Navigating Death with Peace

In this 2026 interview with Travis Glen Sebera, end-of-life doula Christine Comaford explores how facing mortality consciously can reduce fear, resolve unfinished business, and bring greater peace to the dying process. Drawing on nearly three decades of experience, Buddhist and shamanic traditions, and hospice work, Comaford offers practical and compassionate ways to approach death while learning to live more fully now. Christine Comaford is an end-of-life doula and human behavior expert who has spent nearly three decades accompanying individuals and families through the dying process. She is certified as an INELDA end-of-life doula and in pediatric end-of-life care, and is also a Reiki master, neuro-linguistic programming master, and practitioner of shamanic and Indigenous wisdom traditions. Her path into end-of-life work was shaped by early experiences with death, two cancer scares, and a lifelong commitment to reducing human suffering. She began hospice training in 1998 and later accompanied both her father and mother through their deaths. Her professional background includes engineering and leadership roles at Microsoft and Apple, building and selling five companies, executive coaching, and applied neuroscience. She is the author of: SmartTribes: How Teams Become Brilliant Together (Portfolio 2013) Power Your Tribe: Create Resilient Teams in Turbulent Times (McGraw-Hill 2018) Interview Date: 9/28/2026 Tags: Christine Comaford, end-of-life doula, death doula, death and dying, conscious dying, hospice, end-of-life care, FFRRUGS, forgiveness, regrets, resentment, unfinished business, guilt, shame, grief, legacy, Reiki, shamanism, death cafes, death literacy, mortality, human behavior, compassion, presence, living well, dying well, INELDA, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dolly Parton, Ram Dass, The New Yorker, Buddhism, Death and Dying, Health & Healing, Personal Transformation, Spirituality, Psychology, Relationship/Partnership/Sexuality Duration - 56m. Author - Christine Comaford. Narrator - Travis Glen Sebera. Published Date - Friday, 09 January 2026. Copyright - © 2026 New Dimensions Foundation ©.