Partnering in Your Journey

Gillian Fein is an End-of-Life Doula and aging expert trained by the International End-of-Life Doula Association (INELDA), VNS Hospice, and Calvary Hospital Hospice. She provides compassionate end-of-life support and practical aging guidance to individuals and families throughout Manhattan (including hospice and palliative care patients residing at Mary Manning Walsh Home), as well as to clients across the greater New York metropolitan area.

In her role as an End-of-Life Doula – also known as a Death Doula or Death Midwife – Gillian offers personalized guidance, education, and emotional support tailored to the unique needs of each client and their family. Her approach ensures clients’ wishes, values, and dignity are always honored.

Gillian approaches each relationship with deep empathy, creating an environment where dignity, peace, and meaningful connections can flourish even in life’s most challenging moments. By fostering compassionate conversations around aging, dying, and grief, she helps transform uncertainty into opportunities for reflection, love, connection, and closure.

Prior to becoming an End-of-Life Doula, Gillian founded LaLa Lunchbox, a best-selling family meal-planning app, and spent eight years working with underserved communities at NYC Health + Hospitals, deepening her understanding of family dynamics, health, and compassionate care.

Gillian holds degrees from Columbia University and Northwestern University, serves on the Board of Trustees for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of New York, and lives in Manhattan with her husband, three children, and Pookie, the beloved dog of her late friend, Andy.