ADVANCE CARE PLANNING MINNEAPOLIS
This is the most important
thing you've never done
Advance care planning isn't about paperwork. It's about making sure the
people you love don't have to guess — about anything — when it matters most.
ADVANCE CARE PLANNING
This is the most important thing you've never done
Advance care planning isn't about paperwork. It's about making sure the people you love don't have to guess — about anything — when it matters most.
What is advance care planning?
Most people's experience with advance care planning is filling out a form, signing something a doctor handed them, or downloading a directive they found online (and never finished).
Proper advance care planning means executing state-specific, properly executed documentation so your family knows what you want: Who speaks for you if you can't speak for yourself, what quality of life means to you, and what you want done, and what you don't. It also means the people left behind aren't scrambling for your passwords, for your account information, for the decisions you meant to get around to because nobody's sure what you would have wanted.
Interested in this service?
Book a free Readiness Review Call. It costs nothing but the time.
Advance care planning process
You don't have to know where to start (that's the whole point).
Advance care planning with me is a clear, sequential process. Each step has a defined purpose and deliverable. Here's how it works.
Step 1 - Free Family Readiness Review Call
(20 minutes, free)
Before anything else, we figure out where you stand. In 20 minutes, I walk you through the five things every person needs to understand and have in place for end-of-life planning. Most people discover they're missing at least a few — and that what they thought they had isn't quite what they needed.
This call is free. No prep required beyond a short intake form. It creates the foundation for everything that follows: a clear-eyed, honest picture of where you are and what a smart next step looks like for your specific situation.
No pressure. No commitment. Just clarity.
Step 2 - Strategy Session
(60 minutes + 30-minute follow-up)
The Readiness Review showed you the gap. The Strategy Session shows you how to close it.
This is a strategy session — not paperwork, not directives, not tasks. A focused conversation that produces a personalized roadmap for your planning: what to prioritize, what your choices actually mean in plain human terms, and where to put your energy first.
Most people arrive thinking this is about forms. They leave understanding it's about something bigger — what a good ending actually looks like for them and the people they love, and what it genuinely takes to make that happen.
You'll also leave with specific homework and a 30-minute follow-up call already scheduled for one week later, so the momentum of the session doesn't evaporate when you get back to your real life.
Step 3 - Advance Care Planning Essentials
(120 minutes)
This is where something real gets done.
In 120 focused minutes, we complete your state-specific advance care documents — the right forms for where you live, correctly executed so they'll actually hold up. We go through your healthcare agent choice honestly (not just who you love most, but who's actually equipped to advocate for you under pressure). And we document your full end-of-life preferences: who you want present, what environment you want, whether you want music or silence, quality of life versus quantity — the details that make the difference between a death that reflects who you are and one that simply happens to you.
You leave with documents that exist in the world. Completed. Filed. In the hands of the people who need them.
Step 4 - Advance Care Planning Extended
(8 60-minute sessions)
The Essentials covers the most critical things. The Extended package covers everything else. Financial accounts. Passwords and digital life. Subscriptions nobody will know to cancel. Business documentation. Personal possessions and how you want them distributed. Your obituary — written in your own voice, ready when it's needed. The celebration of life you'd actually want. All of it.
One topic per session. A workbook for each. Assignments between sessions to gather what we'll need. A dashboard that tracks your progress so nothing slips through.
When it's done, the people you leave behind have everything they need — organized, documented, and accessible. Not a pile of guesswork. Not an expensive mess for an attorney to sort out. A real record of your real life, built specifically for them.
A few things to know before you start
You don't have to know anything going in.
The point of the Readiness Review Call is to figure out where you actually stand. No research required. No forms in hand. Just show up.You don't have to do all of this at once.
Each step is standalone. You start with the Strategy Session and take stock before deciding what's next. Many people do. The process is designed to move at a pace that makes sense for your life.This isn't as hard as you may imagine.
I've had these conversations with a lot of people. People walk out of the first session saying it wasn't what they expected — that it felt more manageable, more human, and more clarifying than they'd anticipated. The weight is in the putting-it-off. The doing tends to be lighter.The entry point is free.
A 20-minute call, no prep required, no pressure, no commitment. That's where we start.
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FREE 5-DAY EMAIL COURSE
Go from dreading end-of-life conversation to meaningful family dialogue (without the drama!)
Not having these conversations costs peace of mind, the risk of stressful crisis decisions, and the fear of repeating painful death experiences. This free course changes that. In five short daily emails, you get a framework for confidently sharing end-of-life wishes and achieving peace of mind, even if your family has never talked about death.
The planning isn't the hard part... starting is
The free Readiness Review Call is 20 minutes and a great place to start. You'll understand where your planning stands and what a smart next step looks like — whether that's working with me or not. It costs nothing but the time.
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Minneapolis, MN-based death doula and advance care planner. Personalized end-of-life solutions for busy GenX professionals and families.
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