practices Emotion - Honor feelings Mind - Life review and gleaning meaning Body - Increase comfort, health and safety Practical - ...

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What if you were just told you had three months to live? On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea discusses the priorities, wishes, and dreams you would want to fulfill in your final days.

The domains she focuses on are: 1.  Physical: Creating comfort in body and environment. 2.  Emotional: Honouring feelings and healing relationships 3. Mental: Gleaning meaning and life re...

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December 19, 2024 31 mins

From planting a tree to erecting a memorial and creating a scholarship foundation, this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani focuses on the various ways you can honor and keep someone's legacy alive.

Also hear some ideas for holiday gatherings on how to remember and pay tribute to loved ones who have passed this year.

Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula: Spirit - Uphold beli...

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November 21, 2024 44 mins

What do you say when a loved one just received a terminal diagnosis or is at their last stage of life as we know it? On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea shares advice on how to communicate and support loved ones facing the end of their life.

Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula: Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practices Emotion - Honor feelings Mind - Life review an...

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On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea discusses end-of-life celebrations, rituals, cultural traditions, and the unexplained.

Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula: * Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practices * Emotion - Honor feelings * Mind - Life review and gleaning meaning * Body - Increase comfort, health and safety * Practical - Create completions

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Your loved one has passed away ... now what? On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea discusses how a death doula or end-of-life midwife can help the family after a loved one has died. 

Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula: * Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practices * Emotion - Honor feelings * Mind - Life review and gleaning meaning * Body - Increase comfort, health an...

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August 15, 2024 57 mins

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea discusses fear and acceptance of our end-of-life transition. 

Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula: * Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practices * Emotion - Honor feelings * Mind - Life review and gleaning meaning * Body - Increase comfort, health and safety * Practical - Create completions

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On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea discusses the importance of Letting Go to have a Peaceful End-of-Life. Letting go doesn't mean giving up. As we approach our final years, we let go of unrealistic expectations of others, of material possessions, of anger, jealousy, and other emotions that don't serve us.

Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula: * Spirit - Uphold ...

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June 20, 2024 48 mins

Finish this sentence ..... "Before I die, I want to visit _____"

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea talks about fulfilling your bucket list, especially in regards to travel. Even if you are not able to travel anymore, there are still ways to get whet your wanderlust appetite.

Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula: * Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practices * Emotio...

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May 16, 2024 43 mins
On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea talks about parental end-of-life planning, why it's important, and how a family discussion is usually one of the first steps.   Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula: * Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practices * Emotion - Honor feelings * Mind - Life review and gleaning meaning * Body - Increase comfort, health and sa...
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April 18, 2024 35 mins

This episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani focuses on earth-friendly memorials and burials. Featured guest is Alethea Valley, General Manager of the Point Arena Forest for Better Place Forests.

Better Place Forests offers a sustainable memorial within a protected place in the forest for ashes of a loved one to be returned to the earth. Each tree can accommodate more than one loved ...

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March 21, 2024 33 mins

What is Death Cleaning? And, Should You Be Doing It?

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea explains death cleaning. Hear about steps to getting started, and how it can benefit someone stay organized in daily life and ultimately alleviate stress at their end stage of life as well as for their family.

Death Cleaning Aligns with Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Dou...

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On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea talks about how to handle the end-of-life stage of a spouse or beloved partner.

WATCH THIS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/hkO5QoT_QoA

Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula:

* Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practices

* Emotion - Honor feelings

* Mind - Life review and gleaning meaning

* Body - Increase comfort, health and ...

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January 18, 2024 41 mins

Welcome to the first official Big Blend Radio SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast, airing every third Thursday with with death doula Lea Brovedani. On this episode, Lea talks about the compassionate end-of-life planning and support services that death doula (or death midwife) provides.

WATCH THIS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/XbOxY80E_BY

Hear about Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula:

* Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practice...

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December 21, 2023 39 mins

On this episode of Big Blend Radio, Lea Brovedani shares insight on planning for end of life care. Known as the "Soul Journey Doula," Lea is an end-of-life doula, also known as a death midwife. In this role, she helps fill the gap between medical and hospice care, and provides support for your own and your family’s emotional, spiritual, and non-medical physical care needs before, during and after death. She gives people the emotion...

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October 19, 2023 53 mins

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Quality of Life" Show, Lea Brovedani shares insight on how to embrace the end of life, and find peace and meaning.

Known as the "Soul Journey Doula," Lea is an end-of-life doula, also known as a death midwife. In this role, she helps fill the gap between medical and hospice care, and provides support for your own and your family’s emotional, spiritual, and non-medical physical care needs befo...

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July 20, 2023 46 mins

This episode of Big Blend Radio features Lea Brovedani who discusses what one can learn about living, from those who are dying. Read her article outlining these life lessons here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/life-lessons-from-those-who-are-dying/

WATCH THIS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/7hdUtvh0l1k

Known as the "Soul Journey Doula," Lea is a an end-of-life midwife. You can hear interview about that here: https://yo...

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June 15, 2023 54 mins

An end-of-life doula, also known as a death midwife, fills the gap between medical and hospice care. They provide support for you and your family’s emotional, spiritual, and non-medical physical care needs before, during, and after death.

This episode of Big Blend Radio features Lea Brovedani "The Trust Architect" and "Soul Journey Doula," who discusses what led her to become a certified end-of-life-doula and how she helps her cli...

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