SUPPORT FOR DEATH, DYING, & WHAT LIVES IN-BETWEEN
Compassionate End-of-Life Care & Healing Practices
Whatcom County, WA
Healing begins when you feel genuinely seen and comfortable. I offer care that supports you emotionally and practically.
SERVICES & PRICING
Three-tier sliding scale:
Community · Standard · Supporter
End-of-Life
Planning & Advocacy
A two-hour session to sit with both the practical and sacred details of dying, honestly and without rushing, and centered entirely on your wishes. Includes advance directives, POLST forms, values mapping, and advocacy with your medical team. You don't need a prognosis of six months or less to begin.
IN-PERSON OR ONLINE
2 HOURS
WHATCOM COUNTY, WA
The Hybrid Session:
Planning & Presence
For those who need both kinds of care in the same session. Practical end-of-life planning, woven with Healing Touch energy work, into a single, unhurried two-and-a-half-hour space. For those whose bodies need tending as much as the paperwork does.
IN-PERSON OR ONLINE
2.5 HOURS
WHATCOM COUNTY, WA
Core Shamanic
Healing
Soul-level healing that works with compassionate helping spirits to restore power and balance. Especially meaningful for anyone navigating grief, spiritual disconnection, or the approach to death and dying. No prior experience required. Available to anyone at any stage of life. Read More & View Pricing →
ONLINE ONLY
WORLDWIDE
1 HOUR
URGENT AVAILABILITY
IN-PERSON ONLY
WHATCOM COUNTY, WA
Bedside Vigil
Support
A steady, grounded presence at the bedside during active dying, for the person transitioning and their loved ones. I arrive prepared, stay for the full block, and ask nothing of you. You are free to rest, step away, or simply be present while I hold the space.
If death is expected within hours or days, please schedule your bedside vigil support
and indicate the urgency on your intake form. I review all submissions promptly and will be in touch as soon as I am able. For all other inquiries, please allow up to 48 hours for a response.
PRICING & SLIDING SCALE
All services are offered on a sliding scale with 3 tiers. Select the pricing tier that honestly reflects your current financial situation. No explanation is required.
Once you choose a tier, you will see each service option available within that tier.
COMMUNITY: For those facing financial hardship or limited income.
STANDARD: For those who can comfortably meet their basic needs.
SUPPORTER: For those with financial stability who wish to subsidize access for others.
WHO MY SERVICES ARE FOR
Whether you are approaching death, accompanying someone through it, or navigating what grief leaves behind, it is all held here.
The End-of-Life & Grief:
A terminal diagnosis, your own or a loved one's
The practical and emotional weight of caregiving
Active dying and bedside vigil support
Grief that is asking to be witnessed, ritualized, or honored
Palliative care and serious illness, at any point in treatment
Healing & Transition:
Core shamanic healing or energy work, wherever you are
Grief that lives in the body and hasn't moved through
Experience that your existing support cannot reach
A life transition that asks for a grounded, experienced presence
If something you’ve read resonates but you have more questions or are unsure what you need, let’s start with a free 15-minute conversation.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE JUST RECEIVED A DIAGNOSIS
Dying is a sacred transition that deserves gentle attention, like birth. For those with serious or terminal diagnoses, there’s a vital window to shape your last days; reclaim your voice, protect boundaries, and define true comfort for your body, heart, and mind. You decide who enters your space, what fills the silence, and what eases your spirit. If you need someone to sit with you during these decisions without panic, pity, or pretense, I am here to advocate.
My practice is also for those in palliative or ongoing treatment contemplating planning; you don’t need a prognosis of six months or less, or to have stopped curative treatment. Values conversations, advance directives, or POLST forms are acts of self-determination at any stage, alongside any treatment. Whether grappling with a new diagnosis, in treatment, or supporting a loved one, planning ahead is an act of sovereignty. You’re welcome here.
BRIDGING THE GAP IN MODERN CARE
01
The Planning Gap
Many families feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of decisions to make, often without knowing what their options truly are.
I provide the education and advocacy needed to clarify your wishes and ensure your voice is heard by your medical team.
02
The Presence Gap
Clinical teams are often intermittent by design, leaving long stretches of time where the dying person and their family are left without a grounded companion.
I offer a steady, experienced presence at the bedside, maintaining a peaceful environment and providing emotional anchor points for the family.
03
The Meaning-Making Gap
Spiritual suffering and the need for ritual often fall outside the scope of medical care, leaving deep emotional and soul-level needs unaddressed.
Through shamanic healing, energy work, and holistic grief support, I help you process the "unseen" aspects of transition and honor the wisdom your soul carries.
Hi, I’m Allison
I work with people facing death, sitting with dying loved ones, or carrying grief that has no name yet. I also offer core shamanic healing to those navigating loss, illness, or spiritual disconnection.
My work is grounded in the belief that dying is a natural and sacred process and that both medicine and meaning-making have a place wherever death occurs. My hope is that by creating a personalized death care plan, witnessing the process, and speaking openly and honestly about mortality, each person can come closer to peace with mortality rather than fear it. In my practice, both life and death are natural processes and cycles that hold equal humbling value, making a thoughtful death care plan as essential as a birth care plan. I am not here to change your experience but to bring you normalcy, advocacy, and genuine comfort.
- Allison Maassen, Death Doula & Healing Practitioner
MY CORE PHILOSOPHY
Support begins with being genuinely seen and feeling comfortable. I hold an unhurried, judgment-free space where your full experience is honored. I offer practical and spiritual support, a grounded presence, ancestral wisdom, and deep respect for your autonomy.
My practice integrates end-of-life care, core shamanic practice, Healing Touch, and holistic grief support, honoring the wisdom your body and soul already hold. My support is non-medical and designed to complement your clinical team, not replace it.
MY APPROACH
You set the pace and define what support means to you. I follow your lead and hold space for genuine expression, and center your choices and wishes in everything we do together.
Grounded Autonomy
My work sits alongside your medical team, not apart from it. Across end-of-life planning, bedside vigil support, and core shamanic healing, I bring an unhurried presence, comfort for you and your loved ones, and support that honors your wishes at every step.
Collaborative Companioning
Your beliefs and boundaries guide the work we do. My care is grounded in active listening and genuine curiosity. I show up with humility, honoring your identity and what matters most to you.
Cultural Humility & Consent
UNSURE WHERE TO BEGIN?
If something you’ve read resonates but you have more questions or are unsure what you need, let’s start with a free 15-minute conversation.
