Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative

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, Other Therapies, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

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

Janet Reichart, LCSW

End-of-Life Doula4 Winds/5 Elements Counseling & Healing Arts

Location: Lakewood Colorado 80215 Phone: 720-520-2762Email: w.ervpunegypfj@4jvaqf5ryrzragf.pbz

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Website: 4Winds5Elements.com

Categories: Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Life Review, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Categories of Service Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Life Review, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Valerie Baker-Easley

Gentle Journeys, LLC

Location: Northern Colorado Loveland Colorado Email: inyrevr4@tznvy.pbz

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Life Review, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Life Review, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Labyrinth of the Heart Center, LLC

Contact Name: Dianna Vagianos Armentrout

Location: P.O. Box 621076 Littleton Colorado 80127 United StatesEmail: qvnaan@qvnaanintvnabf.pbzWebsite: Website and Blog

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

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

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

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

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, Memorial Services, Memorials, Planning/Legal, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Valerie Nicholas

End-of-Life Doula, CEOLC 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: 303-489-4110Email: Inyrevr@TvsgfbsYvsrPrerzbavrf.pbz

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Website: 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, 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)

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

Details

We specialize in Estate Planning & Elder Law. We are a member of Lawyers with Purpose. A national organization for attorneys practicing in estate planning, elder law, Medicaid planning, asset protection & Special Needs planning.

Why I Do What I Do

I believe that Estate Planning is here to give you control over who is in charge of taking care of you and control over how you take care of your family after you are gone. Without proper planning you can lose control and your family will not be able to take care of you as easily, or you will not leave your estate for the benefit of your family according to your wishes.

I had an experience in my own family where during a crisis, we lost control over where my grandmother was going to receive care. This caused my grandparents in their last years to be separated by a long distance after more than 60 years of marriage. I believe that my grandparents have drawn me into the field of estate planning and elder law to affect the lives of my clients so that they can have a different experience at the end of their lives than my grandparents did.

I place a special emphasis on protecting the assets of aging loved ones and educating families about complicated laws and the best options available to them. I am passionate about helping others preserve their money, avoid probate, and achieve lifetime estate planning goals.

I started my post-law school career working for a large financial company helping financial planners with advanced estate planning and tax planning. I utilize this financial services experience to bring a different perspective to my estate planning and elder law clients. My number one priority is to educate and empower clients to make the best decision for them and their family; there is no one way to do things. I strive to give clients options and let them choose which direction they want to go.

I like to say, “If you don’t ask yourself the right questions, you never get the right answer for you and your family.”

Skip was born and raised Aurora, Colorado, graduating from Smoky Hill High School. He graduated from the University of Kansas after being on the swimming team there for four years. Skip has an MBA and his law degree from the University of Wyoming. Skip is married to Erin and they have two vibrant young boys Braden and Kade.

Kerri Lynne L’Etoile

End of Life Doula, Funeral DirectorFeathers Appear L.L.C.Degree in Mortuary Science, Certified Death Doula, Funeral Director

Location: PO Box 203 Louviers CO 80131 Phone: 720-935-1935Email: xreev.srnguref@tznvy.pbzSkype: https://join.skype.com/invite/bec2mi5L3exbWebsite: Feathers Appear

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Celebration of Life, Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Health Care/Medical Services, Living Funerals, Memorials, Notary Public, Reverent Body Care, Support/Advocacy

Details

My mission is to be the consistent advocate for your family. I will honor the dignity of your family and abide by the values that at so sacred to you. My steady presence and guidance is something I hope will bring you peace and comfort as we navigate this together.

My name is Kerri L’Etoile and this work has been a dream of mine for many years, I am from Cape Cod Massachusetts, where I began a career in healthcare spanning 25+ years. During this time I was privileged to work with some of the most incredible and talented people. My experience included rehabilitation and assisted living facilities, emergency room, obgyn, pain management and oncology. Working for the Cape Cod Hospital for more than 13 years gave me opportunity for the experience and education that I now have and use every day. I made the big decision to move to Colorado in 2015. Moving so far from home and family was a massive change for me. For the fist couple of years, I felt I was a little lost. In that time frame, my father passed away from a short illness with bile duct cancer. I knew I needed to find my calling, something to make a difference. After some thought, I decided to return to my family roots and study Mortuary Science. I come from a family of Undertakers going back to the 1940’s. My Great Grandfather owned, operated and lived in our family funeral home. This prompted me to look for a way to dig deeper into that passion I’ve always had. I enrolled in the Mortuary Science program at Arapaho Community College. Finishing the program in two and half years, proudly making the Deans list each semester. Shortly after completion of the program, I became a Funeral Director. After four years of what I considered an amazing fit for me, I realized I needed to do more for families. I knew families needed me to help them along this path that can be scary and uncertain. I wanted to work even closer with families and do it in the ways I knew they needed…Guiding families to face loss with less fear and more love.

With the education and experience I have, I can offer families help in so many different ways. I will be available to families short or long term to guide with the imminent passing of a loved one. Families will know I am there for them when they need me to sit vigil, answer questions and help navigate next steps. I having extensive training in ritual bathing and dressing loved ones, many different religious ceremonies, spiritual work and honesty, knowing to hear families when they know what is needed for their level of comfort.

I am versed on Colorado laws in reference to cremation and burials. I have the knowledge to help with paperwork that is needed for each and the dynamics of family that is coupled with this. I am also a Certified Notary in the state of Colorado. This can be helpful for some families regarding final disposition planning.

I am passionate about family taking care of family. I want it to be known that is is ok to be as close as you are comfortable during these times. I believe in the power of music, talking to our loved ones and being surrounded by peace and comfort.

I look forward to adding cremation jewelry and keepsakes for families in the future. Another addition is prayer cards and service folders. Please ask about these items as I am more than happy to provide these, along with slideshows.

Some of my professional qualifications.

Degree in Mortuary Science
Certified Death Doula
Funeral Director
Emergency Room
Pain Management
Diagnostics/ EKG
OBGYN
Death and Dying
Mortuary Hair and cosmetics
Elderly/Palliative care
Living Funerals for terminally ill
Vigils
Life Story of loved one incorporated into funeral services

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know.

Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

Helen Keller

Christine Pollock

Sacred Passage End of Life Doula, Holistic Energy PractitionerDurango End-of-Life Doulas

Location: Serving Durango and the Four Corners Region including Bayfield, Mancos Durango Colorado 81301 Phone: 303 582-5828Email: puevfgvar@qhenatbraqbsyvsrqbhynf.pbzWebsite: Durango End of Life Doulas

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Crystal Work, Directories, Education/Training, End-of-Life Doula Services, Green Burial, Life Review, MAiD Support, Massage Therapy (Licensed), Meditation/Visualization, Memorials, Other Therapies, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Reverent Body Care, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vibrational Sound Healing, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Crystal Work, Directories, Education/Training, End-of-Life Doula Services, Green Burial, Life Review, MAiD Support, Massage Therapy (Licensed), Meditation/Visualization, Memorials, Other Therapies, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Reverent Body Care, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vibrational Sound Healing, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

Details

Feeling emotionally overwhelmed and anxious around an imminent death? Are you seeking to bring comfort and peace to your loved one throughout the dying process? With me as your guide, you’ll be able to truly rest in the beautiful, meaningful moments you’ll spend with your loved one before their passage.

My Holistic End-of-Life Doula Services include:

Advanced Care Vision Planning
Compassionate Care
Creating Sacred Space
Vigil Care
Rituals and Ceremony
Providing support and guidance for both MAiD (Medical Aid in Dying) and VSED (Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking). All with intention to restore death to its sacred place in the mystery, beauty and celebration of life.

My tool chest of holistic healing and comfort care modalities for end of life include, yet are not limited to:

light touch massage
guided meditation
gentle movement
Reiki
Sound healing and singing

I understand that supporting our loved ones and maintaining self-care at End of Life can be overwhelming for an individual/family. As a Certified End of Life Doula from the Conscious Dying Institute since 2019, I have embraced my soul’s calling to honor and support sacred transitions for several years. I provide loving, nurturing care for the body, mind and soul during the entire dying process. Through heartfelt conversation, divine intuition, an array of healing approaches and spiritual resources, I am that trusted guide. I have directed life transformational retreats for over 15 years and volunteer with Hospice and LIfeSpark Cancer Resources in CO.

A little bit more about me…

I was born in London, Canada, and moved to Colorado over 30 years ago. I presently live in the beautiful mountains outside of Durango, CO. My journey from a telecommunications corporate manager to a transformational well-being/spiritual retreat leader and intuitive healer commenced in 2004. Since then, I have owned and operated a B&B and Retreat & Holistic Healing Centers. I have been developing and leading transformational individual and small group healing and spiritual retreats for over 15 years in Colorado.

I love to naturally intuit or co-create personal comfort care sessions to meet the dying one’s evolving care needs during all phases of the transition process.

I serve the Durango Area and Four Corners Region, including Bayfield and Mancos.

A Complimentary Care Guide called, Durango End-of-Life Doula Care Guide – A Loving Approach to Death & Dying, written and prepared by Christine is available on her website (Available on my website)

“Dying with Grace: A Sacred Transition”, is an article that was written by me and published in EPIC Magazine Durango Edition Jan/Feb 2020. The article focuses on the contemplation of your beliefs around dying and creating a vision for your death.

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

Haven

Contact Name: Maggie Gannon

Business Phone: 720-441-2941Email: Znttvr@uiayrtnpl.pbzWebsite: HavenWebsite: Haven for EOL DoulasWebsite: Haven for Palliative Care and 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

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

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, 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, 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.

Map Your Care: Illness & Grief Counseling, LLC

Contact Name: Bonnie Herrmann, LCSW

Location: Front range (in person), Colorado (virtual) Colorado Phone: 720-414-0320Email: obaavr@znclbhepnerpbhafryvat.pbzWebsite: Website

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Counseling (Licensed), Education/Training, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, MAiD Support, Speakers Bureau, Support for Caregivers, VSED Support

Details

Map Your Care: Illness & Grief Counseling offers a full range of counseling services to help you soften your fears and live your best life. From the first rumbling of thoughts about your health through the end of your life and beyond, I can help you map out what’s important to you as you move through life and help provide support to your family along the way.

Through my private practice, I provide licensed counseling services to individuals and families. I offer in-home counseling in the Denver Metro/Front Range for those who are have mobility challenges and offer virtual counseling for Colorado residents. I focus on illness, caregiving, end of life and grief and pull from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, nature therapy and mindfulness-based interventions. Drawing on 10 years of experience as a clinical social worker in oncology, hospice, palliative care and in a care facility setting, I can help you understand your options as you navigate an illness or end of life in the context of your individual needs and resources.

Through counseling I can help you:
-Explore long seeded fears around illness and dying
-Improve your communication with loved ones and your healthcare team
-Develop coping strategies for managing chronic pain and chronic illness
-Document your health care wishes and feel confident in advocating for them
-Create personal and meaningful legacy work to celebrate your life
-Understand your end of life options, including Medical Aid in Dying and final disposition
-Continue to move through life while honoring your grief
-Draw from the cycles of nature to hold space for both joy and sorrow
-Process your cancer journey and explore survivorship struggles, like fear of recurrence
-Develop coping strategies to sustain you and bring meaning to your caregiving experience

Degrees & Certifications:
-Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) 2016
-Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) 2013
-Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) 2011
-Advanced Clinical Hospice & Palliative Social Worker (ACHP-SW) 2020

I am currently out of network with all insurance policies but will be accepting Medicare soon. I aim to make my services available to a wide audience and am happy to offer sliding scale rates.

Soul Centered

Contact Name: Baruch and Ariela HaLevi

Location: 7581 East Academy Boulevard, Suite 209 Denver Colorado 80230 Phone: 720-930-4972Email: vasb@zlfbhypragrerq.betWebsite: Soul Centered

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Other Therapies, Spiritual Guidance

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Other Therapies, Spiritual Guidance

Details

MEANING. PURPOSE. HEALING. SPIRITUALITY.

We are a spiritual center for individuals seeking meaning, purpose, and healing in The Afternoon of Life (midlife and beyond).

We are Ariela and Baruch HaLevi, co-founders of Soul Centered, and a couple who is passionate about reimagining The Afternoon of Life (midlife and beyond).

Our mission is to empower our clients and community in consciously creating new goals, proactively designing new rules, and practically implementing new tools, as they discover their innate healing wisdom, live wholeheartedly, and unleash their soul in ways that are only possible during The Afternoon of Life.

Why we created Soul Centered

Soul Centered was created to provide a place for anyone seeking to consciously face the crossroads of midlife and courageously journey through the Afternoon of Life.

For over twenty years we dreamed of building a spiritual center where people could engage in self discovery and soul exploration, uncovering deeper meaning within their struggles, realize their true purpose in this life, and experience holistic healing through all of life’s traumas and tragedies.

This dream has been motivated by professional passions, as well as personal desires.

All of our life we have longed for a spiritual home based on universal truths, drawing upon all wisdom traditions, incorporating spiritual practice, informed by intellect, infused with holistic healing and filled by people seeking conscious community, desiring to support one another on their journey.

Although we built variations of this throughout our careers, and discovered pieces of this in places ranging from synagogues and churches to yoga studios and zen centers, from counseling and healing centers to new age communities across the world, we never fully realized what we were looking for…

So, we founded Soul Centered.

As The Healer (Ariela) and The Guide (Baruch), we utilize our signature programs and pathways, empowering you to:

Discover the possibilities within your struggles and potential within your shadows (Meaning)
Uncover your authentic self and realize your true purpose (Purpose)
Express your emotions as a pathway to liberate your body and live with inner freedom (Healing)
Wake up to your spirit, letting it guide you forward in your life (Spirituality)

Ariela is available to be your Healer if….

Pulling from the experience of her own midlife awakening, her powerful intuition, and utilizing her training in energy healing and soul retrieval guidance, Ariela will provide the healing you need so that you can embrace everything that the Afternoon of Life has to offer you

Midlife feels more like a crisis than an awakening and you need support navigating this new terrain
You long for a deeper connection to your body, to increase the capacity to feel, to love and accept yourself fully
You feel lonely and disempowered in your relationships, unable to find your true voice and worthiness
You want to discard old masks of identity, roles, titles, and the expectations of others.
You have experienced the heartache of a loss: loss of a loved one, loss of a relationship, loss of yourself
Illness and chronic issues have caused so much fear and frustration that your body feels like a burden and not a joy

Baruch is available to be your Guide if…

You are standing at one of life’s many crossroads, or as he calls them, “Life’s T’s” (Transitions, Tests, Trials, Traumas or Tragedies)…

Seeking a trusted guide to help you find your way forward through relationship struggles, midlife uncertainty, or professional emptiness
Grieving the death of a loved one, looking for a companion to stand by your side, support and empower you
Searching for spiritual direction in your life, and a deeper connection to your soul
Longing to discover deeper meaning at your crossroads, and realize a greater purpose for your life
Ready to transform the Afternoon of Life into the most important, impactful, and inspirational time of your life

Combining his unique training and experience as a Rabbi, Grief Counselor, Logotherapist, Spiritual Director, and Enneagram Coach, Baruch will guide you through your crossroads, empower you to transcend your loss, and inspire you in discovering deeper meaning, and greater purpose, in your Afternoon of Life.

Programs and Groups:

Carry The Fire with Baruch and Ariela HaLevi

This program offers you a holistic healing pathway (body, mind, emotions & spirit) on your journey through grief at any point after the death of a loved one.

Drawing upon ancient wisdom traditions, universal spiritual practices, and modern therapeutic insights and tools, you will discover meaning and purpose within your loss and learn how to transform your darkness into light.

Your Sacred Body with Ariela HaLevi

This program offers you a new, unique way to maximize your self-healing capacity, manifesting abilities, intuition, and the spiritual insight needed for the Afternoon of Life.
And, most of all, this program will help you love the skin you’re in — “imperfections” and all.

You will finally feel healed and whole and in partnership with your body, by using the missing ingredients in connection.

Choose Your Own Way with Baruch HaLevi

This program offers you proven wisdom, sound strategies and practical tools to navigate the Crisis Crossroads, or one of Life’s T’s: transitions, tests, trials, traumas or tragedies, with more clarity, deeper meaning and greater purpose.

No matter what you are facing, enduring or seeking, there is a way forward. It begins when you take back your power, consciously choose your path, and courageously step into the unknown. This program will support you, empower you and guide you as you learn to Choose Your Own Way!

Your Soul Choice – A Small Group Experience with Baruch HaLevi

The Power To Choose, The Pathway To Freedom

Your Soul Choice: The Power To Choose, The Pathway To Freedom is a program about waking up in the Afternoon of Life, returning to our true self, reclaiming our authentic voice, and owning our divine power as we stop reacting to our circumstances and start responding to our life .

Synthesizing Kabbalah and the purpose of choice, Logotherapy and the power of choice, and the Enneagram and the pathway of choice, Your Soul Choice will empower you to discover deeper meaning, live with greater purpose, and experience ultimate freedom in your life through the power of choice. This is Your Soul Choice.

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

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

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

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

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

Tomorrow Link

Contact Name: Lauren Lipchak

Location: 1982 S. Bannock Street Denver Colorado 80223 Phone: 720-779-8680Email: vasb@gbzbeebjyvax.betWebsite: Tomorrow Link

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Education/Training, Whole Body Donation

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Education/Training, Whole Body Donation

Vanessa Johnston

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

Phone: (303) 241-3396Website: 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, 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

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

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.

Veronica Wiley

End-of-Life Doula, Ecotherapy Facilitator, Yoga Instructor (E-RYT & YACEP)Outside Rites, Ltd.MBA

Location: PO Box 372244 Denver Colorado 80237 Phone: 303-621-4864Email: vasb@bhgfvqrevgrf.betWebsite: Outside Rites, Ltd.

Categories: Client Advocacy, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Music Therapy, Other Therapies, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

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

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, Memorial Services, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Maggie Gannon

Phone: 720-441-2941Email: Znttvr@uiayrtnpl.pbzWebsite: HavenCEOLC Member Profile: Haven

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

Grief Recovery with Laurie

Contact Name: Laurie Freeman

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

Christine Pollock

Phone: 303 582-5828Email: puevfgvar@qhenatbraqbsyvsrqbhynf.pbzWebsite: Durango End of Life Doulas

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Crystal Work, Directories, Education/Training, End-of-Life Doula Services, Green Burial, Life Review, MAiD Support, Massage Therapy (Licensed), Meditation/Visualization, Memorials, Other Therapies, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Reverent Body Care, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vibrational Sound Healing, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Crystal Work, Directories, Education/Training, End-of-Life Doula Services, Green Burial, Life Review, MAiD Support, Massage Therapy (Licensed), Meditation/Visualization, Memorials, Other Therapies, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Reverent Body Care, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vibrational Sound Healing, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

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

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

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

Veronica Wiley

Phone: 303-621-4864Email: vasb@bhgfvqrevgrf.betWebsite: Outside Rites, Ltd.CEOLC Member Profile: Veronica Wiley

Categories: Client Advocacy, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Music Therapy, Other Therapies, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

Cindy Kaufman

End-of-Life Doula, CEOLC MemberHeartSpeak 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, Memorial Services, Memorials, Notary Public, Officiant/Minister, Planning/Legal, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Categories of Service 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, Memorial Services, Memorials, Notary Public, Officiant/Minister, Planning/Legal, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Details

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)

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