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Services

I offer holistic, compassionate support for individuals and families navigating the end-of-life journey. Rooted in care, presence, and dignity, our services honour the unique needs of each person and community I serve. Whether you’re planning ahead, grieving a loss, or holding vigil, I move alongside you with intention and tenderness.

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Transition Support

Life is full of transitions—some we choose, and some we don’t. I support individuals and families through major life shifts, including dying, caregiving, identity transformation, and complex grief. Transition support can include:


  • Navigating anticipatory grief or a terminal diagnosis

  • Supporting chosen families and caregivers before and after a death

  • Offering companionship and practical guidance through change

  • Providing presence and stability during uncertain times

These moments can feel overwhelming or isolating. I offer care rooted in relational presence, helping people move through transition with greater clarity, dignity, and connection.

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Death Doula Services

As a death doula, I offer emotional, spiritual, and logistical support before, during, and after death. My role is to provide care that affirms who you are and what matters to you. Services can include:

 

  • Pre-death planning and companioning

  • End-of-life rituals and memory work

  • Supporting the dying person and loved ones during vigil

  • Gentle guidance through the physical, emotional, and relational aspects of dying

Whether at home, in hospital, or hospice, I provide grounded, queer-affirming care tailored to each person’s values, identity, and needs.

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End-of-Life Planning

End-of-life planning is an act of love—for yourself and your community. I help individuals explore and document their wishes in practical, accessible ways. This may include:

 

  • Creating or updating advance care directives

  • Identifying healthcare goals and values

  • Planning for body disposition, memorials, or rituals

  • Developing legacy projects, such as letters, videos, or keepsakes

This work empowers people to die on their own terms, reducing the burden on loved ones and creating clarity around care preferences.

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Legacy Photography 

Photography can be a powerful part of end-of-life and grief work. Legacy photography offers an opportunity to:

 

  • Celebrate relationships, memory, and identity

  • Create keepsakes for loved ones and future generations

  • Document chosen rituals, spaces, or quiet moments

  • Honour the presence and dignity of the person at any stage

These sessions are always led with consent, care, and reverence—whether in quiet reflection or joyful connection.

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Vigil Work

The final days and hours of life are sacred. I offer presence-based support to both the dying person and those around them. Vigil support may include:

 

  • Sitting bedside to provide quiet companionship

  • Creating a calm, intentional environment for death

  • Facilitating rituals, readings, or music

  • Supporting family and chosen kin through active dying

My presence helps reduce fear and create a sense of peace during one of life’s most intimate moments.

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Emotional Support

Grief takes many forms—anticipatory, acute, long-held, or disenfranchised. I provide space for individuals to explore grief on their own terms, without pressure to “move on” or “stay strong.” My support may involve:

 

  • Active listening and emotional witnessing

  • Meaning-making and grief mapping

  • Supporting queer and trans individuals grieving family estrangement or complex loss

  • Co-creating rituals or practices for remembrance

You don’t have to carry your sorrow alone. I’m here to walk with you through it.

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Death and Grief Education

I offer workshops, talks, and individual sessions focused on making death literacy and grief support more accessible, especially within queer and marginalized communities. Topics may include:

 

  • Understanding the dying process and what to expect

  • Navigating systems (healthcare, legal, logistical) around death

  • Reframing grief as relational, ongoing, and valid

  • Exploring historical and cultural practices around death and mourning

My approach is grounded in harm reduction, decolonial frameworks, and contemplative end-of-life care. Education is one of the most powerful tools we have to reclaim death as part of life.

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