End-of-Life Coach
The Death Network
Rhonda LoPresti
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.
In serving the dying and the grieving, I favor conversations about the art of saying good-bye, exploring what death asks of us and deserves, how to consciously prepare for the dying process, the compassionate merits of in-home, family-directed funerals, green burial awareness, and the welcoming and witnessing of grief.
As the founder and visionary of Peacefully Prepared, I inspire clients to write a Spiritual Care Directive. For Buddhist practitioners, my 10-part signature process guides clients in planning their end-of-life practice from their dharma vision all the way through the 49 days following death. I also encourage end-of-life wishes and planning through my five-chapter notebook, the Passing Plan. I see these spiritual and practical processes as acts of self-love in preparing for the end of life and acts of kindness that ease the grief and stress of loved ones.
I continuously serve and raise awareness about the in-home funeral option, where we can apply our spiritual practices and create auspicious conditions at the time of death. Having performed in-home funerals for my own family as well as for clients, I am able to guide and provide resources for this treasured process.
I am a Tibetan Buddhist and have studied under Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche for 39 years. I serve as a Board and Volunteer Member for Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California (RYG CA), his Tibetan Buddhist retreat center. I have had the honor of developing a dying and death program for its community of practitioners and give group talks annually. I also appreciate the work of Andrew Holecek and Stephen Jenkinson.
I have regularly delivered my eight-week course and one-day intensives, Writing Your Spiritual Care Directive – A Buddhist Plan for the Time of Dying, at Tara Mandala in Colorado.
In my own life, I have had the sacred privilege of witnessing my family members through the dying process, including my mother and father, as well as grandparents, friends, and clients.
A native of San Diego, California, I live life to the fullest with my husband, children, family, and friends, guided by my motto: Live Life Now.
Peacefully Prepared End-of-Life Offerings
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End of Life Coaching
End of Life coaching offers steady, compassionate support as you prepare for the tender realities of dying and death care. It’s a space where sacredness and practicality meet ritual and logistics, reflection and clear decision-making. Preparing for the end of life is not morbid. It is mindful. Learning to die can deepen how we live.
Support includes guidance in saying goodbye, conscious preparation for the dying process, conversations about home and family-directed funerals, green burial awareness, and welcoming grief rather than avoiding it.
Many people carry quiet fears: Will I suffer? Will I be a burden? Will my wishes be honored? Planning eases that weight.
Through The Passing Plan - covering Emergency, Medical, Spiritual, Memorial, and Legal care - your wishes are clarified and shared, reducing uncertainty and protecting your loved ones from guesswork in a crisis.
Preparing in this way is an act of love -for yourself and for those who will carry you in memory.
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Home Funeral Guide
Caring for your loved one through dying -and keeping them at home in the days following death is not only meaningful, it is your right. Across cultures and throughout history, families have tended their dead at home, guided by love, ritual, and community. In most places, families can legally wash, dress, vigil with, and transport their own dead, choosing how involved a funeral home will be.
A home funeral allows you to slow down, stay close, and honor your loved one in a way that feels personal and natural.
As a Home Funeral Guide, I serve families and raise awareness about this empowering option. With lived experience in family-led funerals, I offer practical resources and compassionate guidance so families feel supported, not overwhelmed, as they care for their loved one at home.
Families deserve choice, support, and grace at the end of life. A home funeral is a sacred and time-honored way to honor that passage.
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Spiritual Care Directives
A Spiritual Care Directive is a written plan that clarifies the spiritual practices, preferences, and forms of support that matter most during illness, active dying, the moment of death, and the days that follow. It helps loved ones and caregivers create an environment that protects peace, honors values, and reduces confusion at a tender threshold.
As the founder of Peacefully Prepared, I developed a Spiritual Care Directive and a 10-part process to guide clients in articulating their end-of-life spiritual wishes with clarity and care - so what matters most is spoken, written, and able to be followed.
If you long to bring your spiritual practice into conscious dying, this is a space to explore it. Talking about death and applying your practice can transform your relationship to dying, opening the door to presence, clarity, and love.
Support is available through 8-week groups, one-day intensives, and private sessions, in person or via Zoom. Each offering provides guidance and practical help in creating a directive your loved ones can truly follow.
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Grief Support
Thoughtful Thursdays is a peer-led grief circle held on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, co-facilitated by End of Life Coach Rhonda LoPresti and Grief Coach Lori Krause.
This gathering exists because sharing can be healing. Grief touches every life - through death, change, endings, and the quiet heartbreaks that don’t always have names. When it is spoken aloud, or simply witnessed, something softens. It becomes easier to breathe. We remember this was never meant to be carried alone.
This is a gentle, welcoming space where each experience is honored. There is no fixing, no advice-giving, and no pressure to explain or prove anything, just human beings meeting with care.
You are welcome here, whether your grief is fresh or old, loud or quiet, known or unnamed. There is a seat for you.
Contact Rhonda
Based in San Diego, CA, I am available both locally and online to help you plan an end-of-life experience that genuinely honors the life you've lived.
Email: Rhonda@peacefully-prepared.com
Text/Call: 619-200-5433
Website: Peacefully Prepared
Thoughtful Thursdays
Grief Support
Thoughtful Thursdays is a peer-led grief circle held on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, co-facilitated by End of Life Coach Rhonda LoPresti and Grief Coach Lori Krause.
This is a gentle, welcoming space where each experience is honored. There is no fixing, no advice-giving, and no pressure to explain or prove anything - just human beings meeting with care.
You are welcome here, whether your grief is fresh or old, loud or quiet, known or unnamed. There is a seat for you.