Death Midwifery Services
you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
Mary Oliver
In Blackwater Woods
Acknowledging the reality of our mortality requires tenderness, courage, and love.
- I support you to reflect on what matters most, in life and in death.
- I help you create space for critical conversations.
- We work together to review and address the practical matters at hand such as advanced directives, care planning, and funeral/ritual planning.
Providing care during precious moments requires many hands.
- I offer guidance to help you and your loved ones provide and coordinate caregiving.
- I act as a bridge and advocate with medical providers and hospice care team members so that you can focus on what matters most.
- I facilitate life review, remembrance projects, and coordinate bedside vigil with my community death work partners.
Letting go happens in its own time, in its own way.
- I work alongside your loved ones and providers to ensure that your end of life wishes are honored.
- I support your loved ones to facilitate after death rituals.
- I provide holistic bereavement care and support.
A Note about Death Midwifery Services:
I offer death midwifery services to individuals and families that want to reclaim the wisdom of caring for our living and dying bodies. I believe that it is radical to engage in talking about death, planning for death, and being present when death arrives. As a death midwife I support and guide individuals and families during one of life’s most poignant natural processes. I collaborate with medical and caregiving providers to advocate for ethical and compassionate end of life and palliative care. My role is that of a witness and guide, rather than clinician. I integrate many types of practical knowing and integrative modalities that I have gathered throughout my training and lived experience. Ultimately, I create space with you as you navigate the great mystery of death.
