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It’s safe to say that Amy knows grief. Her first significant experience with sudden death was the loss of her 36-year-old sister in 1993. “Her death was the turning point in my recognition that life is short, and we are not guaranteed tomorrow,” she recalled.
In the years that followed, Amy also lost her dad, best friend, her other sister, her favorite aunt, her brother, her favorite uncle, and most recently, her nephew. In her words:
“I like to say that I did not find death work, but rather that it found me. I realized after my second sister’s death that I was meant to do something with all my pain, and by the time my brother died, I had become an End of Life Doula. My experience has shown that most people do not want to or know how to talk about death, let alone plan for it. However, when you learn to talk about death and dying and have a plan in place for this inevitability, you learn the conversation really is more about living than about dying.”
Amy is a qualified, insured End of Life Doula with a Proficiency Badge with the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA). She is certified through the End of Life Training from Going with Grace and has completed the Intensive Grief Training with Our House Grief Support Center. She is also a hospice volunteer and trained Grief Specialist. As a professional yoga educator, she incorporates meditation, stress-reduction, and pain-relieving breathing techniques.
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Race/Ethnicity : White
Religion/Spirituality: Other
Specialties: Family Dynamics, Mind/Body Connection, Personal Organization
Training Programs: Going With Grace
Credentials: NEDA Proficient; ACA Medical Aid in Dying Training; Our House Intensive Grief Training; Grief Specialist Training through PESI
It’s safe to say that Amy knows grief. Her first significant experience with sudden death was the loss of her 36-year-old sister in 1993. “Her death was the turning point in my recognition that life is short, and we are not guaranteed tomorrow,” she recalled.
In the years that followed, Amy also lost her dad, best friend, her other sister, her favorite aunt, her brother, her favorite uncle, and most recently, her nephew. In her words:
“I like to say that I did not find death work, but rather that it found me. I realized after my second sister’s death that I was meant to do something with all my pain, and by the time my brother died, I had become an End of Life Doula. My experience has shown that most people do not want to or know how to talk about death, let alone plan for it. However, when you learn to talk about death and dying and have a plan in place for this inevitability, you learn the conversation really is more about living than about dying.”
Amy is a qualified, insured End of Life Doula with a Proficiency Badge with the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA). She is certified through the End of Life Training from Going with Grace and has completed the Intensive Grief Training with Our House Grief Support Center. She is also a hospice volunteer and trained Grief Specialist. As a professional yoga educator, she incorporates meditation, stress-reduction, and pain-relieving breathing techniques.
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Race/Ethnicity : White
Religion/Spirituality: Other
Specialties: Family Dynamics, Mind/Body Connection, Personal Organization
Training Programs: Going With Grace
Credentials: NEDA Proficient; ACA Medical Aid in Dying Training; Our House Intensive Grief Training; Grief Specialist Training through PESI