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Francesca Lynn Arnoldy

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Francesca Lynn Arnoldy, Community Doula and Death Literacy Advocate, is a researcher with the Vermont Conversation Lab and a hospice volunteer. She is the author of CULTIVATING THE DOULA HEART (a guidebook), MAP OF MEMORY LANE (a picture book), and THE DEATH DOULA'S GUIDE TO LIVING FULLY AND DYING PREPARED (a workbook). Francesca was the original developer of the doula training programs at UVM and she regularly leads events about providing emotional support. Her goal is to encourage people to hold one another's hands through life's intensities and rites of passage. Francesca lives in rural Vermont in a most beloved village.

Francesca can be found contemplating birth, death, and life with the doula heart on her website contemplativedoula.com ...more

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	Cultivating the Doula Heart: Essentials of Compassionate Care by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy (Goodreads Author), Robert E Gramling (Foreword) 4.41 avg rating — 162 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Map of Memory Lane by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy (Goodreads Author), YoungJu Kim (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Death Journal 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy (Goodreads Author), Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (reader) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy (Goodreads Author), Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (reader) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey, Library Edition by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy (Goodreads Author), Randye Kaye (Goodreads Author) (narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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