Meghan J. Maher
End of Life Doula, LLC
Dying deserves the same care as every other part of being alive.
End-of-life doula support for every part of living and dying.
I'm Meg — an end-of-life doula in Central Florida. I help families plan, prepare, and be present through serious illness, dying, and grief.
I spent fifteen years in oncology clinical research before I thought seriously about doula work. When my oldest child was seven weeks old my Mom was diagnosed with cancer. She died less than four years later. I have never known motherhood without also being a caregiver. Walking through that season with my family is what led me to end-of-life doula work, shaping how I now support families in Central Florida.
As an only child, I learned early how much of caregiving is invisible — the coordination, the advocacy, the holding of the whole picture while everyone else holds a piece. I also learned how uncomfortable most people are around dying, and how much that discomfort costs the families in the middle of it.
After my Mom died, I started volunteering with hospice. That's where I recognized the work I was already doing.
In my work as an end-of-life doula, I help families do what the medical system doesn't have time for and what the culture doesn't have language for. Advance care planning. Serious illness support. Vigil planning and family communication. Legacy work. Grief education. Held together at the pace the family actually needs.
I don't provide medical care. I don't replace hospice, clergy, or clinical teams. I work alongside them, and I work directly for you.
Meghan J. Maher, MPH. End-of-life doula training with the University of Vermont and Doulagivers Institute. Grief work training with The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death. Proficiency badge from the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA). Secretary, Board of Directors, Florida End of Life Doula Alliance (FEOLDA). Based in Windermere, FL. In-person support throughout Central Florida; remote support nationwide.
In May 2026 I testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on sandwich caregiving. More on the Media and Speaking page.
How I help
Advance directives, a healthcare surrogate who’s actually prepared for the role, documents someone can find, and the family conversation that makes all of it real. For any adult, at any age. Easiest to do before you need it.
Steady company through diagnosis, treatment, and the decisions nobody prepared you for — whether you’re the one who’s sick or the one holding it together. Fifteen years in oncology research means I know how the medical system talks, and how it doesn’t.
For the last months, weeks, and days: what to expect, vigil planning, legacy work, family communication, and coordination with hospice. For the person dying and the people beside them.
"If death is the dropping of a stone into a still lake, perhaps the ripples toward the shore are the imprints we leave behind, the change that we effected simply because we existed."
Sunita Puri, MD