Online Learning
Scroll this page for an overview of Erin’s full curriculum and quick links to details. You'll find the latest enrollment information for Deathschool, upcoming dates and cities for in-person death doula workshops, access to recorded classes on crafting funerals or starting your death doula business, and a peek at what’s coming next—because, friends, this is a place for progress and there is work to do.
Deathschool Evolved
One foot in this world, one foot in forever.
Key Details
Start Date: Ongoing
Schedule: OngoingFormat: 8 weeks and 16 classes: together online x 12 + self-paced x 4
Deathschool Evolved Certification: 33 Hours of Professional Training in Death Philosophy and Doulaship
Funeral Celebrant Training
Get the 2-hour Replay for only $199 $99!
This course is helpful to anyone who is coordinating the services of a loved one. It is an excellent addition for death doulas and deathworkers who would like to add a skill and service to their toolbelt. It is also appropriate for Funeral Directors who find themselves standing in as Celebrants and would like to enrich the skills that they spontaneously employ.
Death Doula Business Class
Get the 3-hour Replay for only $199 $99!
In this 3-hour class Erin shares her personal journey from beginning doula to thriving business owner, reveals her personal processes and tools, and gives you professional methods to identify your market, set up a sustainable self-paced business, curate professional marketing materials, and put yourself out there!
Outside Ordinary Reality
One foot in this world, one foot in forever.
Guided by Midwife Nurse Shelli Mullins and death doula educator Erin Merelli, this immersive two-day, certificate class is for those called to the sacred work of guiding others through life’s most profound transitions - birth and death. This course is not a lecture in the hard skills of doulaship. This class is a ceremony. It is the space where transformation occurs, when veil workers learn to serve with clarity and reverence.
The Reality of Mortality
A Free Conversation for Everyone Who Will Someday Die
We prepare for everything in life—except this.
We learn to cook a meal, manage a budget, and plan for life’s big milestones… but what about death?
10/10 of us will face it, yet we avoid the conversation—leaving ourselves and our loved ones unprepared. I’ve spent years guiding people through this transition, training thousands of death doulas along the way, and speaking on platforms like TEDxMile High,PBS, Forbes and more. And yet, one of the most common things I hear is:
💬 “I wish I had known this sooner.”
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Live Workshop
Death Doula Training
Registration closed
Next cities will be announced soon
A death doula training workshop with Erin and a small group of mortality minded learners.
Equip yourself with the knowledge and language to provide compassionate, holistic end-of-life care. Reflect the lasting impact of someone's life, while deepening your own.
Virtual
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Coming Events
The Collaborative Doula Conference 2025
May 27th-29th 2025
I am thrilled to be attending and teaching at the first-ever Canadian Doula conference in London, Ontario Canada the last weekend of May The conference, designed for birth doulas, is a weekend of workshops, keynotes and community. I will be involved in 2 events - teaching a holistic curriculum on end death doulaship for the birth doulas, and leading a death contemplation workshop to help us overcome our fears of death.
London, Ontario, Canada
More info and tickets coming soon
Public Speaking
Will Erin be a Guest on my Podcast?
She'd most likely love to! Please do reach out and include in your email the name of your podcast, the date and time you have in mind, and a short explanation of why you think she’d be a good fit, and Erin’s team will get back to you as soon as possible.
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Learn about our services
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Funeral Planning and Officiation: It is my greatest honor to craft funeral services and memorials that honor the dead and provide a supportive space to grieve for the living. I can help wirite obituaries and services, emcee ceremonies, as well as offer full scale funeral planning for all sizes of memorial services. Together, we’ll create a service that brings healing and meaning to those gathered.
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Ready to take the next steps?
Erin offers a variety of ways to learn - shoet recordings, online certification courses and in-person death doula training workshops. Whether you’re here to learn a little or a lot, welcome to the journey of a lifetime.