When Yeam first stepped onto Duke’s campus her freshman year, she never would have imagined that she would graduate planning to become an end-of-life doula — a non-medical professional who provides support, companionship, and guidance to people facing a terminal illness or imminent death. End-of-life doulas can facilitate hard conversations about death that make it easier for the dying person to identify what they want — which Yeam said is essential for creating an end-of-life plan. Part of a growing death positive movement, death cafés create a space for people to come together and discuss complicated feelings and thoughts about death and dying.