It’s Advance Care Planning Day, and today is a reminder that we need to make a plan for when we can’t speak up for ourselves.
April 16th, 2026
7PM – 8PM EST
$10
ONLINE Virtual Admin Hangout with a Death Doula
Register your spot: https://calendly.com/ladydeathdoula/advance-care-planning-day
You know you should do it… but every time you sit down to do it, you end up doom scrolling, or even washing the dishes because ANYTHING is better than planning for a crisis. What is it with our brains shutting down and freaking out about planning for worst case scenarios? Talking about sex won’t make you pregnant – and talking about death and dying won’t make you dead. This is making sure our future self isn’t anxious: so that Future You is confident that things will work out the way I WANT them to.
Having a plan, having meaningful conversations outside of crisis is hard and heavy work, but Future You is so thankful already, and so is your family who will know what you want when you can’t speak up for yourself.
Let’s do this.
Let’s have a virtual admin hang-out and get this sh*t done! Print off the PDF from Advance Care Planning Canada: https://advancecareplanningontario.ca/acp/acp-workbook/download-a-workbook and let’s fill it out, together.
I’m here to hold space and answer questions, and if I don’t know the answer that’s ok I will do my best to find out – I’m not shy when it comes to talking about death and dying.
Grab a tea, have a snack, and let’s make our future selves happy we did this today.
From Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
https://www.chpca.ca/awareness/advance-care-planning-day/
Who would you trust to make your healthcare decisions?
Planning for your future healthcare needs is important. What would happen if you couldn’t decide for yourself? Who would you trust to make those healthcare decisions for you?
Think about who you would trust with making those important decisions for you.
Think about what matters most in your life and how that might help guide someone in making the kinds of healthcare decisions you would want.
The best time to think about this is now when you can decide for yourself. We have useful guides to help you along the way.
April 16th is Advance Care Planning Day. So, ask yourself: If not you, who?
Adrianna is a Death & Grief Doula, and you might have seen Adrianna on CTV’s The Social as a special guest talking about the Death Positive Movement, or heard her on CBC Radio One across the country talking about grief and bereavement, or in Globe & Mail on the importance of grief and estate planning, and Canadian Business Magazine as a death industry disruptor, or liked one of her TikTok videos sharing her journey as a Death Doula. How does one become a Death Doula? Adrianna’s brother Andrew died by suicide in 2010 and his death catapulted her life into death work and mental health advocacy: she became a suicide awareness trainer and interventionist. She toured her one-woman show Everything But the Cat… for 10 years about suicide loss and bereavement, utilizing her storytelling background to create inclusive space to open a dialogue around death and dying. In 2019 Adrianna’s coworker Roberta asked if she wanted to go to Disneyland and South Korea to celebrate getting off chemo for stage four breast cancer; Roberta had a year to live and wanted a companion to get through her bucketlist and of course Adrianna said yes and embraced being a Death Doula for her friend. Holding liminal space and being comfortable in the discomfort has led Adrianna to become a hospice volunteer and grief counselor. She is currently in her final year of Bachelor’s of Social Work to become a grief therapist to complement all the training she has done as a death worker. Her practice is anti-oppressive, radically feminist, and magically authentic to ensure she centers her companions where they are at on their care journey. Join the death curious conversation with her: @LadyDeathDoula on TikTok, Instagram, SubStack