You Are Not Alone on This Path
Whether you are just beginning this journey or are in the midst of hospice care, please know you have found a place of support. We are here to be a calm, steady presence for you and your loved one.
Our Support for Your Journey
We offer guidance and companionship through three distinct phases of the end-of-life journey. Our support is tailored to your unique path, honoring your wishes with gentleness and respect.
End-of-Life Planning
We provide a calm space to explore your end-of-life wishes through gentle conversation and planning. We have a particular focus on offering guidance for those considering the paths of Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) and Medical Aid in Dying (MAID), ensuring you feel honored in your decisions.
Holding the Vigil
Our most sacred role is to hold a quiet, steady presence during the vigil. We bear witness to the final chapter, providing continuous companionship through the language of gentle touch and comfort to create a sanctuary of peace, ensuring your loved one is held in dignity and never alone.
Integration Support
After a loss, a family’s structure is forever changed. Our support continues by helping your family integrate this new reality through gentle, facilitated conversation. We help you honor your loved one’s memory while finding your footing together, allowing you to re-form in a new and supported way.
A Gentle Companion for the Journey
We believe life’s final chapter is a sacred and natural part of the human experience. It is a profound invitation to step away from noise and into stillness, communicating through the simple, powerful language of presence.
Rooted in this belief, our purpose is to be a steady, compassionate companion who bears witness to your journey—body and soul—and helps create a space of profound peace and dignity.
Community and Conversation
Our culture is often silent on the topic of dying, which can leave us feeling isolated in our most profound moments. We offer thoughtful gatherings and workshops designed to create a safe space to explore our questions, share our stories, and connect more deeply with life’s final chapter.
The Pillars of Our Care
Our support is built on two core principles that honor both the heart and the home.
We are here to create a sacred space for your emotional journey while also providing practical, gentle guidance to lighten your daily load.
These pillars work together to ensure you feel held and supported in every way.
Holding Sacred Space
Our primary role is to bear witness, creating a safe, non-judgmental space for your family’s experience. We listen deeply not to fix, but to understand.
By holding a calm presence for complex emotions, we offer a sanctuary where you can feel what you feel, without expectation.
Tending Your Needs
Grief and caregiving are exhausting. We help lighten your burden with practical, gentle support that anticipates your needs, from coordinating care to running small errands.
Our goal is to protect your energy so you can be fully present with your loved one.
Our Gentle Approach
Our role is to be a steady, compassionate companion, offering non-medical support tailored to the unique journey of each family. We are here to walk this path alongside you, providing a gentle presence through every stage of this sacred transition.
Emotional Support
We help you practice radical compassion during the full-body experience of grief. Our role is to be a steady presence, attuning to the unspoken language of the journey and helping you bear the unbearable with love.
Planning and Preparation
We help you look at the path ahead not with dread, but with intention. We facilitate gentle conversations to articulate your wishes, creating a plan that provides clarity and support for the entire circle of care.
Legacy Projects
A person’s greatest fear is being forgotten. We help you create intentional rituals of remembrance that honor their unique life, ensuring their story and memory are carried forward with love and meaning.
Our Offerings
We offer three levels of support, each a sacred commitment to be a steady, compassionate presence for you and your family on this journey.
Companion
$125
/hourly
For those seeking a reassuring presence for occasional, heartfelt support.
- Provides emotional, spiritual, and practical support.
- Assists with legacy projects, life review, and non-medical comfort measures.
- Offers guidance on end-of-life planning and available resources.
- Provides compassionate peer grief companionship for those navigating loss before or after a death.
- Ideal for those seeking occasional check-ins and compassionate presence.
Guided
Most Popular
$150
/hourly
For those who desire more in-depth support and coordination through the final chapter.
- Everything in Companion, plus:
- More in-depth planning and advocacy for end-of-life wishes.
- Coordination with family, caregivers, and medical teams.
- Vigil planning and presence during active dying phase if requested.
- Regular check-ins and support tailored to evolving needs.
Concierge
$300
/hourly
For families desiring the most comprehensive and seamless circle of support during this sacred time.
- Everything in Guided, plus:
- Priority, on-call availability for urgent needs.
- Fully customized support based on individual and family needs.
- Extended presence during the final days/hours.
- Coordination of holistic services (rituals, after-death care, grief support).
- Ideal for those desiring a highly involved, seamless end-of-life experience.
Gross Receipts Tax will be added to all invoices.
Guidance for the Journey
The world can feel irrevocably changed after a profound loss. These writings are here to offer a gentle hand, providing comfort and understanding for the path ahead.
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Who Stopped Coming and What a Death Doula Notices
When the visitors thin out before a death, the family loses more than company, and a death doula…
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The Family Stopped Making Plans Without Saying So
When a household stops saying we will do that next summer, it is wisdom arriving before words, and…
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The Quiet Handing Over That Death Doulas Recognize
A dying person who hands over a watch or a recipe box is not giving up, and a…
Your Story is Welcome Here
You do not have to carry this grief or navigate this journey in isolation. If having a compassionate companion to help you find your footing feels right, I am here to listen.