Death is the one certainty in life, yet we are often unprepared for it.
In The Good Death, Suzanne O’Brien, RN, founder and CEO of Doulagivers Institute, offers a compassionate and clear guide to helping loved ones through the profound transition of end of life. This book provides the tools, understanding, and emotional support needed to navigate this sacred time with grace, empathy, and peace.
The Challenge:
When the time comes, many families don’t know where to begin in providing compassionate care at the end of life.
The Answer:
The Good Death offers a gentle, powerful approach to end-of-life care, helping families replace fear with knowledge and tenderness.
The Good Death teaches a step-by-step framework for supporting loved ones, giving caregivers the confidence and wisdom to approach death with dignity and care.
In a society where death is often hidden away, this book brings it back into the light—reminding us that death is not a medical event, but a deeply human one.
By embracing death, we learn to truly live.

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The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB EXPERIENCE:
12 Month Death and Dying Course
A LIVE, 12-month educational journey through my bestselling book The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One Through the End of Life.
What It Is:
Each month, we explore one chapter of The Good Death together.
You’ll receive:
- A live presentation and segment of teaching with me, Suzanne B. O’Brien, RN
- A guided workbook and downloadable companion guide
- A group discussion and experiential exercise
- A full 12 month Death and Dying Course
Monthly Course Topics
- Month 1: How Did We Get Here?
- Month 2: Preparing for Longer Lifespans – The Elder Care Crisis
- Month 3: The 3 Phases of End-of-Life Care & Pain Management at The End of Life
- Month 4: Disease-Specific End-of-Life Guidance
- Month 5: Death is Having a Rebirth
- Month 6: Keeping Death Green
- Month 7: How to Have A Physical Good Death
- Month 8: How to Have A Mental Good Death
- Month 9: How to Have An Emotional Good Death
- Month 10: How to Have A Financial Good Death
- Month 11: How to Have A Spiritual Good Death
- Month 12: Death as a Sacred Experience

Meet the author
Suzanne O’Brien, RN is a trailblazer in the Death Doula Movement, a former hospice and oncology nurse, and the founder of Doulagivers Institute.
After decades of working closely with those at the end of life, Suzanne has witnessed how deeply people regret not living in alignment with their true purpose.
This book offers a path to shift from fear to love, guiding readers to embrace death as an opportunity to truly live.
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