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Below is a brief sketch of how I may serve you and your loved ones as you approach the end of life.
Underpinning all is the deep listening and tender curiosity that emerges from a core of equanimity, loving kindness, compassion and sympathetic joy.
Please use the Let's talk links below to arrange a complimentary, obligation-free and confidential call with me to discuss your needs and how we may come together in compassionate companionship.
Throughout the course of our lives, we make many transitions. And no more so than as we grow older.
From work to retirement, from parent to grandparent, from partner to carer, from couple to single again, from fit and well to less-able and ill, from independent living to assisted living are examples. You will identify your own.
All transitions require us to step with lightness, in a mindful manner, as we work with our changing circumstances and the accompanying range of thoughts and emotions.
This is a time for deep self-reflection to ensure that every step of the way to our new destination is taken with care and that we arrive with a full sense of honouring the essence of meaning in our life.
Due to the reality of the modern family structure, some of us have no family or close friend to be there as we age and approach the end of life. Or perhaps they just can't visit as often as they would like.
I offer the compassionate companionship of listening and gentle guidance that will ease elder transitions.
It may be that I work with you - alone or a couple - who is making the elder transition or it may be an adult son or daughter or another personal carer who needs support. It may be all of you - at times individually, at other times as a group.
As your companion in dying, I guide you and your loved ones as you approach the sacred space around dying and death.
I’m a friend to the dying, a midwife to the dying. An end-of-life doula, death doula. These are simply terms to label the range of ways I may serve you at this critical juncture.
Most of all, I’m your compassionate companion, helping you face death with less fear and more love.
“Death is not simply the end of life - defined medically as the absence of a pulse, a heartbeat and respirations. It is a profound human experience.”
- Dr Michael Barbato.
I'm your advocate for the death you wish for. I help you understand your options in medical treatment and palliative care so that you and your family can make decisions required.
I support you and also friends and family. I companion those who are terminally ill, at any age, those grieving the loss or imminent loss of a loved one, those facing the loss of a pet, those not near death but who want to address their mortality now.
Practically, I support you as you plan to die. I may help you to prepare Advanced Health Directives for your care, legacy documents, a spiritual vision and will for your last weeks and days, and burial or funeral plans.
Most of all I hope to bring comfort and peace to the very last seconds of your time in this world, so that you die with more love and less fear.
Caring for a loved one who is ageing, sick and dying offers an intimacy that is to be cherished, but it can also be a time of confusion, overwhelm, and stress.
It's not unusual for family members and carers to buckle under the constant demands and find their thoughts and emotions drift away from the loving approach they intend.
Emotions like anger, frustration, guilt, grief, exhaustion and annoyance are all normal. Conflict amongst family members and carers and even with the one being cared for is not uncommon. Feeling cut off from friends and your usual support networks, you likely will experience loneliness and isolation.
Through my experience as a certified life coach, I can work with family members and carers - individually or as a group - so that you can manage your feelings and situations that are overwhelming, confusing, stressful and conflicting.
I can help you develop the listening skills for the tender conversations so that you and your loved one are both supported in a loving and caring manner.
Grief is the process of healing the pain associated with loss - an inevitable part of life. To grieve is to be human, the common ground we share. To grieve is also personal with no predictable schedule. It’s hard, but it’s easier when we have others by our side, working together towards healing and life beyond loss.
When we consider the impermanence of not only our existence but all aspects of living, we can open to our need to grieve a range of losses, not only the death of a loved one.
Many of us experience anticipatory grief - grief associated with a change or loss still to happen. You and your loved ones, for example, may grieve in advance as you plan a move into residential aged care or prepare to die.
Loss is not a single event. Life sends us constant reminders, most noticeable in our loss of a loved one or a relationship. We grieve the roles they played in our lives. After the initial shock of loss, we enter a period that’s like a rollercoaster of intense emotions. And we often feel alone, facing our grief with life going on around us as if we are only an observer and not a participant.
Advice from well-meaning friends most often doesn’t help. Instead, I offer you compassionate understanding and companionship as you face your loss, as you grieve and eventually heal. I offer you deep listening, helping you understand how normal it is to grieve in your own personal way. When you're ready I help you step forward in life.
The first step is you getting to know me and me getting to know you and your requirements. We do that on a 20-munite complimentary and obligation-free, confidential phone call that you can book right now at Let's Talk. I'll answer your questions and outline a package of services to suit your needs.
We get started usually with an in-person meeting of 60-90 minutes and determine a schedule for future meetings - in-person, phone or a mix of both.
Hourly rates: Mondays to Fridays $80/hour; Saturdays $100; Sundays $130: Public Holidays $170.
For regular meetings over a period of time, I offer packages of 3-hours at $80* per hour ie $240. The 3-hours may be divided up as you prefer into three 60-minute meetings, two 90-minute meetings, or one 3-hour meeting.
For specific services like Advanced Health Directives, funeral and/or memorial planning and rituals, legacy projects, caregiver and visiting rosters, vigiling and more, I tailor packages to suit your needs.
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