DEATH DOULA | Michell Mercer

Death Doula Michell

I am always available to have a chat to discuss where I can be of service to you.

Contact me so we can set up a time.

My offerings include using ancient and time-proven methods of an open and compassionate heart. As a doula, I offer before-death and respite to the family, and after-death natural body care, including washing the body, shrouding, sitting vigil ceremony, and assisting the family with any help they need. My healing modalities include Holistic Pulsing, a safe, gentle & nurturing body-mind therapy that uses rocking & stretching to release trauma from your essence, Holistic Counselling, Sound Therapy and Ritual.

My Story

I have been surrounded by death since I was a little girl, it never really scared me, I just viewed it as a part of life - we are born, we live and we die.

Hi Im Michell and I'm a death doula, most people about now say "a what"!!!! What's that?

It's not all I do but right now it seems to be in focus and needed

Towards the end of 2008 a good friend Geraldine, asked me to be part of a team of 3 people who helped care for her in the last months of her life, I didn't realise it at the time but this was my first role as a death doula.

Around the same time, my sister was fighting her own battle with cancer and as one experience ended another began. I went straight on to help care for her until she passed.

My role as a carer continued on for the next 10 years as I cared first for my Dad and then my Mum as they completed the last years of their lives.

Over the last few years, I have been called to service many times most recently when a young man whom I have known since he was a teenager died from brain cancer.

During the years I have tussled with the idea of becoming a death doula in a professional capacity but never felt quite ready. I have now accepted the mantle and recently completed a course to expand my skills and I feel ready to be of service to whoever is drawn to me at the right time.

I see death as a natural conclusion to life and have a passion for assisting others to embrace death lovingly and intuitively that reflects and honours the dying person. I will guide you, be with you and hold your hand every step of the way. I love to use ceremony and ritual to transition us through this process with an unwavering experienced hand.

I am now also teaching the LIfe Options Death Doula course face-to-face in Cairns, Nth QLD

My Doula Services

This will help us determine if we are a good fit for each other. I can come to you unless you have another request for a meeting place. I meet the person who is nearing the end of life, and the carers, family or anybody who is involved in this process I assess if I can fill your needs and wants, you decide if you like me
We move into a space of collaboration and teamwork

First Meeting

I will come to your house, we can discuss all the different package options available and see which one will meet your needs

I will have a dedicated hour with the person who is being cared for where they can discuss with me their wishes and we can make a plan of how we move forward from here. 1.5 hrs approx $90

Lets Get Acquainted

PACKAGES

Prices are adaptable to suit your needs

PACKAGE 1 - 10 hours - $600 this includes being on call via phone to support you in any way

PACKAGE 2 - 20 hours - $1050 also with on-call

Any of these services can be included in a package or by an hourly rate - $65 to $85 per hr (depending on travel etc)

Everything will depend on where you are at on your journey

Package Deals

Instigate Advanced Care Directive for them and all of you in case one of you dies first
Listen to your stories and challenges you are facing,

If you choose to do most of the care yourself, give you the tools to do this with some self-preservation

Sitting vigil with you and your carers or on my own in the last hours of life.
Offer holistic healing modalities including Holistic Pulsing,
After death, I can guide or help you care for your loved one's body if you wish.

HOW CAN I HELP

Death Doula Michell

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My Story

My Doula Services