Francesca Arnoldy

Francesca Arnoldy created and launched the doula training course in 2017 and the companion animal doula offering in 2020, and ran the programs until her departure in 2022. She is the author of Cultivating the Doula Heart (a guidebook), Map of Memory Lane (a picture book), and The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared (an interactive workbook). Francesca is a researcher with the Vermont Conversation Lab and she’s a hospice volunteer. She lives in rural Vermont with her beloveds and connects with the deathcare community through her website, Contemplative Doula.