FAQ
How I Define…
Liminal Space:
Liminal space is the in-between, the sacred threshold of transition between what was and what is unfolding. It is not empty or wasted time, but a fertile space where we reconnect with ourselves, explore what is true, and allow what is already whole within us to come into focus. We do not rush through this space; we honor it, listen deeply, and make room for what is being revealed.
A Grief Companion:
A Grief Companion provides compassionate support to people navigating grief when life, relationships, or circumstances shift from what they once were.
They companion the human as they move through experiences that have changed their relationship with someone, something, or the life they once knew. They offer a space to reflect, process, and be witnessed without judgment or the expectation that grief needs to be fixed, rushed, or resolved.
They do not to tell someone how to grieve or what their experience should look like. They honor that each person's grief is unique and accompany them as they make meaning of their own experience.
Loss:
Loss is the experience of a meaningful change in which something, someone, or a way of being is no longer present as it once was.
Loss can happen through death, the ending of a relationship, a change in identity, a shift in circumstances, or the closing of a chapter in our lives.
Loss is not limited to what is gone. Sometimes loss is found in the transition between what was and what is now different.
A Companion Animal Death Doula:
A Companion Animal Death Doula provides compassionate support to people navigating the end-of-life journey with a beloved companion animal.
They companion the human, and offer a space to reflect, process, and be with what is happening as you support your companion animal through aging, illness, dying, and death.
They do not provide veterinary care or tell you what decisions to make. They are here to listen, witness, and accompany you through the experience, including the profound transition that follows your companion animal's death.
Grief:
Grief is what we experience when something changes, ends, or is no longer present in the way we knew it. It can arise after death, the ending of a relationship, a change in circumstances, unmet expectations, or any experience where we are asked to adjust to something new.
Is death a loss?
Death is a profound form of loss because it changes a relationship permanently. When someone dies, we lose their physical presence and the way we experienced that relationship in everyday life.
And at the same time, death does not mean the relationship disappears. Love, memories, connection, and the meaning someone brought into our lives continue to exist.
The person is no longer here in the same way, and what they meant to us remains part of who we are.