Crossing Gently: A Dia de los Muertos Conversation with Mikey the Death Doula

Between mortality and myth, the death doula walks where fear of the unknown becomes sacred passage.

While the world often averts its gaze from endings, Death Doula Mikey Marin turns toward them — gently, deliberately, without illusion. Her work lives in the quiet hours before departure, when the veil between life and death thins and love begins its transformation into memory.

In honour of Día de los Muertos, The Lace Ledger sat down with Mikey to explore what it means to die well, to grieve honestly and to recognize the grace in letting go. She spoke to us about the beauty of ritual, the mystery of “the other side” and the ways death can teach us to live with greater reverence.