Between Worlds: The Sacred Role of a Death Doula

In this episode of Fairy & Flame, we sit down with Molly Gibson—a Reiki practitioner, former pediatric death doula, and medicine woman whose life and work live at the intersection of grief, intuition, ancestral healing, and sacred presence.

Molly shares her extraordinary journey from growing up in a rigid, dogmatic religious environment—where intuition was discouraged and life paths were chosen for her—to reclaiming her inner knowing through service, storytelling, and profound spiritual work. For two years, Molly served as a pediatric death doula, walking alongside children and families at the threshold between life and death. In this role, she learned how to hold space for unimaginable loss with tenderness, grounding, and love—and how death can be one of our greatest teachers.

We explore how ancestral trauma echoed through her maternal lineage and how Molly has consciously worked to transmute that inherited pain into healing—for herself and her family. Through her experiences with plant medicine and ceremony, she speaks candidly about re-learning how to trust her intuition, embody her wisdom, and step fully into her calling as a healer.