As we get older, death inevitably becomes a more common feature of our lives. Last month, we interviewed Poppy Mardell – founder of Poppy’s, a funeral business in South London. She was a huge inspiration and opened our eyes to how beautiful working in the world of death can be.

This month, we are delighted to have one of our members, Dionne Henry, come and talk to us about her role as a Soul Midwife: supporting the safe delivery of a client towards their death.  

Dionne will share her perspectives on:

• The good things about working in this sector
• The eye-opening things to consider
• Alternative approaches to death and opportunities to work in the field (such as Death Doula, Celebrant, Funeral Director)
• What training/qualifications you might need to consider
• The qualities and strengths you need

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Bio:

Dionne Henry is a Felicity Warner trained Soul MidwifePractitioner.  She is a compassionate companion to support people throughthe process of dying.  Dionne is a former psychiatric social worker (stillregistered). Dionne came into the profession of soul midwifery as a result of along personal and professional journey, having (like many others) experiencedthe death of friends and close relatives. Dionne’s inspiration to do this work came from hearing about soulmidwifery during a conference at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London in 2017.Following her intuition, she trained, qualified, and began offering her time asa volunteer support worker in the community, to sit with those who werereceiving end of life care.

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