Professionally? 

I am a trauma-informed transition coach bringing together my training and certifications as a death doula, meditation teacher & recreation therapy provider to help you recreate your relationship with being human.

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You might be wondering... what does a Doula actually "do"?

We are non-medical companions providing personalised support in the contemplation, preparation and navigation of death, loss and mortality.

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So what does that actually mean?

It means I am the safe space for you to explore all of it.

I'm not going to help you "get over" or "move on" or "be fearless".

Whether it's around your own death or the death of someone else.

 

I am here to help you create a relationship with it and integrate it.​

To help you contemplate, navigate & prepare for death.

And to discover what's possible when you do.

 

We work together to find relief, build resilience & discover renewal 

no matter where you are in your journey with death, dying or mortality.

We can meet online, in your home, the hospice or the hospital.

Or out hiking a local trail, walking the beach or paddling the lake.

 

I offer invitations that create space to see death differently and help you prepare ~ mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually & practically. ​

 

Death changes everything ~ what happens when we let  it?

 

This is not about turning grieving or dying into productivity.

It is about finding your unique way of integrating your death in your life,

so it inspires what's left of your time and how you both live & leave it.

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Personally? ​

Death has shaped and reshaped my life... I've learned to let it.​

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I've spent over three decades navigating death and death-related transitions of all different kinds ~ by myself and alongside others. 

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But it wasn't until my own potential life threatening diagnosis while providing end-of-life care for my grandmother, that I truly realised how powerful preparing for death, especially before we have to, can be.

 

My professional approach is deeply connected with my personal experience.​​​

Death has continually pulled focus on how amazing it is to be alive.

It has become a mentor for how I can live more fully while I'm here.

As well as a guide for how to live a life that will ease my death.

 

My unique combination of certifications & lived experience means I bring my own blend of support, understanding and a solid sense of respectful humour to anyone navigating the weird, wild, wonder-filled landscape of life and  death. 

 

You might be thinking...

"How is she just talking about death so easily, I can't even look at it"​

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I've been there.​

 

I may be a professional death worker...

But I'm also a grieving human being too.

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I've grieved to the point of having sleepless nights & being unable to work.

I've lost people I couldn't imagine living without & sometimes almost didn't.

I've lost loved ones suddenly ~ to suicide, accidents & hidden health issues.

I've lost loved ones slowly ~ to disease, dementia & natural deterioration.

I've almost lost loved ones ~ through diagnosis & near-death experience.

I've been a primary & palliative caregiver over almost two decades.

 

I've been present for the last breath of others & faced my own mortality too.

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I'm not going to promise it gets easier, but it can become different.​

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Every time I've experienced death ~ I've seen it as an invitation to recreate my life.

That's how, through death, this business was born.

 

Want to get to know me more?

Keep exploring for how I am a living and dying example of my approach...​​​