Who this is for
If you’re considering MAiD yourself. You may want a place to think out loud, sort through your feelings, or talk about what’s ahead without anyone steering you.
If someone you love is considering it. You may be caught between supporting them and being afraid of losing them.
If someone you love has chosen it. You may be living with a date on the calendar, and with the days leading up to it.
If someone you love has died through MAiD. Grief can carry relief, guilt, doubt, and sorrow all at once, and it can be hard to say out loud.
What this can feel like
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Wanting to be there for them while privately falling apart
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Disagreement within the family about the decision
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Relief that their suffering has ended, and guilt for feeling it
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Wondering if you said the right things, or enough of them
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Not knowing who to talk to without being judged
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Dreading the date, or the quiet that follows it
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Questions that come back months later: “Did we do the right thing?”
None of this means you’re doing it wrong. It’s what loving someone through a hard decision can feel like.
How I can support you
I’ve spent more than 15 years in palliative care, end-of-life work, and bereavement support, and I still work alongside families in palliative care today. I’m comfortable in the room with hard conversations, including this one.
Before. A space to talk about what you’re facing, what you’re afraid of, and what you want your last stretch to look like, whether it’s your own or someone else’s.
During. Support for families as the day gets closer, including how to talk to each other, how to say goodbye, and how to get through the day itself.
After. Grief counselling for what comes next, including mixed feelings, questions, and the quiet days that follow.
I don’t take a side on MAiD, and I won’t judge you for your feelings about it. My role is to support you.
What working together looks like
1. We start where you are.
Whether MAiD is a question, a date, or something that already happened, we begin with what you need most right now.
2. We make room for everything.
Peace, doubt, anger, relief, guilt, and love can all be true at once. You can bring all of it, and I’ll stay with you through it.
3. We find what helps.
Together we’ll find ways to get through the hardest days, talk with the people around you, and keep your connection with the person you love.
Format: Individual, couples, and family sessions
Where: Coquitlam, Surrey, the Tri-Cities, Greater Vancouver, and online across BC
Length: 50 minutes
Fees: $165 individual, $185 couples and families
First step: a free 15-minute consult by phone or video
Peace and sorrow can go together
You may not believe it yet, but you can honour a decision and still grieve it. You can feel at peace and still ache. You can be grateful they were free of pain and still wish you had more time.
None of that cancels the love. It’s part of it.
I help people move through grief and build a life that matters to them without letting go of the person they love.