You may have a busy life supporting and engaging with family, friends, work, and your community. You may spend hours supporting your elders as they navigate the sometimes thorny aging process. Or you may be an elder yourself, contemplating your End-of-Life desires as you become a septuagenarian or octogenarian. Or perhaps you have received a life-limiting diagnosis, and you want to get your wishes on paper.
Simple acts of planning in advance can relieve your worries, prepare you for what may lie ahead, and give you a sense of calm, knowing that you have put your wishes on paper and discussed them with your family and friends. It is a sacred gift to yourself and to your caregivers. It is worthwhile for everyone to do advanced planning, and is especially important for single parents. Adults who are only children also find relief and peace of mind by helping ensure their parent(s) have completed advanced End-of-Life planning.
Sacred Journey can help you think through and record your End-of-Life desires, before a health crisis may arrive.
What does advanced planning include?
Legal & Estate
- Ensure that you've worked with an attorney to create a last will and testament and other estate planning
- Determine who will serve as a guardian for your dependents and pets
- Discuss disposition of any sentimental items you would like to pass on, and to whom
Medical & Care
- Select someone to make healthcare decisions for you if you ever are unable to make them
- Complete advance medical directives, including a living will, that outline your preferences for life sustaining measures
- Consider and document your wishes around comfort, care, and visits during the dying process
Personal & Practical
- Gather your key important documents and biographical information in one place, including passwords for accounts
- And much more
Legacy & Remembrance
- Think through what you may want to create, or have help creating, for your legacy
- Outline wishes for how you'd like to be remembered when people gather to celebrate your life
When is a good time to do End-of-Life planning?
It's important to have your wishes written down and shared if you are a parent and as you enter middle age. Some people choose to do the process in their 20s or 30s due to health issues or if they've accompanied a loved one who died young without their wishes known.
"How we live is how we die."
What to expect
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Reach out
Send a message or give me a call to share what's on your mind.
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Free consultation
We meet for a no-pressure conversation to see if it's a good fit.
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Working sessions
One or two sessions, in person or virtually, to walk through your wishes.
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Documents in hand
You leave with completed directives and clarity to share with loved ones.
How long does it take, and how much does it cost?
Advance Medical Directives
Includes choosing a healthcare agent and outlining your life sustaining preferences.
Comprehensive Wishes
For dependent care, important documents, possessions, the dying process, care for your body after death, legacy, and memorial services.
Clients can opt to do one or both components; it takes 3 hours to do both.
EOLP can be done in person or virtually.
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