Speak, friend, and enter
Welcome to Paths That Lead Home, a publication containing essays and resources on end of life preparation, deathwork, grief, & going home.
I have moved my writing to live alongside the descriptions of the doula work that I can provide, at my website Ever On And On. As of June 9 2023, I will no longer be publishing at Substack, but you can subscribe in almost the same exact way over at my website if you click right here.
I’m Phoenix Kelley, but you can call me Nix.
I am a trained death doula, and refer to myself as a deathworker and a griefworker. I wanted to offer a way for people to get resources and essays on death, on dying, on end of life work, on philosophies about death and a possible hereafter; so here is a way that will allow me to bring it to you.
Death is universal and it is intimate. It wears as many faces as there are people on this planet. Just as we all live, we will all one day die. I believe that death is not a thing to be feared. I think that the experience of the dying person should be centered and honored. I believe that their loved ones also need to be supported and that their grief is an important experience in itself.
I hope to meet you here, at the edges, where we can walk and think and ask for help when we need it.