About Us

I'm the founder of This Beloved Life, where I provide compassionate end-of-life support, advocacy, and education centered around what matters most to you.

Many of the people I meet initially talk about death as the opposite of life—something looming ahead, or something they are simply waiting for.

I see it differently.

Death is a chapter of life. And that chapter is still deserving of meaning, connection, comfort, laughter, beauty, and joy.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified End-of-Life Doula in Colorado Springs, a community I have called home since 1985. I am also a mother of eight and grandmother to two amazing children.

My path to this work began long before This Beloved Life had a name.

As a teenager, I watched Alzheimer's disease profoundly change my great-grandmother's final chapter. Later, I experienced the deaths of my aunt and uncle from cancer while also watching my father give his time to people at the end of life as a hospice volunteer.

My understanding of what happens after a death became deeply personal when my mother died suddenly of a heart attack at just 63.

Then, in 2024, my understanding of grief changed forever when my 26-year-old son died.

I have also walked alongside my brother-in-law as he faced stage IV pancreatic cancer and have supported many clients living with terminal illness, advanced age, changing abilities, and the difficult realization that they can no longer do everything they once could.

These experiences have shown me that there is no single right way to approach the end of life.

Some people want to talk. Some don't. Some want family surrounding them, while others want quiet. Some want to plan every detail, and some simply need someone beside them while they figure out what comes next. There can still be favorite foods, music, stories, laughter, celebrations, difficult conversations, ordinary afternoons, and moments that matter.

Dying does not mean that living has stopped.

At This Beloved Life, I help people and families create an end of life that reflects who they are, what they value, and what matters most to them.

We spend our lives making choices about how we want to live. I believe you should have choices about how you want to die, too.

Whatever your final chapter looks like, it is still yours.

And wherever you are in that journey, I will meet you there and make sure you don't have to navigate it alone.

 What matters to you? 

 Maybe you know exactly what you want. Maybe you have no idea. Maybe you're scared. Maybe you're not scared at all. Maybe your family doesn't understand your wishes. Maybe you don't have family nearby. Maybe you simply need someone who is comfortable talking about the things everyone else avoids.  You don't need to approach death a certain way to belong here.