End-of-life planning and advocacy
Clarify values, care wishes, communication needs, and priorities so medical, family, and professional conversations can stay centered on the person.
End-of-life practitioner | Death doula | Funeral celebrant | Grief educator
Support for living clearly when time feels newly precious.
Compassionate guidance for the journey ahead.
A different kind of preparation
Planning for death can become a way of returning to life.
When someone hears that life may be shorter than expected, the questions often become immediate and deeply human: What matters now? How do I want to spend my energy? What needs to be said? What do I want my people to know before and after I die? This work creates room for those questions, without rushing toward tidy answers.
Services for individuals and families
A full spectrum of end-of-life support.
As an end-of-life practitioner, death doula, funeral celebrant, and grief educator, this work can begin after a terminal diagnosis, during a major health transition, or with conditions that may reduce independence over time, including MS, Parkinson's, dementia, Alzheimer's, ALS, and other serious illnesses.
End-of-life practitioner
Death doula
Funeral celebrant
Grief educator
Death-doula support during dying
Provide grounded presence, comfort planning, family coordination, and emotional support as dying becomes more active or care needs change.
Advance care planning
Help organize care preferences, advance directives, DNR conversations, and POLST preparation before meeting with clinicians or legal advisors.
Emotional and spiritual support
Make room for fear, meaning, uncertainty, unfinished questions, spiritual concerns, and the changing relationship between life, death, and identity.
Life review and legacy work
Explore identity, values, memories, gratitude, regrets, messages, keepsakes, and the stories or blessings a person wants to leave behind.
Vigils and bedside presence
Support families in creating a calm environment near death, including music, silence, readings, touch, rest cycles, and meaningful presence.
Grief education and support
Offer grief-informed support before and after death for spouses, children, caregivers, and family members navigating loss in real time.
Home funerals, ceremony, and ritual
Guide conversations about home-funeral possibilities, memorial choices, funeral celebrancy, ceremony design, and rituals that fit the person's life.
Spouses, children, and family systems
Support for grief before death arrives.
Anticipatory grief can be confusing because the person is still here and the loss is already unfolding. I work individually and with families to make space for fear, anger, tenderness, exhaustion, and love, while improving the communication patterns that will matter most.
- Individual support for spouses, adult children, and close family
- Family sessions for communication, roles, boundaries, and care dynamics
- Caregiver support for fatigue, decision pressure, guilt, resentment, and love
- Conversations about what children need to know and how to include them honestly
- Preparation for life after the death, including rituals, responsibilities, and support systems
Practical preparation
Less administration. More presence.
Practical planning does not replace professional legal, medical, tax, or financial advice. It helps you identify what needs attention so those conversations become more focused, organized, and easier on everyone.
Back-of-napkin financial review
Gather the big picture before meeting with a financial advisor: income, expenses, debts, insurance, account access, beneficiary questions, recurring bills, and care costs.
Documents and decisions
Map the forms and decisions that may reduce administrative burden after death, including advance directives, DNR and POLST questions, power of attorney, passwords, assets, contacts, and final wishes.
Funeral and ritual planning
Talk through whether you want a funeral, memorial, celebration, private gathering, no formal service, or something entirely personal to your life and relationships.
How we begin
A calm, flexible process.
1
Introductory conversation
We talk about what is happening, who needs support, and whether this work feels like a fit.
2
Care map
We identify emotional, relational, practical, and planning priorities so the work has a clear center.
3
Ongoing support
We meet individually or as a family for guided conversations, grief support, and practical preparation.
Start gently
Schedule a first conversation.
Use this space to share what has changed, what feels urgent, and who you hope to support. A first conversation can help sort what kind of care would be most useful now.