Called to teach and speak to Death as a beautiful part of Life.
Jade Adgate
Jade is a fourteenth-generation New Orleans girl, now living and working in Franklin, Tennessee. Before having her three beautiful kids, Jade studied Philosophy (UNO) and Business (LSU). After Hurricane Katrina, Jade became a caregiver of her elderly aunt and learned the in’s and out’s of senior care, from admission into long-term care facilities to advance directive planning and hospice support. In honor of her Aunt Sis, who died in 2018, Jade began volunteering with her local non-profit hospice, Alive.
In the six years since, Jade helped establish a volunteer death doula program that supports the Middle Tennessee Community. Today, Jade remains committed to her weekly residence shift, offering free death midwifery services to her own community.
Farewell Fellowship continues to support individuals and families navigating end-of-life spaces. Farewell Library expands education on the importance of death literate and grief aware conversations through speaking engagements, book reviews, interviews, and learning opportunities. Farewell Apprenticeship offers personalized hands-on training in passing this sacred craft from Jade’s hands to those who are called to build a trusting relationship with Death and accompany others who hope to do the same.
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Best Life Best Death podcast host, Dianne Hullet, interviewed Jade about the work of death midwifery and her unique approach. Get to know Jade a little here and listen to her speak to her perspective and lineage of death midwifery.
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