Stars Beyond Our Skin, a beacon for end of life community support

Stars Beyond Our Skin, a beacon for end of life community support End of life doula, companion, guide & resource supporting community in matters of end of life & grief I'm Melissa & I'm based in West Cork / South Kerry.

"𝑾𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇."
-𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍 𝑺𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓


"𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕
𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏
𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏..."
-𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝑴𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓


"𝑵𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒔"
-𝑫𝒓. 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕


Welcome. This page is a culmination & vision to further support our community here in the SW of Ireland in all matters of life and death. It's also been a re- birthing process for me as a social worker previously serving those with chronic illness & end of life care through hospice. This was the most meaningful work of my lifetime and yet, I simultaneously wished I'd had the opportunity to spend far more creative, individualized time with my fellow humans. I envisioned being able to support people as they saw fit, and to more deeply accompany them throughout their entire journey: from the early days of coming to terms with a life changing prognosis, during the sacred passage through dying, to holding space with loved ones afterwards during their time of grieving- all of this dependent upon the individual or the wishes of their collective. This was simply not possible within my role or the model of the work at that time. As an end of life companion and guide, I envision walking side by side with you in preparation for this chapter- revered as all others. I welcome and applaud connecting at any stage of life- always as a partnership between myself and those I accompany. I also hold great respect & appreciation for hospice, home health & other professionals having worked as a team in various healthcare settings throughout my career. I support the work they do and believe collaboration can only enhance the circle of care. I believe my role can also relieve carers as well by filling in gaps of time that must be spent elsewhere. My biggest wish would be to support people long before there is any preoccupation with time limitations or when death is on the doorstep. Thank you for visiting Stars Beyond Our Skin.

*I will improve the the way you view death through honest conversations, education, & companionship.

*I am a resource supporting the advocacy of people to be much more involved in their own end of life planning & to re-imagine what is most meaningful for them.

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𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 West Cork People 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐.
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