# Becoming a Grief Doula, with Dina Bell-Laroche | EP 495

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Podcast: [Grief 2 Growth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728)
Published: 2026-07-07T19:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

What if the word "coach" isn't big enough for what grief actually needs? In this conversation, Dina Bell-Laroche walks me through the journey that took her from a devastated 29-year-old — grieving her younger sister Tracy, who passed from a rare cancer while pregnant with her first child — to becoming one of the clearest voices in grief and loss literacy today. We talk about why she moved away from calling herself a "grief coach," what a grief doula actually does, and how a disconnected rotar...

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