THE BLUEPRINT SESSION
You know something needs to be done. This is where you find out what.
A focused, 60-minute advance care planning strategy session — plus a follow-up call — that shows you what your choices actually mean, where your gaps are, and what a values-based plan looks like for your specific life and family.
Most people who've thought
about end-of-life planning
...imagine it looks something like this: fill out a form, sign something, put it in a drawer, and be done.
It's not that simple. And part of you already knows that.
Because the real question isn't whether you have a document. It's whether your family would actually know what you want if something happened tomorrow. Whether your healthcare agent could speak for you — clearly, confidently, without hesitation — in a real medical crisis. Whether the choices you've made, or haven't made yet, actually reflect who you are and what the people you love deserve.
Most people have never had an honest conversation about any of that. Not with an attorney. Not with a doctor. Not with anyone.
The Blueprint Session is that conversation.
Interested in this service?
Book your Blueprint Session.
Stop guessing. Start knowing.
Most people who've thought about end-of-life planning
...imagine it looks something like this: fill out a form, sign something, put it in a drawer, and be done.
It's not that simple. And somewhere underneath the surface, you already know that.
Because the real question isn't whether you have a document. It's whether your family would actually know what you want if something happened tomorrow. Whether your healthcare agent could speak for you — clearly, confidently, without hesitation — in a real medical crisis. Whether the choices you've made, or haven't made yet, actually reflect who you are and what the people you love deserve.
Most people have never had an honest conversation about any of that. Not with an attorney. Not with a doctor. Not with anyone.
The Blueprint Session is that conversation.
Interested in this service?
Book your Blueprint Session. Stop guessing. Start knowing.
what it is
Not a checklist. Not a form. A real plan — built around your real life.
The Blueprint Session is a 60-minute, one-on-one strategy session with me — focused entirely on your situation, your family, your values, and your gaps. It's not a lecture. It's not a generic orientation to end-of-life planning. It's a deep, honest, personalized conversation that produces something most people never get: a genuine understanding of what good planning actually requires — and a clear, prioritized roadmap for what to do about it.
It starts where the Readiness Review Call left off. But it goes significantly deeper. By the end of the session, you'll know exactly what your choices mean, what you didn't know you needed to ask, and what your specific next steps are. Not in the abstract. For you, specifically.
And because good intentions don't always survive contact with a full schedule, the Blueprint Session also includes a 30-minute follow-up call one week later — a real, judgment-free check-in on what's happened since we talked, what felt manageable, and what a smart next step looks like given where things actually stand.
what happens in the session
Here's what we do together:
We start with your specific situation
Not the average person's situation — yours. Business owner or not. Minor children or adult children with complicated dynamics. Planning for yourself, for an aging parent, or both at once. Every detail of your life changes what your plan needs to include and what it needs to prioritize. This session is built around that picture, not a generic template.
We go through what your choices actually mean
In plain, honest language, we talk about what your end-of-life choices really look like in practice. What CPR success rates actually are — most people are surprised by how low survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest actually run — and what that means for how you think about resuscitation. What "quality of life" means across different medical scenarios — and how your answer to that question shapes every decision that follows. What the gap is between having a healthcare agent named and having a healthcare agent who actually knows what to do. These aren't abstract questions. They're the questions that determine whether your plan will actually protect your family when it matters most.
We surface what you didn't know you needed to ask
Most planning resources answer the questions people already know to ask. This session is explicitly designed to show you the ones you haven't thought of yet — the gaps between what you think you have in place and what would actually hold up in a real crisis. Not to alarm you. To give you something you may never have had on this topic: a complete, honest picture of where you actually stand.
You leave with a personalized roadmap
Not a direction — a plan. A specific, prioritized, next-best-steps roadmap built around your life, your gaps, and your most important priorities. You'll know exactly what to focus on first, and why. Homework is assigned at the end of the session so the momentum doesn't stop when we hang up.
We follow up in a week
One week after the session, we have a 30-minute call to check in on your progress, answer anything that came up, and identify a clear next step. Structured, low-key, and specifically designed for people whose lives don't pause just because they've committed to something important.
who this is for
This session is for you if:
You've been meaning to deal with this for a while — and something has finally made the cost of not dealing with it impossible to ignore.
You're the kind of person who plans things. Career, finances, retirement, family. You're not avoidant by nature. You just haven't had a roadmap for this part — and without one, it keeps getting moved to later.
You want to understand what you're doing, not just be told what to sign. You're not looking for someone to hand you a form. You're looking for a guide who can help you make decisions you actually understand and genuinely believe in.
You're ready to do the work. Not just think about doing it — actually start.
what you leave with
After the Blueprint Session, you have:
A CLEAR, HONEST PICTURE
of where your end-of-life planning actually stands
A REAL UNDERSTANDING
of what your end-of-life choices mean in plain, human terms
A PERSONALIZED, PRIORITIZED
next-best-steps roadmap built around your specific situation
SPECIFIC HOMEWORK
so you can move forward before the follow-up call
A 30-MINUTE FOLLOW-UP CALL
a built-in accountability structure that protects the momentum you've built
THE PARTICULAR RELIEF
of finally knowing what you're dealing with, and what to do about it
what you leave with
After the Blueprint Session, you have:
A CLEAR, HONEST PICTURE
of where your planning actually stands
A REAL UNDERSTANDING
of what your end-of-life choices mean in plain, human terms
A PERSONALIZED, PRIORITIZED
next-best-steps roadmap built around your specific situation
SPECIFIC HOMEWORK
so you can move forward before the follow-up call
A 30-MINUTE FOLLOW-UP CALL
a built-in accountability structure that protects the momentum you've built
THE PARTICULAR RELIEF
of finally knowing what you're dealing with, and what to do about it
the follow up call
Good intentions
need a checkpoint
The follow-up call isn't an upsell. It's not a bonus. It's built into the session because it's necessary.
The people who work with me are busy. Accomplished, overcommitted, genuinely caring people who want to get this done and consistently run out of runway between sessions and real life. The follow-up call exists to close that gap — to check in on what actually happened in the week after the session, answer whatever surfaced, and create a natural bridge to the next step.
It's judgment-free. If you got through half your homework, that's where we start. If something came up and you didn't get to any of it, that's where we start too. The point is that the momentum of the Blueprint Session doesn't evaporate the moment you get back to your actual life.
What this session is really about
People come to the Blueprint Session thinking they're going to talk about paperwork. Almost every one of them walks out saying it wasn't what they expected.
What they expected was bureaucratic. What they get is something more human than that — an honest, specific, values-grounded conversation about what a good end of life actually looks like for them. What they want their family to know. What they want to have said. What it would mean to have gotten this right.
The forms come later. The decisions get documented later. This session is about understanding — which is what makes every document, every decision, and every conversation that follows actually mean something.
FAQs
Questions? Here's what to know about logistics
Format
One-on-one session with me, held virtually
Length
60-minute session + 30-minute follow-up call one week later
Preparation
A short intake form (includes your state, for directive research) — takes about 10 minutes. Automated emails go out before the session so we're not spending session time on background.
Who this is for
Anyone who has completed a Readiness Review Call and is ready to build a real plan
What's next for you?
Haven't done the End-of-Life Readiness Review Call yet?
Book it free — it's the fastest way to know if you're ready for this.
Want to start smaller?
The free 5-day email course, What a 'Good Death' Actually Looks Like, is a good place to begin.
You've been meaning to handle this. Here's how you do it.
The Blueprint Session is where "I need to deal with this" becomes "I know exactly what I'm dealing with and what to do next." 60 minutes. A personalized advance care planning roadmap. And a follow-up call to make sure it turns into action. From there, most people move straight into Advance Care Planning Essentials.
Virtual sessions available — work with me from anywhere.
Minneapolis, MN-based death doula and advance care planner. Personalized end-of-life solutions for busy professionals and families.
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