Nicole Kidman revealed she wants to study to become a death doula after her mother Janelle's death in September 2024, according to multiple reports. She said becoming a death doula sounds a little weird, but she has an intense desire to help others in their last weeks of life. Kidman was inspired to become a death doula because her mother was lonely when passing, and family could only provide so much support. She said she wishes there were people to sit impartially and provide solace and care during end-of-life, which is part of her expansion. Kidman learned of her mother's death while at the 2024 Venice Film Festival for her film Babygirl. According to The Independent - Main, Nicole Kidman described losing her mother as changing every part of her, and she is on the journey of grief.
At the University of San Francisco's Silk Speaker Series on Saturday, Nicole Kidman shared advice she gave her teenage daughters, multiple reports indicate. She told them that the decisions they make now will affect their lives, but things will change as nothing is set in stone. Kidman emphasized creating emotional stability for her daughters so they can feel like the world is their oyster. She also told them they will have an incredible future, but it can be incredibly overwhelming. Kidman has two teenage daughters, Sunday Rose (17) and Faith Margaret (15), with ex-husband Keith Urban, according to multiple reports.
I told them that the decisions you’re making now will affect your life, but also things will change as nothing is set in stone.
Kidman has two adult children, Isabella (33) and Connor (31), with ex-husband Tom Cruise, multiple reports indicate. She reflected on advice from her father Antony Kidman, who died in 2014, telling her she needs grit and to use her wits. Kidman said she has grown from difficult times in her life, sometimes having to take it on the chin, and that people shouldn't give their power to others.
And primarily trying to create emotional stability is important for them so that they can feel like the world is your oyster.
I told them you’re going to have an incredible future, but it can be incredibly overwhelming.
He said you need to have grit, you’re not going to be the smartest person in the room so you have to use your wits.
Sometimes you’re going to have to take it on the chin and that’s OK. It’s your life and you define it. Who cares what someone else thinks? Don’t give your power to anybody else. They don’t get to define you.
I am looking to expand myself. I am looking to become a death doula.
As my mother was passing, she was lonely, and there was only so much the family could provide.
Between my sister and I, we have so many children and our careers and our work, and wanting to take care of her because my father wasn’t in the world anymore, and that’s when I went, ‘I wish there was these people in the world that were there to sit impartially and just provide solace and care.’
So that’s part of my expansion and one of the things I will be learning.
Losing my mother changed every part of me. I spoke to her every second or third day. And because she was on the other side of the world, if I woke up at 5:00 a.m., I’d get up, I’d walk around the block, and I’d talk to her for an hour before the girls got up, before Keith got up. That was the rhythm of my day.
I’m on the journey of grief, the year of magical thinking.