Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative

Details

The Labyrinth of the Heart Center, LLC was created to support families going through pregnancy and infant loss and grief in order to honor our dead and our journeys with them in unity and love. Classes are offered to support families by learning appropriate communication skills around death, using ritual and creative arts for healing, and strengthening networks and communities. Writing classes are offered to individuals who are seeking a modality to express grief and honor loved ones. Motherhood includes all of our losses at the Center. We honor each other through compassion, and work with the ancestors who have also lost pregnancies and babies from the beginning of humanity. All are welcome at our table.

Dianna’s pregnancy with her daughter, Mary Rose, who died an hour after birth of trisomy 18, changed her life completely. Dianna wishes to change the cultural fear of death and social awkwardness around the bereaved by educating others to be present and open to the natural process of death. Miscarriage rates and infant death rates are high in our country, yet little support is available to families over the years.

She has written a poetry collection and novel and is in the process of seeking publication for both manuscripts. Find her poems, short fiction and essays online and on her YouTube channel.

My baby is dead. For five months of my pregnancy I knew that my daughter, Mary Rose, would die, though I did not know when she would die. What surprises me most is that I am alive. I am alive after the heartache of knowing about her condition, alive after holding her still body in my arms moments after her birth. Afterpains came with empty arms, as did my baby’s milk. Those months of pregnancy with the knowledge that our baby had trisomy 18 felt like a million years of sadness. . . During my pregnancy I did not find much to comfort me. I am writing the book that I wish I could have read when I was pregnant with my daughter. . .
I see life as spiritual path. I can only make sense of Mary Rose’s life if I look at it from a distance. I put myself in the context of my grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Women have been burying their children since the beginning of time. I am one woman who has walked this searing path of pain. Yet somewhere inside our hearts we have the strength to carry on, not to move on, as some would want us to do. We can continue our lives taking our babies with us. Our arms are empty, but our hearts are full. The love we have for our children, living or dead, grows. I do not believe in a final good-bye.
Excerpt from Walking the Labyrinth of My Heart: A Journey of Pregnancy, Grief and Newborn Death ©2016 White Flowers Press

Dianna is a writer, teacher, workshop facilitator and finder of joy. Join her on a journey of joyous grief.

Classes

Walking Through Pregnancy and Infant Loss – https://www.diannavagianos.com/infant-pregnancy-loss

Holding our Loved Ones who Died during the Holiday Season – https://www.diannavagianos.com/bookings-checkout/holiday-retreat-and-writing-class

Joyous Grief: Finding Beauty and Hope in a Broken World – https://www.diannavagianos.com/bookings-checkout/joyous-grief-1

The Mothership: Navigating the Complexities of Motherhood through Writing – https://www.diannavagianos.com/bookings-checkout/the-mothership-1

Writing in the Garden: Meditations on the Natural World – https://www.diannavagianos.com/bookings-checkout/writing-in-the-garden-1

Consulting

Grief – https://www.diannavagianos.com/product-page/grief-consulting

Intuitive – https://www.diannavagianos.com/product-page/90-min-intuitive-consulting

Skipton Reynolds

Phone: 720-440-2774Email: vasb@fxvcgbaynj.pbzWebsite: skiptonlaw.comCEOLC Member Profile: Skipton Law LLC

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Communication Mediation, Legal End-of-Life Services, Speakers Bureau

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Communication Mediation, Legal End-of-Life Services, Speakers Bureau

Vanessa Johnston

Location: Denver, Littleton, Highlands Ranch Colorado 80129 Phone: (303) 241-3396Email: rbyqbhynqraire@tznvy.pbzWebsite: DenverEOLDoula.comCEOLC Member Profile: Vanessa Johnston

Categories: Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Other Therapies, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Categories of Service Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Other Therapies, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Dear Departures

Contact Name: Tawnya Musser, Founder

Location: Serving the Front Range PO Box 472462 Aurora CO 80047 Business Phone: 719-430-5272Email: gnjaln@qrneqrcnegherf.pbzWebsite: DearDepartures.com

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Education/Training, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Living Funerals, Memorial Services, Officiant/Minister, Pregnancy/Infant Loss Support

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Education/Training, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Living Funerals, Memorial Services, Officiant/Minister, Pregnancy/Infant Loss Support

Details

Tawnya is a Home Funeral Guide, Life-Cycle Celebrant & Grief Companion. She offers home funeral education and support, custom ceremonies across the life-cycle with an emphasis in death and dying, and bereavement support.

Home funerals are when the bereaved choose to tend to the decedent themselves and/or hold a home vigil/viewing/wake with the decedent in the privacy of their own home or space. Home funerals are legal in all fifty states. See Dear Departures’ FAQ page for more information.

As a Life-Cycle Celebrant specializing in funerals, memorials, celebrations-of-life, graveside services, ash-scatterings, pregnancy and infant loss ceremonies, memorial dedications, virtual ceremonies, and more, Tawnya is strongly suited to tell authentic stories.

Living funerals are events where, when someone is nearing the end-of-life, they become the guest of honor at their own exit-party! More and more people are coming around the idea that, rather than have everyone sit around and tell stories about how great you were after you’re gone, it’s a much richer experience to be a part of that conversation while you’re still alive!

She strives to convey legacies with candor, tact, and grace.

Living Funerals are also an opportunity for the dying person to share with others what an impact those people have made on their life.

She offers ceremonies for those whose relationship with the dead was complicated, especially when trauma is a part the survivors’ past with the dead. It is critical to acknowledge the gravity of the situation in a way that gives voice to the survivors’ pain, by staying true to the narrative. Humans are fallible, after all.

“Do-over” memorials are for those who either never had a meaningful memorial for a loved one at all, or, if the one they did have was unsatisfactory. Whether your loved one has been gone for a year, or a decade, it’s never too late to create a meaningful tribute. This process can be therapeutic, especially as it relates to our past culture around miscarriages and/or infant deaths that weren’t given the acknowledgment that they deserved.

Tawnya also offers guidance in eulogy writing, as well as in crafting your own obituary! Obituaries don’t have to be simple timelines of events. They can be fun, witty, reverent, and lush! One need not be dying to start writing an obituary. Getting a head start means that when the inevitable happens, (be it tomorrow or years from now,) the things that are important to YOU about your life’s story have been highlighted!

Additionally, she offers pet-honoring ceremonies before, during, or after a pet death.

She’s even crafted send-offs for non-living beloveds, like vehicles lost to accidents, and homes lost to fire.

The sky is the limit in how we acknowledge and honor our grief!

TESTIMONIALS

“The event was beautiful! Tawnya over delivered! I got numerous compliments from attendees. I felt her compassion and empathy from beginning to end. She had great attention to detail. All of this taken together will ensure that I recommend her to someone else.” -Janet C., Memorial Client

“Tawnya was very personable. Her expertise made the service extra special. I wouldn’t change a thing.” -Agaitha B. Memorial Client

EDUCATION & AFFILIATIONS

Life-Cycle Celebrant Certificate, Specializing in Funerals, Celebrant Foundation & Institute
Bereaved Sibling Support Group Facilitator
Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss Certificate (plus the advanced course), Institute of Birth Breath & Death
Sacred Passage Guide Certificate, Conscious Dying Institute
Board of Directors, National Home Funeral Alliance (NHFA)
National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) Member
Denver Hospice Volunteer
Shifting Deathcare: Tool for a New Paradigm, Going With Grace
Trauma Informed Death Work, Narinder Bazen
Bachelors of Science in Human Services/Counseling & Mental Health, Metro State College of Denver

Feldman Mortuary

Director of Pre-PlanningContact Name: Jamie Sarche

Location: 1673 York Denver Colorado 80206 Location: Colorado Phone: 303-322-7764Email: wnzvr@sryqznazbeghnel.pbzWebsite: Feldman Mortuary

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Education/Training, Living Funerals, Memorial Services, Water Cremation

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Education/Training, Living Funerals, Memorial Services, Water Cremation

Sara E. Stewart

Phone: 720-593-9361Email: mrashyfbyhgvbaf@tznvy.pbzWebsite: Zenful LifeCEOLC Member Profile: Sara E. Stewart

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Living Funerals, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Memorial Services, Notary Public, Officiant/Minister, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Support for Caregivers, Urns and/or Caskets, Vigil Planning, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Living Funerals, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Memorial Services, Notary Public, Officiant/Minister, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Support for Caregivers, Urns and/or Caskets, Vigil Planning, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

Kerry Arquette

End-of-Life Midwife, CEOLC Secretary and Co-FounderEnd of Life MidwifeCertified by The Conscious Dying Institute, Denver Hospice

Location: Denver area Fairplay & surrounding Colorado United StatesEmail: qrnguzvqjvsr.nedhrggr@tznvy.pbzWebsite: End of Life Midwife

Categories: Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Living Funerals, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Memorial Services, Memorials, Planning/Legal, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Sara E. Stewart

End-of-Life Doula, Yoga Teacher, Meditation Guide & OfficiantZenful Life Living, LLCEnergy Worker, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach

Location: Denver Metro/south through Parker Denver Colorado 80224 Phone: 720-593-9361Email: mrashyfbyhgvbaf@tznvy.pbzWebsite: Zenful Life

Details

It is simple… what do you do to live YOUR best life? Regardless of any condition or diagnoses, are you living the fullness of your true authentic self? As an EOLD, I provide an Advocate to allow an individual to transition consciously with dignity. My duty is to provide choices and non-medical support to create plans and actions to provide inner peace in the eye of a storm. It is a remarkably interesting dichotomy to be happy or content, until the very last breath.

There is not a person on the planet that does not have some sort of individual struggle. I’m a divorcee, single parent, Gen-Xer, who survived a stroke in my 40’s. I had to rehabilitate and reinvent myself and figure out how I was going to utilize the additional time that was provided to me. We are not given a playbook that guarantees our paths in life, and we will not escape our own passing, death or homegoing. When given the chance though, we are allowed choices before and in our time of transition.

I am Sara E. Stewart, an End-of-Life Doula, Notary, Insurance Agent, Certified Yoga Teacher and Meditation Guide, Officiant, Health Coach and Energy Worker. I am not a particularly religious person. I am a person of faith and I have woven the Buddhist principles of the Four Nobles Truths and the Eightfold Path into my life. I am here to help you tackle the topics that make life and death challenging and advocate for you. Allow me to hold space for your questions, joy, sadness, confusion, peace, grief, mourning, contentment, etc. I welcome your conversation.

My philosophy is to, “Define your NO to get to your YES.” If you can get all your “NO” out of the way, you will allow space for the “YES”. I feel that ultimately, getting to “YES” is how we live our best lives… despite our situations.

What brought me to Doula work:

In retrospect, there were several events in my life that directed me to end-of-life care. My undergraduate degree is in Speech and Debate. In the late 1990’s, I was a hospice volunteer. In 2001, I completed a post-baccalaureate program in Legal Studies and became Ordained. My fitness business was destroyed during the 2020 pandemic and I paid close attention to the devastating tolls inflicted on families. Greater conversations were had about the inequality and inequity in health care. My family members and I updated our advance planning documents, including Wills. I started researching the number of people that do not prepare written documents for their end-of-life and decided to combine planning and advocacy with direct care to start a new, next step in my life. I selected the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine End-of-Life Doula Professional program. I considered the heart-centered and practical work combined with the medical knowledge gained with the completion.

Services offered:

Advanced Planning
Notary Public
Restorative or Supportive Yoga
Chair Fitness
Meditation
Energy Work
Officiant
Accompaniment to medical appointments
Organization
Light house cleaning
Making a Memory Book/ Life Reflection/ Legacy Projects
Complete errands
Living Wake/Celebration of Life/Living Funeral/Memorial Service
Prepare meals
Companionship and/or conversation
Aromatherapy
Cannabis Advocacy
Non-medical Advocacy
Emotional and Spiritual Care/Support
Urns
Non-Denominational Weddings
Sitting Vigil

Education, Training, Certifications, Professional Experience, etc:

University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate
Breathe for Change Yoga/Meditation Teacher Yoga Alliance approves Certificate
Institute of Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Certificate
Hospice Volunteer Training
Roosevelt University Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies Certificate
Northeastern Illinois University B.A. Speech and Debate
Kishwaukee College A.A. Business Administration

Marisa Rose Verrier

Companion-Animal End-of-Life Doula, CEOLC Treasurer and Co-FounderSacred Soul Passages LLC

Location: Denver and the surrounding area Colorado United StatesEmail: znevfn.ireevre@lnubb.pbz

Categories: Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, Intuitive Animal Communication, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Living Funerals, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Pet Hospice, Pet Respite, Reiki for Ill and Dying Pets, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance

Categories of Service Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, Intuitive Animal Communication, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Living Funerals, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Pet Hospice, Pet Respite, Reiki for Ill and Dying Pets, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance

Details

My passion is being of service to others. My journey began in a classroom setting in the Pacific Northwest, working with Severely Emotionally Disturbed children for 15 years. I took those skills with me when I moved to Los Angeles, and organized, coordinated and managed the High Noon Western Americana Antique Show and Auction, held in AZ. One of the biggest components of my job was accommodating the needs of others. In this scenario, it was special clients, including famous artists, authors, celebrities, film actors, the elite and their entourage. Though this world was fast-paced and exciting, I believed that I had a higher calling.

Those majestic Rocky Mountains pulled me back to my beloved Colorado, where I began a path of spiritual work, which included becoming an Intuitive Energy Healer, an Angelic Reiki Master, a Spiritual Counselor, Interfaith Minister, Meditation Teacher and Medium.

Through my healing work and mediumship, I found that I could help my clients to overcome their worst fears, including their fear of death. This led me to explore my own inner work around death, and the calling to be of service to others at the end of life.

Being present with a family and their dying pet is a benevolent and humbling experience. It is my honor to hold space for animals as they journey towards the rainbow bridge.

Pets are irreplaceable members of our family, and as such, their death can hurt very deeply. As a Companion-Animal End-of-Life Doula, I provide compassionate, in-home care and hospice support for senior pets, as well as those with chronic or terminal illness, and holistic and spiritual support for their human family.

I believe all life is Sacred, and in the circle of life, the end of life can be as beautiful as the beginning. I am also an LGBTQIA+ ally and advocate.

I offer the following benevolent services:

Pet Respite Care, Pet Hospice Care, Intuitive Animal Communication
Reiki for pets and their human companions (in-person or distance)
Create a peaceful environment
Spiritual Guidance
Sit Vigil / Hold Space
Explore home funeral & burial options
Co-create any or all of the following:
- Life Review: Pet Remembrance Journal
- Memorial Altar
- Family Rituals
- Grounding & Meditation
- Grief Support Circle
- Living Funeral
- Crossing-over Ceremony
- Celebration of Life

Qualifications:

Pet Hospice & Death Doula Training 2020, Advanced Death Doula Training 2020, Death Doula Masterclass 2018, Animal Communication & Advanced Concepts of Inter-species Connection; Angelic Reiki Master, Spiritual Counselor, Interfaith Minister, Animal Intuitive & Spirit Medium.

Kerry Arquette

Location: Denver Area Fairplay & surrounding area Colorado United StatesEmail: qrnguzvqjvsr.nedhrggr@tznvy.pbzWebsite: End of Life MidwifeCEOLC Member Profile: Kerry Arquette

Categories: Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Living Funerals, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Memorial Services, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Categories of Service Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Living Funerals, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Memorial Services, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Rocky Mountain Life-Cycle Celebrants

Celebrant Foundation & InstituteContact Name: Ben Martin

Location: Denver Colorado United StatesEmail: Ora@rffragvnyprerzbavrf.pbzWebsite: RockyMountainCelebrant.com

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Ceremonies/Rituals

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Ceremonies/Rituals

Jill Mollenhauer

End-of-Life DoulaJill Mollenhauer, End-of-Life Doula

Location: Fort Collins Colorado 80526 Phone: 970-215-7759Email: vasb@wvyy-zbyyraunhre.pbzWebsite: Jill Mollenhauer, End-of-Life Doula

Categories: Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Support for Caregivers

Categories of Service Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Support for Caregivers

4 Winds / 5 Elements Counseling and Healing Arts, LLC

Contact Name: Janet Reichart, LCSW

Location: 2201 Kipling Street, Suite 204 Lakewood Colorado 80215 Business Phone: 720-520-2762Email: w.ervpunegypfj@4jvaqf5ryrzragf.pbzWebsite: 4 Winds / 5 Elements Counseling & Healing Arts

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Companioning for Dying Person, Counseling (Licensed), Directories, EMDR (Licensed Counselor), Grief and Bereavement Support, Reiki/Energy Work, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Companioning for Dying Person, Counseling (Licensed), Directories, EMDR (Licensed Counselor), Grief and Bereavement Support, Reiki/Energy Work, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies

Jamie Sarche

Phone: 303-322-7764Email: wnzvr@sryqznazbeghnel.pbzWebsite: FeldmanMortuary.comCEOLC Member Profile: Feldman Mortuary

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Education/Training, Funerals, Living Funerals, Memorial Services, Water Cremation

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Education/Training, Funerals, Living Funerals, Memorial Services, Water Cremation

Sigrid Swerdlin

End-of-Life DoulaSunset Doula LLC

Location: Denver Colorado 80209 Mobile Phone: 720-548-0021Email: fhafrgqbhyn@lnubb.pbz

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Eldercare Consulting, End-of-Life Doula Services, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Online/Multimedia End-of-Life Services, Respite for Caregivers

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Eldercare Consulting, End-of-Life Doula Services, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Online/Multimedia End-of-Life Services, Respite for Caregivers

Cindy Kaufman

Location: Metro Denver West of I-25 corridor Golden & surrounding foothills Colorado 80401 Phone: (720) 989-1929Other Phone: (303) 908-6121Email: pvaql@urnegfcrnx2h.pbzWebsite: HeartSpeak End of Life CompanioningCEOLC Member Profile: Cindy Kaufman

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Home Funerals, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Memorial Services, Officiant/Minister, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Valerie Nicholas

End-of-Life Doula, CEOLC First Vice-President & Co-FounderGifts of Life CeremoniesINELDA-trained End-of-Life Doula; Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant

Location: Metro Denver and the Surrounding Area Colorado 80033 United StatesPhone: (970) 682-4416Email: Inyrevr@TvsgfbsYvsrPrerzbavrf.pbzWebsite: Gifts of Life Ceremonies

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, Legacy Projects, Life Review, Living Funerals, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Memorial Services, Other Therapies, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Details

My professional “calling” is to create End of Life Tributes/ Celebrations for the dying. Also known as “Living Funerals”. Living funerals offer a unique opportunity for not only the guest of honor to share life stories, but for others to share stories, thoughts, quotes, poems about how the guest of honor has impacted their life. Tributes can be intimate or large and held at any type of venue.

I interview the guest of honor and any family/ friends they desire to be present. I compile my notes into a professionally crafted ceremony to include wonderful stories, poems, quotes, music, etc. The guest of honor has the final approval of the celebration. I then officiate the celebration and provide a beautiful ceremony keepsake.

Other examples of legacy projects include: audio/ video interviews, letters, memory boxes/books, mementos, seasonal: holidays, ornaments, memorial gardens, anniversaries etc.

I am also a member of Rocky Mountain Life-Cycle Celebrants, a collective of celebrants certified by the Celebrant Foundation & Institute.

My services include, but are not limited to, the following:

Advance Care Planning
Celebrations of Life
Funerals
Grief and Bereavement
Guided Meditation
Home Funerals
Legacy Projects
Life Review
Living Funerals
Memorial Services
Other: Essential Oils
Reiki/Energy Work
Spiritual Guidance
Support for Caregiver
Vigil Planning

Education & Training:

Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant, Memorial Celebrant, Healing & Transitions Celebrant (Celebrant Foundation & Institute)
Certified Advanced Care Planning Guide (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus/ Denver Hospice)
Trained End-of-Life Doula (INELDA)
Hospice Volunteer (Denver Hospice)
Neighbor to Neighbor Volunteer (Senior Resource Center)
Certified Second Degree Reiki Practitioner (Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki, S.W. Denver Reiki)
Certified Essential Oil Coach (AADP)
Spiritual Practitioner Student (Centers for Spiritual Living)
Bachelor’s Degree: Exercise Science/ Gerontology (Metropolitan State University in Denver)

Chun Hwa LLC

Contact Name: Crispin Sargent

Phone: (303) 588-6350Email: pevfcva@puhaujnraretl.pbzWebsite: ChunHwaEnergy.com

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Communication Mediation, Other Therapies, Yoga, Grief

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Communication Mediation, Other Therapies, Yoga, Grief

Sara Aumann

End of Life Doula & Intuitive Energy Worker3 Healing Gateways

Location: Englewood CO 80113 Phone: 630-200-5792Email: 3urnyvattngrjnlf@tznvy.pbzWebsite: 3 Healing Gateways

Categories: Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Crystal Work, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, Yoga, Grief

Categories of Service Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Crystal Work, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, Yoga, Grief

Details

My story of becoming an end of life doula was deeply painful, life altering and profound. My first memory of being with death is 1987 when my grandma Jeanne was dying at home in the living room. I would go sit on her hospital bed stroke her thinning hair and sing to her… I was 3 years old. This was a foreshadowing of a much harder time to come in 2016 when I lost 2 brothers, my father, grandfather and a pregnancy. I believe significant loss in your 20’s – 30’s in unique and I am here to guide you through that.

I have a gift of arranging space, transmuting and clearing energy, and an intuitive knowing of what’s needed in the final days. I consider it an honor to be in and hold this space for families. It is such an emotional time and often once their is diagnosis we don’t take the time to really understand and create a space for our loved ones to leave this world.

I offer end of life doula services which can include life review and meaning interviews, planning and sitting vigil for your final days, the creation of legacy projects and early grief re-processing. I believe grief belongs in community and for this I offer on-going monthly grief circles, grief cafes and in-person gatherings. Head over to my website for current offerings.

I am trained by the International End of Life Doula Association. I’m certified Reiki II and have completed several other trainings for my own personal development that round out my offerings….studying loving kindness meditation with monks, Landmark Worldwide curriculum for living, mediumship and empowered wisdom, outlaw yoga, essential oils, oracle and tarot cards and crystal use. Last but not least, I’m a LGBTQIA+ ally and advocate.

Interesting facts about me: I have visited 53 countries on 6 continents, lived in China, Australia, France and Germany. I’ve sang in many bands, taught skiing in Vail, guided white water in the Glenwood Canyon, and now own a home in Englewood, CO named Walter that I am gently healing over time using permaculture principles. I offer this space on airbnb.

Sara Aumann

Phone: 630-200-5792Email: 3urnyvattngrjnlf@tznvy.pbzWebsite: 3 Healing GatewaysCEOLC Member Profile: Sara Aumann

Categories: Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Crystal Work, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Vigil Planning, Yoga, Grief

Categories of Service Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Crystal Work, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Vigil Planning, Yoga, Grief

Dianna Vagianos Armentrout

Email: qvnaan@qvnaanintvnabf.pbzWebsite: Labyrinth of the Heart Center, LLCCEOLC Member Profile: Dianna Vagianos Armentrout

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Education/Training, Grief and Bereavement Support, Pregnancy/Infant Loss Support, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Education/Training, Grief and Bereavement Support, Pregnancy/Infant Loss Support, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance

Vanessa Johnston

End-of-Life Doula, Co-Founder and Second Vice-President, MembershipDenver EOL DoulaInternational End-of-Life Doula Association (INELDA)

Phone: (303) 241-3396Email: rbyqbhynqraire@tznvy.pbzEmail: inarffn@pbrbypbyynobengvir.betWebsite: DenverEOLDoula.comCEOLC Member Profile: Vanessa Johnston

Categories: Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Other Therapies, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Categories of Service Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Other Therapies, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Cindy Kaufman

End-of-Life Doula, CEOLC President and Co-FounderHeartSpeak End-of-Life Companioning LLCCertified End-of-Life Doula, INELDA (International End-of-Life Doula Association)

Location: Metro Denver West of I-25 corridor Golden & surrounding foothills Colorado 80401 United StatesPhone: (720) 989-1929Other Phone: (303) 908-6121Email: pvaql@urnegfcrnx2h.pbzWebsite: HeartSpeak End of Life Companioning

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Education/Training, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Home Funerals, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Guided, Memorial Services, Memorials, Officiant/Minister, Planning/Legal, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

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Receiving the diagnosis of a terminal illness can leave a person feeling a complete loss of control over their life and their choices. When that person will die, and what symptoms they will experience, are determined by the disease or illness they have. In my work as an End-of-Life Doula, I offer my clients a sense of personal empowerment in planning for their final days and hours of life that will reflect their wishes and choices when they are no longer able to choose these for themselves. I can become an advocate to assure these plans are carried out as fully as possible, serve as a compassionate companion for their final journey, and honor their personal visions for dying well. I can also support their loved ones through this time, offering assistance unique to their circumstances. I hope to inspire others to see death as a natural transition with its own innate gifts and beauty, rather than something to be feared and avoided.

My mission is to be a compassionate companion on life’s final journey. With a calm and loving presence, I advocate for the dying person and his/her personal choices about End-of-Life decisions and care, as well as providing much-needed support for the loved ones. Having more than 30 years of experience as a hospice volunteer, along with a background in counseling and gerontology, and now as a Certified End-of-Life Doula, I feel this work is my calling. I am honored to share in this sacred space with my clients. Additionally, I am an ordained interfaith minister, trained in home funerals, and can offer guidance on green burials. I am also an LGBTQIA+ ally and advocate.

My services include, but are not limited to, the following:

Advance Care Planning Facilitator (Certified by Respecting Choices®)
Compassionate companioning for the dying person, as well as respite and support for the caregiver(s)
Guided meditation – help for anxiety and pain relief
Life review – finding meaning in a life lived
Legacy projects – leaving a creative gift, letters, or other legacy project for loved ones
Vigil planning – assisting in the design of a personal plan for the final days and hours of life
Sitting vigil – being at the bedside, holding space, in the final days and hours of life
Guiding the transition process from life to death and into grief and bereavement
Serving as a Home Funeral Guide to help those who want to return to a more traditional, sacred way of caring for our deceased loved ones
Designing, developing and officiating ceremonies including funerals, memorials, life celebrations, weddings, commitment ceremonies and house blessings
Providing support and guidance for both MAiD (Medical Aid in Dying) and VSED (Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking)

Maggie Gannon

Phone: 720-441-2941Email: Znttvr@ZlYvivatBovghnel.pbzWebsite: MyLivingObituaryCEOLC Member Profile: My Living Obituary

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Online/Multimedia End-of-Life Services, Other Therapies, Speakers Bureau

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Online/Multimedia End-of-Life Services, Other Therapies, Speakers Bureau

Grief Recovery with Laurie

Contact Name: Laurie Freeman

Location: 5401 South Prince St #105 Littleton Colorado 80120 Phone: 720-841-4137Email: ynhevr@tevrserpbireljvguynhevr.pbz

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Website: GriefRecoverywithLaurie.com

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Suicide Loss Survivor Support, Support for Caregivers

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Suicide Loss Survivor Support, Support for Caregivers

My Living Obituary

Contact Name: Maggie Gannon

Business Phone: 720-441-2941Email: Znttvr@ZlYvivatBovghnel.pbzWebsite: MyLivingObituaryWebsite: MyLivingObituary About UsWebsite: For Palliative Care & Hospice

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Online/Multimedia End-of-Life Services, Other Therapies, Speakers Bureau

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About Us

We are on a mission to improve the quality of all our lives by changing the way the world thinks about death.

Our story begins in 2020 after a sudden cancer diagnosis. Even though we had always acknowledged death is part of life, we were not prepared for its abrupt possibility of it in our own. We quickly realized a last will & testament, important parts of end-of-life planning, do not complete a legacy. There is so much more we could do to memorialize our extraordinary lives. This sounds like an easy problem to solve, but how?

With no direct solution available we were inspired into action & formed a compassionate team of two software engineers, a sales executive, and an advanced practice nurse. Together, we developed an affordable end-of-life planning technology based in clinical research, to help people sick or healthy capture and preserve their legacy through storytelling, gaining appreciation and acceptance of who they are and the life they are living.

As founders with our own history of loss and death, we consider it a privilege to help everyone plan for a good death through legacy building. That’s why we founded MyLivingObituary.com- to improve the quality of all our lives by helping people take control of life’s final act. This way extraordinary and meaningful lives will not fade away but will live on in the hearts and minds of everyone who is loved.

Helping You Help Other’s Prepare For a Good Death

Digital Legacy Therapy for Advance Care Planning For Palliative Care & Hospice
- Our platform is utilized as an end-of-life advance care planning tool based in clinical research for Palliative Care, Hospice & Death Doulas. The platform integrates Legacy/Dignity Therapy into the palliative care timeline as a drug free intervention that positively influences quality of life, patient and family experience. My Living Obituary – Palliative Care and Hospice
Digital Legacy Resource for Funeral Pre-Planning Resource
- We assist pre-planners help their clients plan for a good death through legacy building, with a self-written obituary and ethical will living legacy letters. On our platform users perform a life review and create a permanent document in the form of a self-written obituary and living legacy letters to share with their family and friends now and after death.
Digital Legacy Planning for Senior Living Communities & Estate Attorneys
- Our platform assists senior living communities proactively increase quality of life of its residents with end-of-life legacy planning by helping plan for a good death, while improving quality of care at end of life.

HeartLight Center

Contact Name: Jenn Flaum, LCSW MBA

Location: 11150 E Dartmouth Ave Aurora Colorado 80014 Phone: 720-748-9908Email: vasb@urnegyvtugpragre.betWebsite: HeartLight Center

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Grief and Bereavement Support

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Grief and Bereavement Support

Tawnya Musser

Phone: 719-430-5272Email: gnjaln@qrneqrcnegherf.pbzWebsite: DearDepartures.comCEOLC Member Profile: Dear Departures

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Companioning for Dying Person, Education/Training, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Living Funerals, Memorial Services, Officiant/Minister, Pregnancy/Infant Loss Support

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Companioning for Dying Person, Education/Training, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Living Funerals, Memorial Services, Officiant/Minister, Pregnancy/Infant Loss Support

Skipton Law, LLC

Contact Name: Skipton Reynolds

Location: 2 Inverness Dr E, Suite 102 Englewood CO 80112 Phone: 720-440-2774Email: vasb@fxvcgbaynj.pbzWebsite: Skipton Law, LLC

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Communication Mediation, Legal End-of-Life Services

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Communication Mediation, Legal End-of-Life Services