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Erin Merelli is a leading public speaker with experiences on large stages and intimate circles. She brings to her listeners relatable, thought-expanding messages crafted with experience and soul. She guides audiences in exploring the ways in which tending to the dying is one of the most important metrics of a healthy community, and inspires the understanding that when we are more aware of death, we are able to take more authorship of our own lives. We are able to hold more love and more grief alike.

“Death Doula” is trending in the media (for good reason!) as the death advocacy movement grows, and Erin Merelli has become a leading expert in the death space. Passionate about sharing this work with broader audiences, she’s spoken at professional panels and industry conventions, guest appeared on numerous podcasts, headlined a celebrated TedX talk, crafted personalized presentations for small brands, and been featured on PBS, Forbes, Comedy Central, and more.

Will Erin speak at my event or present to my brand team?

Erin is passionate about sharing this work with new audiences and bringing compassionate, community-centered care into every tier of business. If you feel that she’d be a good fit for your convention, panel, or brand, please reach out and tell us a little bit about your event or project, and Erin’s team will be in touch with her press kit, speaking fees, and packages.

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Will Erin speak 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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Signature Topics

Our Fear of Death
Death Compansionship & death Doulas
Grief: Individual and collective
Ritual & Ceremony
Environmentalism in Death Care
Green Burial
Home Funerals
Ancestry: Inherited Grief + Wisdom

Erin Merelli

Death Doula & Public Speaker

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Is working to democratize deathcare. As the co-founder of Deathwives, she certifies death doulas, advocates for environmental reform in the death industry and speaks publicly on topics of community based care, the importance of grief, ritual, ancestry and esoteric.