Services

Chaplain, Celebrant, & Ritualist Services

I officiate personalized in-person or virtual funerals, specializing in spiritually mixed, non-religious, and individualized services. My offerings include:

  • Consulting with an individual with life-threatening disease and their loved ones.

  • Creating an intimate ritual to mark and move through any life-cycle transition, such as birth, adolescence, declaration of sexual orientation, marriage, moving, accomplishments, retirement, aging, beginnings, and endings   

  • Leading or coaching a family to have a bedside blessing ritual to say good-bye at the time of death

  • Making the virtual funeral or memorial more meaningful and satisfying

Grief & Loss Counseling

Everyone grieves differently, so there is no one way to do it. Make time to listen to yourself or to be listened to by others. Try to be with your own feelings without shame or judgment. It is never too late to ask for help. No grief is too small to be worthy of support. No grief is too big to find peace. Healing requires time, compassion for self, connection with loved ones, eating healthy, and keeping up with self-care. It may be helpful to seek additional help from professionals, community programs, family, and friends.

Immediately Available Services:

  • Phone and virtual counseling sessions, local and nationwide

  • Scheduling that meets your needs

  • In-person sessions

Death Educator & Family-Directed Funeral Guide

I plan and coach prior to death, at the time of death, and after death. My offerings include:

  • Public speaking on planning for family-directed home vigils

  • Keynote presentations and demonstrations on taking death into our own hands 

  • Partnering with individuals, families, and communities to make meaningful and memorable rituals that mark death and other transitions