Crossroads End of Life Doula Services

10/17/2025

08/11/2025

Dancing and death might not seem the most obvious bedfellows to buttoned-up Brits, but honouring those we’ve lost through music and movement is the most natural thing in the world, finds Helen Coffey

05/17/2025

Life truly is radiant, according to an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada.

04/12/2025

I’ll be at the RaSani Fair Spring Expo happening this weekend! Oregon’s largest premier body mind spirit holistic fair at the Linn County Fair & Expo in Albany from 10 am - 5 pm Saturday & Sunday. Be sure to come by booth #97 and say hello friends!

10/26/2024

Coping with your grief when a parent or other loved one is dying can be very difficult. Learn about these conflicting and painful emotions and what can help you best cope with them.

10/16/2024

The Grace of Deathbed Visitations

Just as it does at birth, the veil between the worlds thins at death. The other side can become more present, to the dying person, and to those around them.​​

It's common for people to see, hear, or sense the presence of benevolent, otherworldly beings around a death. These may be ancestors, spiritual figures, animals, or simply amorphous energy forms. They're here to support and es**rt the dying person on their journey, and they can bring great comfort and reassurance.

​​When a death comes through illness or aging, there's more time to notice this dimensional shift. As a dying person's body shuts down, they release their attunement to this world and begin to resonate at the frequency of an ancestor. They become a sort of tuning fork in the field, allowing the whole ancestral realm to be more easily perceived and engaged.

​​Dominant culture separates us from death, so many of us haven't been taught how to recognize these visitations, much less how to engage with them and the healing they can bring.

Not every deathbed involves visitations but, in my experience, when dying people and their families learn to identify the signs, and are given permission to validate what's happening, the visitations intensify. It's a matter of giving them a place to land.​​​

A deathbed is a liminal zone, a threshold between this world and the next. It's a profoundly sacred space, and when we consciously meet it that way, beautiful things can happen.

09/20/2024

Learn more & register: homefuneralalliance.org/conference

In a world where conversations about death often elicit discomfort, there’s a place where these discussions are not only welcomed, but celebrated.The 2024 De...

09/14/2024

https://www.wvh.org/grief-care

WVH offers free bereavement support groups and workshops to anyone in our community who has faced the death of a loved one – whether or not they used WVH Hospice or Supportive Care services.

08/31/2024

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