Navigating Life’s Greatest Transitions
Mary Alden Specializes in Continuity of Care and Provides Expert Educational Resources for Care Communities and Families Supporting their Loved One's Late Life Transitions
Welcome to Beacon Light Doulas
Compassionate Support for Life’s Final Transitions
At Beacon Light Doulas, we provide holistic, non-medical support for individuals and families navigating the profound transitions of aging, serious illness, and the end of life.
Whether working directly with families or in partnership with hospices, healthcare providers, and care communities, we bring calm presence, practical guidance, and emotional support to every step of the journey. We help reconnect people to the sacred and natural process of living — and dying — with dignity, clarity, and love.
What We Offer
Personalized Support for Families and Loved Ones
End-of-Life Planning & Advance Care Directives
Healthcare Advocacy Through Serious Illness
Bedside Vigil & End-of-Life Doula Services
Grief Support & Bereavement Coaching
Downsizing, Legacy Work & Life Review
VSED and MAiD Guidance (where legal)
Specialized Services for Care Communities
Staff Training: Equip your team to support residents and families with empathy and skill
End-of-Life Doula Education: Bring this critical care model into your organization
Family Engagement Events: Provide resources, education, and peace of mind
Continuity of Care Consulting: Strengthen your care culture, improve satisfaction, and enhance outcomes
Continuity of Care. Clarity in Transition. Community in Grief.
We walk alongside individuals, families, and care teams at every stage of late life and end of life.
Why Work With Mary Alden?
With over 35 years of experience supporting older adults, Mary Alden brings deep knowledge, calm leadership, and profound empathy to her work. She is a certified end-of-life doula, grief coach, healthcare advocate, and a lifelong educator and speaker on the topics of aging and dying well.
Mary’s unique approach blends practical planning, emotional support, and sacred presence — helping individuals and families face the end of life with less fear and more peace. She also partners with assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing communities to improve the way we care for residents at the end of life.
Elizabeth Wong
Elizabeth, a San Francisco native, has spent over 15 years as a Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery, helping families welcome new life.
In 2018, she expanded her skills to become an end-of-life doula, focusing on the Chinese-American community.
Elizabeth is passionate about bridging cultural gaps and empowering families through open conversations about death.
Co-founder of "Death Over Dim Sum" and a hospice volunteer, she brings compassion and understanding to life's final transition.
Erica Falk
Erica, a San Francisco native, brings over two decades of experience as a certified massage therapist, birth doula, midwifery assistant, and certified end-of-life doula since 2018.
Erica's compassionate touch and healing presence provide comfort and peace, ensuring dignity in final moments.
Skilled in facilitating open, heartfelt conversations, she also creates legacy art, transforming personal treasures into beautiful keepsakes.
Our Mission
To normalize and honor the natural transitions of aging, dying, and grieving — and to compassionately support the emotional, spiritual, and practical needs of every individual and family, regardless of faith tradition or personal beliefs.
Whether you see this time as sacred, medical, emotional, or simply human, we walk beside you with deep respect, presence, and care.
Trusted by
“Just a one-hour conversation with Mary changed my life forever... I am now one year into my dream career, healing from loss, and approaching motherhood with gratitude. She is my mentor, my spirit guide, and a living guardian angel. I can't say enough good about her.”
- Lauren Salazar
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Whether you're facing an urgent need or planning ahead, let’s talk. Receive a personalized care plan, ongoing support, and peace of mind.
Proudly Serving
The San Francisco Bay Area: San Jose, Pacifica, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin & San Francisco Counties
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Our Mission
We compassionately support families and friends as they navigate the stages of planning, honoring, and caring for their most cherished loved ones through life’s greatest transitions.
Beacon Light Doulas provides compassionate end-of-life care, death doula services, and grief support for terminal illness and death at home.
We are SF Bay Area death doulas servicing San Jose, San Francisco, Pacifica, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin and San Francisco County
