About
My life has been a beautiful mess of beginnings and endings, tragedies and transformations, love and agony.
I wouldn't change a single day.
I began my working life with a focus on making "ends meet" to pay the bills, eat and keep a roof over my head, never gave much thought to the end game. Don't many of us?! In my 30's I began to feel the pains of living a life without purpose and connection - luckily I was able to change course. That course-correction caused another and another, deepening my understanding of who I am and what I wanted... and so it went on for several years as I took the most incredible journey of my life: back to me.
While my family and friends remain at the centre of what I hold most dear and precious, I learned that I am more than a mother, a wife, a daughter and a friend. I can also be there for others outside my familial circle, quietly, tenderly holding space for those whom I may not know as well as my family and friends, but love deeply nonetheless, as fellow travelers. All of us forging our way through the incredible human experience.
I can be there for you, writing your love story or your end story; listening and supporting in ways that allow the unfolding of your own beautiful life.
No judgement. Just love.
Offerings
BEGINNINGS
BEGINNINGS
BEGINNINGS
WEDDINGS
Etch your wedding moments on your heart with a ceremony that your guests will never forget!
Expertly crafted your way, unique and extraordinary!
Packages for all budgets.
Listed on Wedding Wire: https://www.weddingwire.ca/wedding-officiants/laura-bee-ceremonies--e36189
And why not come back again and renew those special vows - k
WEDDINGS
Etch your wedding moments on your heart with a ceremony that your guests will never forget!
Expertly crafted your way, unique and extraordinary!
Packages for all budgets.
Listed on Wedding Wire: https://www.weddingwire.ca/wedding-officiants/laura-bee-ceremonies--e36189
And why not come back again and renew those special vows - keep them alive and energized!! Or maybe even write new ones!
In 1 year, or 10 years!
MIDDLES
BEGINNINGS
BEGINNINGS
LIFE EVENTS
It is my belief that our lives are given meaning through ceremony, and ceremony creates memory.
And doesn't this wonderful life gives us so many opportunities to celebrate! From baby naming ceremonies, to career endings, the loss of a pet to a wedding engagement.
We are the ones who give our life meaning; we create the spec
LIFE EVENTS
It is my belief that our lives are given meaning through ceremony, and ceremony creates memory.
And doesn't this wonderful life gives us so many opportunities to celebrate! From baby naming ceremonies, to career endings, the loss of a pet to a wedding engagement.
We are the ones who give our life meaning; we create the special moments that make this beautiful mess unique.
We get to write our own story, experiencing life through the lenses of our own beliefs, traditions, values and what we hold most dear and precious.
Working with you, we create a ceremony - small or elaborate - that celebrates a beginning or honours an end,
and anything in between!
ENDS
BEGINNINGS
ENDS
END OF LIFE DOULA
What I Can Do for You & Your Loved Ones
Prepare
Assist with the organization and completion of Advanced Care Plans, Representation Agreements and other key documents.
Using the Best 3 Months™ Coaching Model, facilitate the discovery and design of your end-of-life time – may include healing and completing relationships, c
END OF LIFE DOULA
What I Can Do for You & Your Loved Ones
Prepare
Assist with the organization and completion of Advanced Care Plans, Representation Agreements and other key documents.
Using the Best 3 Months™ Coaching Model, facilitate the discovery and design of your end-of-life time – may include healing and completing relationships, creating legacies (such as family handprints, hug scarf, family bracelets, photo albums, video logs, etc).
Support
Demystify the stages of death, guide discussions with loved ones to open communication and move toward acceptance - before, during and after death.
Provide emotional and spiritual support to you and your loved ones.
Provide referrals to the most ethical and integral grief therapists, support groups, professional advisors or (non-clinical) specialists such as a sustainable cemetery or funeral services.
Vigil
Sitting bedside, tending as you wish
and have planned.
Advocating for you, ensuring your wishes
are carried out as you move through the stages of death.
Educating your loved ones about what
to expect.
Supporting your loved ones and/or
primary care givers to prevent exhaustion and burn-out.
Celebrate Your Life
Either before or after death, facilitate the creation of a ceremony that reflects who you are, what you loved about life and held most dear, how you want to be remembered, and what legacy you wish to leave your loved ones and future descendants.
What I Cannot Do
Perform clinical tasks.
Make decisions for you.