About
About Andie:
I am a death doula, care worker, songwriter, plant lover, homemaker and closet intellectual. As a death worker, I offer support for people in all stages of life who are facing big transitions or existential questions.
My hope is to help bolster our human collective as we shift into a more loving relationship with our own mortality. To honor the cyclical nature of life so that we can slow down, heal our relationships and our planet, live fully and die peacefully.
I work in a values-based, power-with paradigm. I offer loving witness that supports the possibility of alchemy and transmutation, inviting a connection to the present in a way that allows for a greater sense of wholeness.
My joys include long walks, deep talks, reading, riding my bike, being outdoors (the garden, the shore, the forest, the desert… love them all!), dancing, cooking, crafting and of course, resting in my cozy bed.
I practice an earth-based, intuitively ancestral spirituality that is informed by eastern and indigenous thought/practice and deeply rooted in interdependence. That said, I keep my beliefs nebulous. I abide in the mystery.
Relevant Training & Education
Going with Grace End of Life Training
Center for Nonviolent Communication Immersion
The Work that Reconnects with Joanna Macy
Silent Meditation Retreat practice, over 110 nights combined
NEDA (National End of life Doula Association) Proficient
UCLA B.A. American Literature & Culture
Permaculture Design Certificate
200 hr Yoga Teacher Training
Year to Live with Mary Stancavage