About Sovereign Departures
I support people before, during and after death to have empowered end-of-life journey's.
As a Deathwalker, End-of-Life Doula, Family Led Funerals Guide, Death Conversationalist and Holistic Healer I am poised to offer highly personalised services to empower each person to have a well supported and highly personalised end-of-life journey that is unique and meaningful for them and their loved ones.
I am also available to help craft final farewells, life celebrations, funerals, ceremonies, memorials and farewell rituals that honour the individual, their journey and their beliefs and values.
Rainer Maria Rilke
“Death is our friend precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love…"
Services
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Funeral Guide & Ceremonialist
Funerals, memorials and life celebrations should strongly reflect an individual's personality, interests and values and ideally not result in the acquisition of long-term debt.
Did you know there is no legal requirement to engage a Funeral Director or Funeral Celebrant in New Zealand?
You CAN do most things yourself and with a little know how and/or guidance. For example, you can continue to care for your loved one after they have passed at home and you can hold your own funeral or farewell. Personalised heartfelt approaches of honouring and celebrating a loved one with family-centred funerals can create a beautiful, meaningful, memory and healing experience.
If you would like to pre-plan your funeral or get some support with a family-led occasion I can work with you at a level that best fits your families needs. Together we will craft a unique ritual, tribute, ceremony or service that is genuine, memorable and which can provide some comfort and healing for the living.
End-of-Life Guide & Death Doula
Death can be the natural, sacred experience it was meant to be with the right preparation, guidance, kindness and support! As an End-of-life Guide I provide (non-medical) practical, and emotional support and companionship for dying people and their loved ones in the moments before, during and after death.
You don't have to be at the end of your life to work with me!
Preparation and planning can happen anytime and once that work is done you can be assured that your wishes are recorded, and that you have gifted your loved ones with clarity on how to honour them.
Together we can explore options, design your ideal journey and make a blueprint for your sacred end-of-life journey.
Death Conversationalist
It is safe to talk about death and dying.
Talking about death will NOT kill you.
Conversations about death or dying are only avoided until they can't be. Unfortunately, by then it can be too late for the most important conversations.
Compassionate conversations about death and dying do have the power to unlock more peaceful and personally meaningful interactions...and this is particularly true at the end-of-life.
I coach individuals and lead workshops, events and private group conversations on a range of death topics. The purpose of my work is to encourage people to embrace the wisdom and beauty of death, to decrease their death anxiety and ditch death phobia.
I love helping people dream up, design and plan for their own empowered end-of-life journey and watching as their appreciation for (and enjoyment of) LIFE increases as a result of this work.