Twilight Doula Group, An End of Life Doula Collective

08/04/2026

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# # 🚨 COMMUNITY WARNING: OVERPAYMENT SCAM TARGETING DEATH DOULAS 🚨
Fellow Doulas, please be on high alert. There is an active, highly coordinated phishing and overpayment scam specifically targeting the end-of-life care community.
Scammers are weaponizing our empathy to steal thousands of dollars. The script below is being sent to doulas across the country, changing only the state name depending on your location.
# # 📄 The Exact Script They Are Using:

"Hello, I am looking for an end-of-life doula for my father. Could you please confirm areas you cover in [Your State], whether you provide in-person services, and whether you currently have availability? Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you."

# # 🔴 Known Scammer Aliases Used So Far:

* Ashley Cook ([email protected])
* Taylor Matthews
* Rachel Pocklington

# # 🕵️‍♂️ How the Scam Works:

1. The Hook: You reply, and they tell a heartbreaking, urgent story about a terminally ill parent (often claiming a strict 2-month prognosis).
2. The Barrier: They claim to be hearing-impaired or hospitalized. They will refuse phone or video consultations, insisting on email or text only.
3. The Check: They eagerly sign your contract and mail you a cashier's check or corporate check.
4. The Overpayment: The check arrives written for thousands of dollars more than your required deposit.
5. The "Favor": They claim the extra money was an "accident" or meant for another coordinator. They ask you to quickly wire/Venmo/Zelle the excess back to them or a third party.
6. The Hit: Days later, the bank discovers their check is fake or stolen. The bank reverses the full deposit, leaving you legally responsible for the thousands of dollars you wired away.

# # 🛡️ How to Protect Yourself:

* Enforce Video/Phone Consults: Real families want to talk to you. Never take a client who completely refuses a live call.
* Clearance Period: Never refund "overpayments" until a check has fully cleared and settled (which can take up to two weeks, regardless of when funds "appear" available).
* Trust Your Gut: If they ask broad questions about an entire state rather than a specific city or town, it is a script.

Please share this with your local networks, regional boards, and doula collectives!
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# # 🏛️ How to Report This to the FTC
Reporting this helps federal authorities track the scammer's bank accounts, IP addresses, and email patterns.

1. Go directly to [ReportFraud.ftc.gov](https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/).
2. Click the "Report Now" button.
3. Select "Job, investment, money-making opportunity" or "Something else" as the category.
4. When asked for the details, paste the scammer's email address, name used, and the exact text of the email they sent you.
5. Specify that this is an "Overpayment/Fake Check Scam" targeting independent healthcare/caregiving businesses.

06/29/2026

04/30/2026

We will walk beside you all of your sacred hours. We will advocate for your wishes. If family involvement and a gentle resting is a part of your wishes? We are here for it and will always support green and conservation funeral practices.

04/24/2026

Nikki Warner Davis, REALTOR® — Panelist

Nikki Warner Davis is a trusted real estate professional with F.C. Tucker Emge REALTORS®, serving Evansville, Newburgh, and the greater Southwest Indiana region since 2017. With over $55 million in residential sales and recognition as the 2024 Platinum Winner for Best Real Estate Agent by the Evansville Courier & Press, Nikki brings both expertise and heart to every client relationship. She is a Lifetime President’s Club member and holds a wide range of respected industry designations, including GRI, SRES®, MRP, RENE, and At Home With Diversity®.

But numbers and accolades only tell part of Nikki’s story.

Before real estate, Nikki spent nearly two decades in media, marketing, and small-business advocacy, helping shape the creative and entrepreneurial fabric of our community. She is a former co-editor of Engaged River Valley and HOME River Valley magazines, a recipient of the ATHENA Entrepreneur of the Year award, and a passionate mentor, educator, and connector.

Nikki specializes in guiding people through life transitions—downsizing, relocation, divorce, first-time homeownership, and the shifting landscapes of what “home” means over time. Her signature Psychology of Real Estate® approach recognizes that moving is never just a transaction—it is an emotional, relational, and deeply human process.

In our circle, Nikki brings a perspective rooted in place, memory, and meaning. She understands how homes hold stories, how spaces witness our lives, and how letting go—or moving forward—can be both tender and transformative. She is also someone who sees life through the lens of friendship, beauty, and visual storytelling, and believes deeply that art and expression should be accessible to everyone.

A true mover and connector in our community, Nikki helps others navigate change with clarity, compassion, and intention—making her an invaluable voice in conversations around legacy, transition, and what it means to carry our lives forward.

✨ If you feel called to explore your own relationship with home, legacy, and the stories we carry—and release—we encourage you to contact us about future workshops or follow our events on FB

04/12/2026

There is no use
in keeping a ledger
of all that has gone wrong.
The birds do not.
The river does not.
Morning arrives,
as it always does
unafraid of beginning.

You, too, may begin again.

Forget the failed attempts,
the words you should not have said,
the long ache of waiting
for something that never came.

There is no refund
for time spent in sorrow,
but there is a meadow ahead
and you may still walk through it.

You have breath.
You have bones that bend.
You have the old trees,
and they do not remember
your mistakes.

So what if you failed.
So what if fear still knocks.
Answer the door.
Let it come in and sit beside you
but do not hand it your days.

Instead, spend them
on the sweet blush
of an apple,
on the way the swan glides
overhead with wings
that make music
of the sky.
On the shape
your cat makes
as she sits in the sunlit window.
Spend them on kindness.
On praise.
On laughter you did not expect.

Let your life
be the poem
you did not plan to write,
but wrote anyway
in the soft ink of now.

And if you must,
fail with love.
Fall with grace.
Begin again
like the leaf
that doesn’t ask
whether it’s time

it simply lets go

and trusts the ground
to catch it.
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poem "morning" by Angi Sullins --my book "The Fragile and the Fierce" AVAILABLE HERE: https://angisullins.com/shop-3-2/

Share my poetry any time by linking back to this page. This page is my tribe's Red Tent Blanket Fort, and I write to find all the misfits and weirdos who belong in here with me. We have snacks. Spread the word! More about the fort: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1393715445036560&set=pb.100031943546696.-2207520000&type=3

art by Valentina Pinell

There is no use
in keeping a ledger
of all that has gone wrong.
The birds do not.
The river does not.
Morning arrives,
as it always does
unafraid of beginning.

You, too, may begin again.

Forget the failed attempts,
the words you should not have said,
the long ache of waiting
for something that never came.

There is no refund
for time spent in sorrow,
but there is a meadow ahead
and you may still walk through it.

You have breath.
You have bones that bend.
You have the old trees,
and they do not remember
your mistakes.

So what if you failed.
So what if fear still knocks.
Answer the door.
Let it come in and sit beside you
but do not hand it your days.

Instead, spend them
on the sweet blush
of an apple,
on the way the swan glides
overhead with wings
that make music
of the sky.
On the shape
your cat makes
as she sits in the sunlit window.
Spend them on kindness.
On praise.
On laughter you did not expect.

Let your life
be the poem
you did not plan to write,
but wrote anyway
in the soft ink of now.

And if you must,
fail with love.
Fall with grace.
Begin again
like the leaf
that doesn’t ask
whether it’s time

it simply lets go

and trusts the ground
to catch it.
*****************

poem "morning" by Angi Sullins --my book "The Fragile and the Fierce" FREE SHIPPING AVAILABLE HERE: https://angisullins.com/shop-3-2/

Share my poetry any time by linking back to this page. This page is my tribe's Red Tent Blanket Fort, and I write to find all the misfits and weirdos who belong in here with me. We have snacks. Spread the word! More about the fort: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1393715445036560&set=pb.100031943546696.-2207520000&type=3

art by Valentina Pinell