Arthur's first client as a death doula was her brother-in-law
Though she didn't call herself a"death doula" at the time, she took on the responsibilities of physical and emotional care. Arthur, her sister, and their family for the last two months of his life. Once he died, she helped her sister with the legal aspects of his death. "When we're thinking of death, we're thinking about every aspect of our life, what type of work we did, who we loved, how we loved, what our relationships were like," Arthur told Insider.
Another woman told Arthur she wanted the world to know about her brownie recipe even after she passed. In her final days, Arthur and the woman's loved ones made the brownies. Then, the woman requested her cremated remains be placed in a baking pan.