My path to death work was neither linear nor planned
For nearly 20 years I lived with a death phobia that devastated my mental health
After decades of anxiety diagnoses and treatment attempts, I felt wrung out and hollow. Despite every intervention imaginable, I remained haunted by impermanence and my inability to control it.
A breakthrough arrived as quietly as it did unexpectedly. Desperate to process the grief of the pandemic, I began mindfully wandering in the woods behind my house.
Season after season, I witnessed cycles of decay and regeneration with awe and childlike wonder. Slowly, in the company of juniper and birdsong, something whole and wild started to supplant my fear of death.
Through this subtle worship, I came to realize that death was not a rupture to be feared, but a rhythm to be remembered. The more deeply I listened, the clearer it became that it wasn’t dying I was afraid of—it was forgetting that I was a part of something larger all along.
Earthbound Endings was born from this journey of revelation and remembering.
My doula & spiritual counseling practice is guided by the belief that turning toward our mortality can deepen intimacy with life and reawaken a felt sense of belonging to the natural world.
With over a decade of experience in healthcare, my educational background includes a Master of Public Health from Dartmouth College and an End-of-Life Doula Certification from the University of Vermont. A longtime Colorado resident, I proudly serve as a hospice volunteer and contribute to healthcare initiatives statewide.
My work is informed by years of meditation practice and ongoing Dharma study, with a focus on restoring enchantment with impermanence & the unknown through the lens of Buddhist teachings.