ADVANCE PLANNING COACH AND END-OF-LIFE DOULA

Hello, I'm Michele. I'm a doula with a focus on advance planning for end of life. 
​Have you considered the following questions:
  • Are your affairs in order? Do you have an advance directive?
  • Do you need to tie up loose ends? 
  • Have you shared with the people you love how you feel about important life topics? 
  • What are your beliefs or fears about​ eldering, chronic illness, dying, and death? ​
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The time, the topic(s), your thoughtfulness and thoroughness are so important to me. The map is a fantastic tool for me to use as I continue to navigate expressing my wants, needs and desires around end-of-life issues. ~ Carla B.

ADVANCE PLANNING FROM THE HEART

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MAPMAKING

An educational series in five key areas of life
for you alone or you and your family together
​to start the advance planning process 
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SIMPLE GUIDE

The advance planning primer asks specific bold questions that you can begin to address now​ so you're more prepared later for what will come

ADVANCE PLANNING AND HOLISTIC VISION MAP SERIES

Sliding Scale $45 to $90/hr
This series consists of an introductory coaching session and five subsequent transformational coaching sessions that are each 60 to 90 minutes in length where we address issues that can arise during eldering (aging), chronic illness, dying, and death.

You can choose to delve deep into these sessions over weeks or months, depending on your own preference and processes. All sessions are currently taught through Zoom and available to anyone, anywhere. 

At the end of the series of sessions, you'll feel reassurance and relief that you've expressed your wishes to those you love and planned ahead in case you are no longer able to manage your affairs. 

​Some clients have chosen to continue their work with me across multiple generations, which I am absolutely happy to do, and I also offer 1:1 individual life coaching sessions for uncovering personal meaning, creativity, and purpose.  

WHAT'S INCLUDED

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  • Initial complimentary discovery session​
  • Informational exchange and planning session for the series
  • Five subsequent 60 to 90-minute comprehensive domain-specific module sessions focused around the universal experience of eldering, chronic illness, dying, and death
  • Unlimited email support
  • Other additional resources/guidance, as needed: books, organizations, websites, etc.
  • Reflective homework before each session​

HOW THE SERIES WORKS

MODULE ONE:
CREATING COMFORT AND A HEALING ENVIRONMENT; CARE FOR THE BODY
We address the following: creating a home environment that is safe and adaptable; physical comfort; after death body disposition options. We also will begin practical action steps. 

MODULE TWO:
PERSONAL MEANING, PURPOSE, AND LEGACY
We’ll complete a life review; discuss completing unfinished business; write a legacy statement and/or consider legacy gifts. We will continue with practical action steps.

MODULE THREE:
HONORING PERSONAL FEELINGS AND HEALING RELATIONSHIPS
We'll discuss any feelings around aging, becoming unwell/chronic illness, dying and death; discuss healing relationships. We’ll also create action steps for regarding personal possessions.

MODULE FOUR:
HONORING PERSONAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES; COMMUNITY
We begin to cultivate a support system/community resources (spiritual or otherwise); define what is sacred; ancestral reflection. We will have an in-depth discussion regarding practical matters that arise as one ages.  

MODULE FIVE:
PRACTICAL MATTERS; CARE FOR THE FAMILY AND  PETS
Although practical matters have been addressed in each preceding module, we get into the nuts and bolts of the “toolkit” guide: care teams, advance directive; estate planning referrals; financial referrals; care for the family and pets. 

FAQs

Can I do the series in my own time and on my own schedule? 

What electronic technology do I need? Will there be any writing? 
Yes. The series is a personalized ongoing process. We go at your pace. There is no set schedule other than what works for you for completing the six modules. You can schedule in advance or schedule as you go. As you begin to organize your life, some aspects of your journey may require more care, time, or healing. 
The first session is a complimentary discovery session via phone.  The following session is an information exchange and planning session for the modules that follow. The remaining five module sessions are completed via Zoom. There will be pre-session reflective homework which can be completed on the computer or printed and filled out by hand. 

Can I make payments? 

How do I sign up and when does the series start? 
Yes. At your discovery session, we will talk about a rate on the sliding scale that works for your situation and establish a payment plan if that serves you best. You may cancel any time before the first module session is set; the series is non-refundable after the series of sessions commences. If you're unsure about the level of commitment needed for the series, consider the Simple Guide, the cost of which will be credited to the series if you decide to undergo the more in-depth series at a later date. 
To sign up, schedule your complimentary discovery session. 
After our intake call, I will send you an Agreement and you can pay a deposit online. You will then receive a link to schedule your first appointment, which is generally about an hour long. In the appointment, we'll go through the series process and schedule. After the appointment, you will receive your first homework assignment. 

SPECIAL OFFER: ADVANCE PLANNING PRIMER

$97 INCLUDES SELF-ASSESSMENT, SESSION, AND FREE GUIDE
If you're not yet ready to engage in the depth of discussion necessary for the Advance Planning and Holistic Vision Map series, ask about my advance planning Simple Guide for just $97. The Simple Guide is a session we do together in to start to get yourself organized for what could happen in the future. In addition to the Simple Guide, you'll receive a complementary copy of my Important Paperwork Toolkit!

Complete the advance planning Simple Guide and receive a credit of the entire $97 off of the Advance Planning and Holistic Vision Map series! 

MEET MICHELE

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​Hi, I'm Michele, besides being an advocate, I'm your guide and mapmaker on this journey. I'm an alumnus of the Conscious Dying Institute (Boulder, Colorado), and a non-medical licensed professional trained in holistic care modalities. My additional informal training is through experience and countless hours of retreats, mentorships, and working under the tutelage of noted healers, visionaries, and teachers.

​I hope to fill the gap in our existing, yet sometimes broken systems and to offer comfort, grace, and peace to you and your family now and into the future. 
Although holistic vision mapping is not an advance directive nor counseling or therapy, I encourage you to remain open to what a coaching care treatment plan for the future can look like.  A holistic vision map also offers support after a diagnosis, in creating a family plan, communicating wishes, grief support, and/or ritual support.

I'm a licensed massage therapist (2008), registered yoga teacher (2015), reiki master (2018), SoulCollage Facilitator (2020), life-cycle celebrant (2020), and State of Oregon notary public. 

​Because our mortality is difficult to talk about in current culture, the services I offer also are known through the following terms in mainstream society: conscious dying, end-of-life doula, death doula, soul midwife, pre-death guide, psychopomp (from Greek mythology), sacred crossings guide, etc.

HOW ADVANCE PLANNING CAN IMPACT YOUR LIFE

As an advance planning and end-of-life doula, I work with individuals, families (and also their financial advisors, insurance agents, social workers, therapists, attorneys, and other members of a patient's/client's team) to assist their clients in preparing for and organizing for what matters most in the end. The same thought-provoking and creative processes that are applied to traditional life coaching can be applied to one's own life's advance planning. The conversations are sometimes challenging but are also necessary, ongoing, Advance planning "coaching" is a comfortable place to start.

The advance planning and holistic vision map series is derived from Best 3 Months coaching training via the Conscious Dying Institute based out of Boulder, Colorado. Advance planning, the holistic vision map, and end-of-life coaching are for everyone who has a deeper curiosity for seeing all the sacredness of life.