Death Doulas Who Can Help With Advance Care Directives
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Hensley
I offer a one-time guided consultation designed to help individuals thoughtfully explore and understand their end-of-life options. During our session, we walk through the full range of body disposition choices—such as burial, cremation, green burial, and other alternative methods—so that you can make informed decisions about what aligns with your values, beliefs, and wishes.
Based in San Diego, I’m available in person or online.
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Kara Hallett, M.Ed
Death Doula & Funeral Planner
I am a death doula, educator, and facilitator, creating spaces to explore grief, mortality, and the in-between. I offer in-person support in San Diego and online worldwide, working with people and their pets. I also lead workshops and rituals to help reclaim death as natural and sacred.
Based in San Diego, I’m available in person or online.
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Penny Waugh
End-of-Life Guide & The Death Network Founder
I believe end-of-life experiences should be as unique as the lives we’ve lived. With respect for tradition and a creative approach, I guide individuals and families through the journey with compassion, helping them shape endings that reflect their values.
Based in San Diego, I’m available in person or online.
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Rhonda LoPresti
End-of-Life Coach & Home Funeral Guide
As an End of Life Coach, I am passionate about holding and creating sacred space, personal ritual, spiritual practice, and creative choice throughout dying and deathcare. I believe we can learn to die - and in learning to die, we actually awaken to life itself.
Based in San Diego, I’m available in person or online.
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Sara Comp
RN, End-of-Life Doula, & Trauma-Educated Yoga Teacher
As a Registered Nurse, Trauma-Educated Yoga Teacher and End of Life Doula, I have had the honor of being at the bedside of the dying both personally and professionally since attending high school. Currently, I am working as a hospice RN, an independent death doula, serving others through volunteerism, and connecting to the community with grief yoga classes & donation-based grief support.
Based in San Diego, I’m available in person and online.
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Sara Grace Thress
Death Doula & LCSW
I’m a Death Doula and licensed clinical social worker in California with 10 years’ experience in medical and hospice care. I support patients and families facing terminal diagnoses, offering guidance, mental health support, and resources, with the goal of creating a compassionate, empowered, and meaningful end-of-life experience.
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Selena Jong
Death Doula
I guide individuals and their loved ones through the sacred transition of dying. I offer emotional, spiritual, and logistical support, creating space for peace, dignity, and connection.
My mission is to help families reclaim death care by honoring ancestral rituals and offering sacred tending guided by tradition.
Based in San Diego, I’m available in person or online.
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Tara Novak
End-of-Life Guide & Death Doula
Death is universal, and I aim to create spaces that normalize conversation around it. I feel at ease with death as a part of life and consider it an honor to help clients achieve their wishes while giving loved ones the space to focus on being together.
Based in San Diego, I’m available in person or online.
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Trina Wacasey
End-of-Life Doula & Consumer Advocate
As an End-of-Life Doula, Guide, and Consumer Advocate, I partner with hospice, individuals and their care team to create an intentional, meaningful journey. Specializing in VSED (voluntary stopping eating & drinking) & MAiD (medical aid in dying) support.
Rooted in Texas & California, with the option to travel, I’m available in person and online.
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Willow Taraja
Death Doula & End-of-Life Guide
I provide compassionate and respectful end of life care to people advancing in age or individuals living with a terminal diagnosis. As your doula, I'm there with you to listen, to create a safe and calm space, and to gently help you explore what matters most to you as you approach your end of life.
Serving Sonoma, Napa, Marin and Bay Area. I’m also available online.