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Your Holistic Advance Care Plan
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3-5 hours, over several weeks
These lively and interactive sessions have as many belly laughs as heartfelt tears. More than simply writing your advance medical wishes, our heart-centred, practical process will help you create a plan that cares for your body, mind and spirit. We’ll guide you through the steps to:
Personal Comfort Planning2-3 hours
Comfort care is an often-forgotten part of end-of-life planning. It can help to remember that one day, we must all live as we are dying. Finding ways to comfort ourselves and loved ones is essential. Using the My Personal Comfort Plan guide and checklist, learn how to write personal comfort wishes that evolve with your particular needs, through your illness and end of life.
The workshop was fantastic… I would highly recommend it for anyone who had ageing parents, family members or who want to make sure their values and wishes for their own affairs are known and communicated. |
Planning Ahead:
Service Options 1-1 COACHING
$80/hr Individualized support where we meet face-to-face or online to meet your goals. AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE WORKSHOPS Reduced hourly rate for groups Gather your loved ones for a warm and dynamic experience in the comfort of your home. These workshops are ideal for doing the work with your “circle of care:” the people who will be supporting you and making decisions for you when the time comes. For 3 to 8 people of your choosing. |
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Facing a terminal illness can be a scary and deeply transformative experience. CircleSpace can help guide your way, offering information, companionship and support for you and your loved ones. We'll help you navigate to the best care possible and guide you through your final months and moment to meet death with grace and dignity.
Here are some ways we can help:
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Doula Care Investment
HOURLY RATE: $80/HOUR An hourly rate is ideal for achieving specific, short-term goals like creating your Holistic Advance Care Plan and End-of-Life Planning (putting your affairs in order). JOURNEY PACKAGE: Starting at $1280 This package offers greater flexibility, support and value as it allows more regular check-ins and support. Includes full Personal Comfort Plan and Holistic Advance Care Planning services (except vigiling). VIGILING: $45/HOUR Vigiling is sitting quietly, peacefully at your bedside during the final days or hours of your life to accompany you through death. We can offer your loved ones support and a steadying presence as they vigil, or provide them respite. |
Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness, wisdom and understanding. You are keeping me buoyed and together through this process.
Denise Moraze, CircleSpace client and family caregiver
Family Caregiver Support
Caring for a loved one through their end-of-life can be a full time job in terms of your time and your heartspace. As a family caregiver, you must navigate health and legal systems, lead difficult conversations, schedule home care and medical appointments, cook meals and chauffeur, all while trying to spend quality time with your loved one and live your own life. CircleSpace doulas are experienced health system navigators with deep knowledge of community services and businesses. We can help you:
- map out and prioritize your responsibilities
- connect with supports and resources
- create an action plan to make your job easier
- offer regular check-ins and emotional, physical and spiritual care for you, the caregiver
I was over-the-moon with the Advance Care Planning workshop and how I felt - the content was exactly what I was looking for and more!!
Alisa Kage, deathcaring practitioner
Meet the Death Doulas - an online event
August 17, 2020 1:00-2:30 PST * FREE
Get to know death doulas Kate Irving, Chelsea Peddle, Jenafor Ryane and Sachi Tamura at this engaging event, from the comfort of your home! We'll demystify the role this essential member of an end-of-life care team plays by demonstrating some of the ways we support people and families including:
Bring your questions and curiosity!
This is a free, online event for anyone who is curious about death doulas and end-of-life care.
Please register to receive the Zoom meeting link
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/meet-the-death-doulas-tickets-114615193128?fbclid=IwAR2xG5yMwUXzXAAmOw6gdNEQSqi2dqdoD1whqRWmkzofztuxjarFZ2qG6rc
Get to know death doulas Kate Irving, Chelsea Peddle, Jenafor Ryane and Sachi Tamura at this engaging event, from the comfort of your home! We'll demystify the role this essential member of an end-of-life care team plays by demonstrating some of the ways we support people and families including:
- exploring your mortality and relationship with spirit
- preparing for end-of-life
- leaving your legacy and
- completing your life with compassion, love and dignity
- holding space for big emotions
Bring your questions and curiosity!
This is a free, online event for anyone who is curious about death doulas and end-of-life care.
Please register to receive the Zoom meeting link
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/meet-the-death-doulas-tickets-114615193128?fbclid=IwAR2xG5yMwUXzXAAmOw6gdNEQSqi2dqdoD1whqRWmkzofztuxjarFZ2qG6rc
Reimagine Festival: Getting Comfortable with Death - Creating Your Personal Comfort Plan
August 27, 2020 1:00-2:30 PM PST * FREE
How do you wish to live as you are dying? In this experiential workshop you'll visualize your final months and moments and reimagine what's possible by defining your Personal Comfort Wishes.
Many people create an advance care plan. Some design their funeral. Often overlooked in the end-of-life planning process is mindfully preparing for our dying experience.
When her mum was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor, Chelsea Peddle realized she needed to know more than just her mum’s medical wishes: how could she care for her body, mind, heart and soul? Together, they created Personal Comfort Wishes, the unique things that bring physical, emotional and spiritual comfort through your final months and moments, such as:
Through storytelling and visualization, you will discover creative ways to define your own personal comfort wishes. NOTE: If you wish to use CircleSpace's My Personal Comfort Plan guide and checklist during the workshop, you can buy it here.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Reimagine: Life, Loss, & Love is a Worldwide Virtual Festival taking place from May 1 through September 1 during COVID-19, hosted by Reimagine. This collective effort is bringing communities together to confront illness, dying, grief, fear, and isolation in these challenging and uncertain times. Register today and explore the other events taking place during this ongoing virtual experience. Festival Schedule: letsreimagine.org/worldwide/schedule
How do you wish to live as you are dying? In this experiential workshop you'll visualize your final months and moments and reimagine what's possible by defining your Personal Comfort Wishes.
Many people create an advance care plan. Some design their funeral. Often overlooked in the end-of-life planning process is mindfully preparing for our dying experience.
When her mum was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor, Chelsea Peddle realized she needed to know more than just her mum’s medical wishes: how could she care for her body, mind, heart and soul? Together, they created Personal Comfort Wishes, the unique things that bring physical, emotional and spiritual comfort through your final months and moments, such as:
- feeling awed by nature
- being transported to a happy memory by your favourite foods
- lovingly told what is happening even if you can’t respond
- divining a ritual to love
Through storytelling and visualization, you will discover creative ways to define your own personal comfort wishes. NOTE: If you wish to use CircleSpace's My Personal Comfort Plan guide and checklist during the workshop, you can buy it here.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Reimagine: Life, Loss, & Love is a Worldwide Virtual Festival taking place from May 1 through September 1 during COVID-19, hosted by Reimagine. This collective effort is bringing communities together to confront illness, dying, grief, fear, and isolation in these challenging and uncertain times. Register today and explore the other events taking place during this ongoing virtual experience. Festival Schedule: letsreimagine.org/worldwide/schedule
Dying to Talk Speaker Series
May 28, June 4 and June 11, 2020 1:00-2:00.
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it has taught us how precarious and precious this one life is. Loss, Grief, Death... it comes to us all, and while these may not be easy conversations, they are important ones. If not now, when? Join us online in a welcome and inclusive environment, to open a heart filled conversation about loss, grief and death with four professionals who believe in 'doing death better'.
This 3 part speakers series explores Grief, Advanced Care Planning, and Legacy Writing,
Register via ZOOM with the links provided below.
May 28th - The Ground of Grief - Exploring Embodiment and Culture in Grieving with Shauna Janz of Sacred Grief
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuce2spzIiGdF9ttH4HvDNNpHooTYUHy_B
June 4th - Let's Get Started: Essential Tools for Holistic Advance Care Planning with Chelsea Peddle of CircleSpace
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tce6vpjstHNbxdMG_dxPJ3RLto1ZiriNB
June 11th - That Which Lasts - Leaving Your Legacy with Linda Hunter of Dying with Grace
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkde-qpz8iGdQGKwlElkhyg9uR55Kyy0Mk
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it has taught us how precarious and precious this one life is. Loss, Grief, Death... it comes to us all, and while these may not be easy conversations, they are important ones. If not now, when? Join us online in a welcome and inclusive environment, to open a heart filled conversation about loss, grief and death with four professionals who believe in 'doing death better'.
This 3 part speakers series explores Grief, Advanced Care Planning, and Legacy Writing,
Register via ZOOM with the links provided below.
May 28th - The Ground of Grief - Exploring Embodiment and Culture in Grieving with Shauna Janz of Sacred Grief
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuce2spzIiGdF9ttH4HvDNNpHooTYUHy_B
June 4th - Let's Get Started: Essential Tools for Holistic Advance Care Planning with Chelsea Peddle of CircleSpace
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tce6vpjstHNbxdMG_dxPJ3RLto1ZiriNB
June 11th - That Which Lasts - Leaving Your Legacy with Linda Hunter of Dying with Grace
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkde-qpz8iGdQGKwlElkhyg9uR55Kyy0Mk
April 5, 2020, Victoria Holistic Death Care Community Gathering
Rituals for End-of-Life
Rituals for End-of-Life
Januay 19, 2020, Victoria Holistic Death Care Community Gathering
Queering Death Care
Queering Death Care
December 21, 2019, HeartCircle: A Community Grieving Ritual
Grief needs community, especially in the holiday season. Joins us for a dedicated circle to honour those who are in our hearts, yet no longer here for a hug.
Grief needs community, especially in the holiday season. Joins us for a dedicated circle to honour those who are in our hearts, yet no longer here for a hug.
November 20, 2019, Royal BC Museum, Victoria, BC
It's Complicated: A Conversation About Death
It's Complicated: A Conversation About Death
