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I’m honored to share my latest piece published in The Edge Magazine—a reflection on death as sacred threshold, and the urgent need to reclaim ritual, autonomy, and dignity in how we die. As a third-generation Death Walker and founder of Destiny’s Door, this article is a call to those who feel the veil thinning and know it’s time to walk with intention.
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This week, I return to Voyage Tampa Publishing for my second interview since stepping fully into my path as a Death Walker. In “Story & Lesson Highlights with Paula Adams of Gulfport,” I share what it means to stand unapologetically at the threshold—where medicine ends and meaning begins. This piece explores the sacred tension between autonomy and protocol, and the fierce beauty of walking with those who choose ritual over silence. I’m honored to offer this glimpse into the soulwork behind Destiny’s Door. 🌿
Today we’d like to introduce you to Paula Adams.
Hi Paula, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to introduce yourself.
I started my death doula as a child. I didn’t know it at the time. My grams and mom were both holistic medicine women; I was dubbed the death talker and walker. My grams showed me the beauty of death; my mom talked me through each stage. Most of it started with my animals dying on the farm. Later I would like my grams and my mom, all before I was 24. My daughter came next—two of my partners, my kid’s best friends, and my dad. I am the only matriarch left in my family.
GULFPORT, Fla. — Inside a small corner home in Gulfport, Paula Adams runs through her daily tasks with cancer patient Mark Woodward, 71. She is his death doula.
“We fill the gap between palliative care, hospice care and death," said Adams.
June 17, 2022
St. Petersburg resident and death expert Paula Adams is quick to discuss the topic of dying. She serves Pinellas County as a doula, and hopes to host “death talks” in Gulfport.
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