OFFERINGS

For every person, grief is as unique and intricate as a snowflake. Perhaps you support someone who has received a serious diagnosis, or who is approaching end-of-life. Maybe you've lost someone recently or long ago. We all share the need for our grief to be acknowledged.

I am here as both witness and guide, to see your grief, to validate your experience, and to help you navigate your way through.

Receiving a difficult diagnosis can be one of life's greatest challenges. You're at the start of your journey, but you don't have to travel alone.

Preparing for death can be a profound, sacred experience that can help you and your loved ones feel empowered and unafraid as you move forward.

Dealing with loss takes many forms, and it's important to have the tools you need to move through grief in a healthy and supported manner.

Although we cannot shield our children from grief, we can we help them feel safe, secure, and loved as they move through it.

Bereaved parents and loved ones have very specific needs; above all-continuing to love and feel connected to a child who is no longer earthside, was nestled in our womb or in our heart.

Learning that we may not carry children is a devastating realization that comes with heavy grief and requires specific support and care. Together, we can move through the grief and pain of (in)fertility finding our way towards healing.

Conscious Connection

By creating legacy projects, ritual space, and different forms of movement; we can help to clarify intentions, honor our experience, and create an anchor to return to in difficult times. Together we can gently move from feeling stuck into a place of acceptance.

You may find yourself asking:

What does a terminal diagnosis mean for my loved one and my family?

My loved one is dying, are they in pain?

What happens now that my loved one is gone?

What is the right age to talk to my children about death?

How can I say goodbye when I haven’t had the chance to meet my baby?

It’s natural to feel that you may be broken or that you may never feel normal again. Allow me to help you find the answers to these questions within yourself. If you’re struggling with some of these questions, please reach out for a complimentary connection call.

TESTIMONIALS

What IS a Death Doula or End-of-Life Guide?

“End-of-life doulas empower, educate and encourage people and their families to be involved in making decisions. The word "doula" is Greek for helper. Like a birth doula supports women during the labor process, a death doula supports a person during the dying process. This support is specific to that person's needs, beliefs, and desires. Death is a process that can span over months or even years rather than an event and doulas can help with supporting and planning for the future, regardless of diagnosis or illness. Having a conversation or making a plan when you are healthy, is encouraged by doulas so that the care received at the end of life is appropriate and aligned with your wishes. (The) approach is holistic, individual, person-centered quality care. We see death as a process rather than an event, that takes place over time. We see building relationships with the person as the key to supporting them in their journey. We see a person as being made up of a unique set of circumstances and beliefs. We see the person as an individual.”

- End-of-life Doula Association of Canada

Death Doulas do not:

  • offer medical, financial or legal advice

  • make diagnoses

  • dispense medication or provide any other medical intervention(s)

  • make decisions for the family or loved one