Beacon Light Doulas provides non-medical, individualized and holistic guidance to loved ones navigating birth, life, and death transitions while partnering with your family and healthcare team.
One of our overarching goals at Beacon Light Doulas is to help reconnect loved ones to the natural process of dying, death, after care of the body, and the fearless involvement with entire process of being birthed out of this life.
Over the last century, we have been taught that death is something to be afraid of, a medical crisis that we must try to avoid, not to be discussed openly or planned for except with dread or deep heartache. For most of us, Death almost always brings great sadness and grief, even with extreme age or when death is unavoidable like with terminal illness or advanced stages of dementia.
Death is such a profound and sacred stage of life and can be an extraordinary tool to help families and communities come together in memory of and healing with those they have lost.
It is our mission to educate and compassionately support families and friends as they move through the natural stages of anticipating, honoring and lovingly letting go of their most precious ones.
Erica, Elizabeth and Mary are blessed to have been called to do this work, as it is the second most significant event in all of our lives. We hope to demystify the processes of death and dying, take the fear out of supporting those going through it and help bring conversations about our own concerns and wishes related to death out of the shadowy realm of taboo, and back into the fold of our everyday lives.
Over the last century, we have been taught that death is something to be afraid of, a medical crisis that we must try to avoid, not to be discussed openly or planned for except with dread or deep heartache. For most of us, Death almost always brings great sadness and grief, even with extreme age or when death is unavoidable like with terminal illness or advanced stages of dementia.
Death is such a profound and sacred stage of life and can be an extraordinary tool to help families and communities come together in memory of and healing with those they have lost.
It is our mission to educate and compassionately support families and friends as they move through the natural stages of anticipating, honoring and lovingly letting go of their most precious ones.
Erica, Elizabeth and Mary are blessed to have been called to do this work, as it is the second most significant event in all of our lives. We hope to demystify the processes of death and dying, take the fear out of supporting those going through it and help bring conversations about our own concerns and wishes related to death out of the shadowy realm of taboo, and back into the fold of our everyday lives.
Late-Life Transitions & End of Life Support
Find support for those anticipating death or experiencing the loss of a loved one
Get guidance and healthcare advocacy through serious and life threatening illnesses
Receive customized long-term or short-term support
Enjoy a unique patient-centered care approach to each individual/family
Erica, Thank you is not enough to express my gratitude to you and Mary for the guidance, support, and amazing kindness provided to my family during my mom’s recent passing. As you know, mom’s illness was brief and devastating . She was faced with few treatment options (none of which would cure her or improve the quality of her life). When she made the amazingly brave decision to go home to hospice care, we had no idea what to do. We had never navigated a home hospice journey, we didn’t know what to expect, we didn’t know what to do next. Before mom even left the hospital, I called you. I knew that you were a life transition doula, but I had never worked with a doula, nor had anyone in my family. All I knew was that mom didn’t have a lot of time left and we needed a guiding light in the darkness. That is exactly what you and Mary have been. Our time with you was emotional, challenging, and incredibly beautiful. You asked the right questions that helped us learn what was important to mom: how she wanted to spend the time she had left, what she wanted us to know, what she wanted to do, what she wanted us to do for her. When her journey was coming to an end, you and Mary helped us understand what to expect. You held mom’s hands and provided comfort and reassurance. It is because of you, Mary, and our amazing hospice team that we were able to fulfill mom’s wish to spend her final days in the way she wanted.
Forever grateful, Sharon
Looking for a birth doula for an uncomplicated pregnancy?
One of our Beacon Light Doulas, Erica Falk, also works with expecting parents with uncomplicated pregnancies including: Prenatal, Labor and Birth, and Postpartum Support. You can learn more about these services and get in touch over at San Mateo Doula.
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