"We are all visitors to this time, this place.
We are just passing through.
Our purpose here is it observe, to learn, to grow, to love
...and then we return home.”
Aboriginal Proverb
Welcome
I talk about death and dying
as if it’s the most natural thing in the world,
because it is.
I wasn’t always so death curious. It started when I was initiated into the role of caring for my terminally ill father. I had no idea what I was doing, where to go for support or how I was actually going to survive Dad’s death. Yet here I am, forever changed by fathers final chapter and advocating for everyone to make end of life planning a priority, preferably while they are alive and well.
What I Do
My role as an end-of-life tour guide is to help folks choose their own adventure. Together we can:
get your death ducks in a row - practical plans for death your way
clarify and advocate for your health care needs, aligned with your values
improve death and grief literacy to make tough conversations more tender
navigate life limiting illnesses by focussing on what matters to you most
help find meaning, presence, and calm in the dying chapter
face life transitions (yours or a loved ones) resourced, skilled & supported
give grief a chance - the anticipatory, the complex, the ancient, the collective, the small griefs and the ‘life will never be the same again griefs’
explore body based practices like yoga and meditation for support
This isn’t about fear - although we can work with that too. It’s about respect, the reality of mortality and reclaiming death as part of life.
Why It Matters
How we die shapes how we grieve and how we die matters. In Western culture, death is often medicalised, hidden, or treated as failure. Yet most of us would choose to die at home, surrounded by familiarity and that which comforts us. Without plans though, the process can become stressful, traumatic and burnout beckons . Compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma are really real, and really preventable. We can change this. Death care is being brought back to life — heart-led, community-oriented, and curious - what IS possible?
This is our life and our death after all.
I know in my bones we can meet death -
before, during & after … differently.
About Me
For over a decade, I’ve worked with trauma-informed yoga and meditation to support living well. Now, my work prioritises dying wise — helping others navigate the conditions of being human with courage and compassion. I’m a certified death doula, ridiculously passionate community educator and grief counsellor in the making. I adore guiding people to do their death prep and tend to their grief because I’ve seen it create space to get on with living, over and over again!
I’m adequately enamoured with both life and death and the great mystery means we never really know when our time is up. I rest easy knowing I have things in place to guide those around me when my time comes. Because it will.
Are you ready to talk about death — and in doing so, live more fully?
Death Care
BEFORE
you want to plan & prepare
DURING
you or someone you love is dying
AFTER
your worlds been rearranged, now what?
