After All
End of Life Coach & Grief Educator

For an empowered, positive, death experience

What is an End of Life Coach/Doula?

An End of Life Coach/Doula provides a wide range of non-medical, holistic, support and guidance around death and dying to individuals and families, at any point of the life cycle. I consider myself an educator, and a project manager who coordinates tailored, supportive services with the goal of creating empowered, positive death experiences. My approach is comprehensive, delving into the emotional and philosophical. This support is complimentary to palliative and hospice care.

Who is a Typical Client?

I work with people at all stages of life, and organizations, who want to address, plan for, normalize, and transform how they approach death and dying.

The Death Positive Movement

At the heart of the Death Positive movement is a commitment to changing cultural attitudes towards death. By encouraging openness and transparency, empowering individuals to make end-of-life decisions proactively, and embracing alternative practices. By transforming how society engages with mortality we live more fully.

About Gina

As an INELDA (International End of Life Doula Association) trained provider, and a Certified Grief Educator, I bring my life-long work in cross cultural health communication, social justice, and as an artist, to normalize and transform, the way we approach death and grieving. I came to this work while accompanying family and friends through their end of life processes and grief, as well as my own. I learned how potent grief and the end of life can be for healing, growth and transformation. I aim to make these stages of life as full of possibilities and wonder, as the beginning. I am based in Miami and work globally in person and online.

I seek to normalize, transform, and realize the beauty at the end of life, and to make the end stage as full of possibilities and wonder, as the beginning.

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After All End of Life Doula

Planning for Agency and Autonomy

With people of all ages and health stages, we'll explore the practical and the emotional--what is most important to you at the end-of-life, and identify the steps to take to align your life experience with your values and purpose. This includes creating an advanced care directive, naming a medical power of attorney, and funeral planning, among others.

Processing

Through conversation, we'll explore the death experience, meaning, and wisdom that you've gained and would like to pass on, and address unresolved issues for a greater sense of peace. Somatic practices such as breathing, guided meditation, visioning, touch, and movement serve to ease anxiety and stress.

Legacy Projects

We'll create a physical, perhaps artistic manifestation of your lived experience. This includes a written or video oral history, a memoirs an original song, poetry or art work, custom pendants, tree planting, the creation of annual event or special fund. If you can dream it, we can make it happen.

Processing Grief

I provide high-level support through education, experience, and insights, guiding people through the "rocky terrain" of grief. I offer practical, evidence-based tools emphasizing a mind/body/spirit approach and focusing on finding meaning in loss, as opposed to simply achieving closure

Vigil Planning & Sitting Vigil

We'll create a Vigil Plan-- a flexible document that determines the elements and procedures that people should follow during the final days. This will include the specifics of "Sitting vigil,” the act of being present and implementing the vigil plan during the final days or hours of life.

Conscientious Downsizing & Redistribution

We'll compassionately navigate the overwhelming task of simplifying one's possessions, addressing the practical, and sentimental items that hold meaning and memories.