Instructor: DEE DEE FIRMAGE-TURPIN

DEE DEE FIRMAGE-TURPIN

Dee Dee is a certified death doula, grief facilitator, and founder of A Necessary Conversation. Her purpose and passion is to share her knowledge and to compassionately guide others to empower their own experiences in life, which include death, dying, and grief. From a very early age, Dee Dee says she has always been interested in death and dying. However even as a child, she understood that these kinds of subject matters were rarely discussed in society. So, she did what most do: She avoided any kind of conversations around these topics. Many decades later, she finally honored her yearning, and chose to circle back to her childhood curiosity, where she met her "elephant in the room". This journey was the beginning of gaining knowledge and receiving various trainings and certifications in End of Life support. Dee Dee looks forward to meeting each Osher class member as we traverse this unique and powerful journey together.

DEE DEE FIRMAGE-TURPIN is currently teaching:

Class Title	Semester	Date(s)	Program
Elephant in the Room: End-of-Life Planning	Spring	3/31/25 - 4/07/25	Osher Lifelong Learning