“We first met Alix some years ago when she was a care coordinator in my father's memory care residence. My father had dementia and was in decline and Alix immediately stood out to us.  She was such a deeply caring and empathetic person who forged a close connection with my father with her calm mode of communicating, her focused attention, and her playful sense of humor. She was also extraordinarily supportive of my family when my father died.  We learned then that Alix was also a professional end-of-life doula and I reached out to her a few years later when my mother's health began to fail. 

This proved to be the best decision that I made during an extremely challenging period for my mother and my family, as the time we spent with Alix was like a small oasis of coherence and positivity.  Overwhelmed by physical disabilities and depression, my mother was able to communicate to Alix about her frustrations and her anxieties.  Alix was a sensitive interlocutor and listener, and she helped my mother reflect back with pleasure and pride on her life experiences as a visual artist and writer. Alix also assisted with practical logistical matters related to my mother's wellbeing, and she brought me much needed relief by spending such deeply connective quality time with my mother and uplifting her mood.  And she reached out to me, sharing resources and her experiences at each moment of significant change leading up to my mother's death, and during the period of mourning afterwards. I can't speak highly enough about Alix!”

Megan H. & family