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Compassionate Support Through Every Stage

Whether you’re preparing for the future, navigating a life-changing diagnosis,

caregiving for someone you love, or facing end-of-life,

these services are here to offer calm, meaningful care.

Below, you'll find some examples of what my doula care might include.

If you’re unsure what’s right, that’s okay, just reach out and we can talk it through together.

Advance Care Planning & Legacy Work

Help preparing for the future
  • Guided conversations about values, priorities, and future medical decisions 

  • Help completing advance directives or creating personal “comfort plans”

  • Facilitated life review conversations and memory sharing

  • Creating legacy projects with individuals and families

        (letters, artwork, recordings, etc.) ​

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Pediatric & Family-Centered Doula Care

Support for children and their families
  • Compassionate presence for children and families navigating challenging diagnoses

  • Help empowering children and parents to establish and advocate for what matters most to them

  • ​Emotional support during medical procedures or transitions in care

  • Guidance through meaningful and  age-appropriate conversations 

  • Practical help with daily living

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Support Through
Critical Care

Steady Assistance, Comfort, and Backup
  • ​Help navigating the medical system

  • Rides and support before, during, and after appointments

  • Guidance for open conversations with doctors and family

  • Compassionate care through symptoms, treatments & procedures

  • ​Extra hands and help with chores and daily living​

  • Wholehearted trust in the best possible outcomes, as defined by you

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Companionship at
End-of-Life

Calm, grounded presence as death nears
  • Offering gentle education in preparation of the dying process

  • Holding compassionate space for all of your thoughts and feelings

  • Supporting client agency to ensure your physical, emotional and spiritual needs are met

  • Nurturing guidance for visitors, to foster meaning and connection.

  • providing non-medical comfort care  

        (reiki, guided meditation, massage, etc.)

Family & Caregiver Support

Holding space for those who are caring
  • Emotional and practical support for loved ones and caregivers

  • Help navigating difficult decisions or family conversations

  • Gentle guidance on how to talk with children about illness or death

  • Encouragement, education, and respite for caregivers feeling overwhelmed

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Grief Care

Support in the days and months after loss
  • Companioning through anticipatory grief or after a death has occurred

  • Holding space for the complexity of grief, without a timeline or agenda

  • Calming reiki to help center and reground your energy

  • Creative or nature-based rituals to mark endings and remember loved ones

  • Referrals to local therapists, support groups, or healing resources if needed

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Phone

Email

508-443-4230
U.V.M end-of-life doula certificate
REIKI PRACTITIONER certificate
Conscious Dying Collective Pediatric Death Proficiency certificate
U.V.M companion animal end-of-life doula certificate
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Mae Carpenter EOLD, LLC
Serving the South Shore of Massachusetts

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