End-of-Life Counseling
My next great adventure is going to be dying. - Jane Goodall
If you’ve come this far, chances are that you have come face to face with the reality that death is inevitable and not a single one of us is going to make it out alive. Maybe you are grappling with confronting your own mortality or the mortality of a loved one. Perhaps you are questioning what the legacy you will leave behind will be. Or like so many of us, you may have unfinished things you’d like to complete or conversations that need to be had with loved ones and you simply don’t know how to start. Whether you have a terminal diagnosis, have a loved one who is nearing death or are simply navigating the reality of life and death, I would be honored to support you through one of life’s most compelling territories.
What Can I Expect?
End-of-Life Counseling helps you to come home to yourself and in doing so, deepens your relationships with loved ones and with the meaning of your one, great and unique life. Through deep exploration, together we will identify your most cherished values, remove the mask on your unspoken fears and find ways for you to express your soul’s longing so that you can meet your transition to death with the peace of knowing that you no longer have unfinished business in this world.
Together we will journey through your life by means of narrative exploration, identifying your values, what you hold most important and what you wish to leave behind, both in objects and in feelings. If needed, I am able to facilitate group sessions with loved ones.
Death smiles at us all, but all a person can do is smile back. - Marcus Aurelius
End-of-Life Planning
Let’s Talk about Death, Baby!
What if I told you that planning for your death can help you live your life in a more rich and meaningful way?
We make plans for nearly all of life’s greatest adventures. Travel plans, birthday plans, anniversary plans. Why not make plans for one of life’s most impactful events - our death?
Questions we will investigate - What is the legacy you wish to leave? Who do you want to be there when you die? How do you define a life well lived? If you could have the perfect death, what would it look like? What do you leave for your children, grandchildren, loved ones, important charities? Do you want a natural or green burial, traditional burial with or without embalming, cremation, human composting (say what??)? What do you want the world and your loved one’s to know about you? What are the most important things you want to leave as your legacy?
What Can I Expect?
Together we will explore your current beliefs and views about death and dying, fears that you have that may be holding you back, things you have been avoiding and now want to address and identify the elements of your end-of-life plan that you are struggling with. Whether it be who to name as the executor of your estate, your concerns about how your loved ones will handle your death, what you want to experience in your final months/years/decades of life, who will really be able to carry out your wishes as your healthcare representative, or difficult conversations you want to have with loved ones.
