When a life-limiting diagnosis hits, people and their caregivers are overwhelmed by a flood of emotions, administrative tasks, and often, fear. This chaos makes it impossible to focus on a graceful death. For people facing their final journey, Sacred Journey Death Doula provides compassionate non-medical support and guidance to individuals and their caregivers through the death and dying process.
My services are tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual and family, offering assistance with end-of-life planning, emotional support, and creating lasting legacies. I work to ease stress and increase comfort by helping clients make their wishes around death clear, live their final chapter with intention, and die with grace.
Helping you live your final chapter with intention, and die with grace.
I supplement hospice or in-home care treatment by supporting individuals with a life-limiting diagnosis and their caregivers. I provide accessible support to help individuals and their caregivers navigate the often administratively challenging and emotionally draining realities before, during, and after death.
How I support clients and caregivers
Emotional & Spiritual Support
- Companionship and deep listening
- Holding space for fears, hopes, and reflections
- Honoring religious, cultural, and personal beliefs
Practical Caregiver Relief
- Respite for primary caregivers so they can rest
- Help navigating administrative and logistical realities
- Coordination alongside hospice or in-home care teams
Legacy & Life Review
- Gentle conversations to gather memories
- Help creating lasting legacies for loved ones
- Reviewing or completing advance End-of-Life wishes
Vigil & Bedside Presence
- Sitting with clients during the active dying process
- Caring presence and reassurance for the family
- Practical and emotional support before, during, and after death
Three options for deathcare services
All services are offered in person, in Northern Virginia and the DMV.
Twelve-Visit Package
Ample time for creating and/or reviewing advance End-of-Life wishes, legacy and life review, and care before, during, and after death.
Six-Visit Package
Thoughtful, focused support when the client is closer to death and time together may be limited.
Hourly Services
Bedside support and guidance for respite care or vigils, as needed.
may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back