Author of the New York Times bestseller Briefly Perfectly Human: Makig an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End, Alua Arthur is the most visible death doula in America today. She is a recovering attorney and the founder of Going with Grace, a death doula training and end-of-life planning organization. Her TED Talk titled, “Why Thinking About Death Helps You Live a Better Life,” went online in July 2023 and received over 1.5 million views. A frequent guest on TV and radio, Arthur has been featured on CBS’s “The Doctors” and in Disney’s “Limitless” docuseries with Chris Hemsworth, as well as other national media outlets, such as Vogue, InStyle, the Los Angeles Times, The Cut, The New Yorker, New York Times, Marie Claire, and CNN. She travels the country and the world as a keynote speaker, addressing audiences at medical and end-of-life conferences, universities, seminaries, senior citizens’ communities, and more. Arthur and her team at Going with Grace have trained over 2500 death doulas in 17 countries around the world, growing the movement of circles of care.
