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Dr. Isa Malachy

Dr. Isa Malachy

Before: remote culture & people ops person. Now: death & grief doula, end-of-life coach, Humanist funeral celebrant, and community educator. Oxford comma & popsicle enthusiast. I once won an axe-throwing league championship; that felt pretty awesome.

A macro shot of a payphone, focused on the asterisk, reflecting how we add footnotes to our grief even as we work toward acceptance.

My Agnes Asterisk

Erasing the Footnotes of Our Grief

A woman with wavy ginger hair and floral tattoos covering her arms has both hands on a steering wheel as she drives down a highway with fields and a blue sky visible outside the windows.

Good Intentions vs. Bad Adjectives

How One Curious & Candid Car Ride Liberated the Way I Speak About Death & Grief

A close-up image of beet juice in a thick glass cup | The Reframery | Death Doula, Humanist, and Community Organizing Perspectives

The Luxury of Hunger

On Fasting, Choice, and the Geographies of Grief

Bright orange cempasúchil (marigold) flowers are crisp in the foreground against a blurred blue-grey background.

Death of an Expert

On Becoming a Messenger...finally.