Death Worker and Doula For:

Medical Aid in Dying • VSED • Grief -Tending, Licensed Psilocybin Facilitation, Healing Arts, Body-Oriented Coaching & Integration Work

Oregon + Nationwide

You are welcome here

This work meets people at meaningful thresholds.

You may be approaching the end of life,
supporting someone you love,
or tending to grief, change, or uncertainty.

You are welcome to arrive as you are.
This space honors your experience with care, respect, and presence.

A Way of Being With

My work is rooted in attunement and embodied listening.

This is non-medical companioning care that attends to the biopsychosocial, emotional, relational, and spiritual dimensions of this time.

Together, we create space for:

• Clarity and uncertainty
• Practical preparation and emotional truth
• Connection, meaning, and presence

Medical Aid in Dying (MAID)

Medical Aid in Dying is a legal end-of-life option in Oregon under the Oregon Death with Dignity Act.

According to End of Life Choices Oregon, MAID allows a qualified person with serious illness to request and receive a prescription for medication that they choose to take themselves in order to bring about a peaceful death.

What is the Death with Dignity Act?

The Death with Dignity Act creates a structured and protected process that includes:

• Medical eligibility and evaluation
• Required requests and documentation
• Safeguards for informed decision-making
• The requirement that the person self-administers the medication

This process remains centered in the person’s choice at every step.

A Clear Distinction

Medical Aid in Dying is distinct from euthanasia and assisted suicide.

• The person makes the decision and takes the medication themselves
• Medical providers assess and prescribe, but do not administer
• The process follows a legal, medically guided pathway

Euthanasia involves another person administering medication, which is not permitted under Oregon law.

MAID is understood as a medical end-of-life option grounded in autonomy, dignity, and informed choice.

Support with the MAID Process

You are supported in meeting this process with clarity and steadiness.

Support may include:

• Orienting to required documents and qualification steps
• Understanding how the process unfolds over time
• Preparing for conversations with providers and loved ones
• Exploring timing, setting, and considerations for a planned death
• Organizing practical elements and support systems
• Coaching and guidance that supports emotional and relational readiness

Preparation for a Planned Death

Preparation is both practical and deeply human.

Support may include:

• Clarifying wishes, values, and intentions
• Preparing the physical and relational environment
• Coordinating who will be present and how support is structured
• Supporting meaningful conversations and completion
• Integrating healing arts, ritual, music, or personal expressions
• Creating a sense of steadiness leading into the day

Planned Death Day (MAID) Companioning

On the day itself, I offer:

• Grounded, steady presence (in-person when possible, or virtual support)
• Gentle orientation for those gathered
• Support with pacing, transitions, and flow of the day
• Attention to the emotional and relational field
• Normalizing what is unfolding in real time
• Supporting loved ones in staying connected
• Holding the focus on the person at the center

For days requiring more presence, extended support or additional time can be arranged so the space remains steady and resourced.

Family Integration After MAID

After a planned death, there are often many layers to process.

Support may include:

• Space to reflect and integrate the experience
• Naming and normalizing a range of emotional responses
• Supporting communication within families
• Grounding practices for nervous system support
• Ongoing grief tending, integration sessions, or legacy reflection

Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)

VSED is a conscious choice to stop eating and drinking, allowing the body to complete its natural dying process over time.

VSED Companioning Support

This path often unfolds gradually and benefits from steady, ongoing support.

Support may include:

Preparation and Orientation

• Understanding how the process may unfold
• Clarifying readiness and intentions
• Preparing the care environment and support system

Ongoing Companioning

• Regular sessions (in-person or virtual)
• Emotional and relational support as changes occur
• Presence during key phases of the process

Care Team Coordination

• Supporting connection between medical and non-medical providers
• Encouraging collaborative care
• Helping create continuity of support

24-Hour Care Planning

• Supporting families in organizing rotating care
• Helping identify when additional presence is needed
• Creating sustainable rhythms of care

Family Support and Integration

• Helping loved ones understand what may unfold
• Supporting emotional expression over time
• Ongoing grief and integration support

Collaborative Care

I am an advocate for collaborative care.

This includes working alongside:

• Medical providers
• Hospice and palliative teams
• Therapists and spiritual care providers
• Family and community

This approach deepens continuity, shared understanding, and support for everyone involved.

Additional Support

Grief Tending & Bereavement Care

Support before and after death.

Embodiment & Nature-Based Integration

Grounding through the body and connection to the natural world.

Licensed Psilocybin Facilitation, Preparation & Integration (Oregon Only)

Licensed facilitation at a local service center.

Sliding scale: $777–$1888
15% reduction for active doula clients

Companioning Care Options

Additional Support

• Extended or additional time can be arranged for days requiring deeper presence
• Available in-person (Eugene, Oregon area) and virtually nationwide

Included for Ongoing Clients

• Reduced rates for:
  • Healing arts sessions
  • Embodiment coaching
  • Legacy projects
  • Grief tending
• 15% reduction on psilocybin facilitation
  (Sliding scale: $777–$1888)

A Note on Care

These offerings are designed to support continuity, presence, and relationship over time.

Each plan can be shaped to meet your needs, with respect for your pace, your values, and the support that feels right for you

Working Together

Available:

• In person (Eugene, Oregon + surrounding area)
• For those traveling to Oregon
• Online (nationwide)

This is a meaningful threshold.

Care can be steady, relational, and human.

You are welcome to begin where you are.

Connect

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