The Holistic Touch - End of Life Doula

01/03/2026

Thank you for those who have contacted me recently. Unfortunately I have relocated to Tasmania from Townsville. My current employment (working with many wonderful doctors) leaves me no time to pursue end of life doula work.

11/07/2024

Hopefully these words may help someone today or in the future…

27/05/2023

This is a brilliant app…

03/03/2023

18/09/2022

YOU DON’T JUST LOSE SOMEONE ONCE

You lose them over and over,
sometimes many times a day.
When the loss, momentarily forgotten,
creeps up,
and attacks you from behind.
Fresh waves of grief as the realisation hits home,
they are gone.
Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn,
and as you awaken,
so does your memory,
so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart,
they are gone.
Again.

Losing someone is a journey,
not a one-off.
There is no end to the loss,
there is only a learned skill on how to stay afloat,
when it washes over.

Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea,
they have a journey ahead of them,
and a daily shock to the system each time they realise,
they are gone,
Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every day,

for a lifetime.

Donna Ashworth
From ‘I wish I knew’ https://amzn.to/3JVMJlZ

Art by Kenneth Crane