We are not meant to die and grieve alone; we need fellowship to truly farewell.

Death Midwifery is a dignified, holistic, and contemplative approach to tending death and grief. In fellowship, I companion the dying and the grieving as they say “farewell”. Together, we remember this ancient and sacred tradition.

Who I am

My name is Jade Adgate and I am a Death Midwife. Serving aging family members alongside my growing babies, I developed a reverence for the bookends of the human experience, birth, and death. This perspective forms the stance I bring into the work I now do as a death midwife: the belief that sacred, holistic and dignified death is a right every human being is entitled to. 

 

Death Midwifery is an ancient and sacred tradition.

I walk alongside the dying and the grieving within my community. In fellowship, we tend to your death and grief. In farewell, I hold you and your loved ones in warmth and compassion, every step of the way. Together, we restore integrity to the sacred unfolding of death and grief. From this spirit of community support, we find the emotional courage to learn how to die.

 

Serving the greater Nashville area.

From East Nashville to Spring Hill—I serve families all across Davidson and Williamson Counties and hold groups from Fairview to Columbia. I also offer many services virtual.

Offerings

  • Farewell Fellowship

    End-of-life & after-death support

  • Farewell Library

    Community death & grief literacy resources

  • Farewell Education

    Courses, Mentorship, & Apprenticeship

Jade loves to encourage death literacy & grief awareness on IG @the.farewell.library. Check out her content below:

— Dr. Rachel Robinson

“Jade knows when to bring cheer and when to bring silence. She shifts her care according to my needs and not my disease. Her presence is a true gift and she’s become a dear friend.”

-Amelie Sheppard

“Jade’s services were so meaningful. Our family was amazed by what she helped us do … our mother’s most inner prayer was answered in having someone like Jade there with us to guide us through that precious time.”

— Andrew & Stephanie McGuire

“Jade gave us space to express our desires for our child in life and in death, and then she ensured that they were fulfilled.  Jade walked with us through some of the hardest moments and gave us the confidence to support and love Adalyn well to the end of her life on earth and beyond.”

My approach to Death Midwifery

 

Bedside Work

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“How long?”

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Listening

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Memento Mori

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