About Me
My brother died without warning. That loss, and a lifetime of sitting close to death, is why I do this work.
Death doula. Grief companion. Someone who gets it.
I lost my brother unexpectedly. Before we had a single moment to grieve, my family was underwater in what is known as “deadmin,” the avalanche of death administration that arrives before you’ve had time to breathe. Death certificates to order, accounts to close, calls to make, forms to file. No one tells you it’s coming. No one helps you through it.
I also sat beside a close family friend through a week of home hospice. I watched what it means to have real presence through a death, and what it costs when you don’t.
My brother’s death cracked something open. Six weeks later I was laid off. Before I had found my footing in the grief, the ground shifted again. I began to see all the losses I had minimized or never named, a second layoff only a year later, health challenges, the grief of a childhood marked by loss that never got to be witnessed. Grief doesn’t only arrive with death. It arrives whenever something we love is gone.
Those experiences are what brought me here. I became a certified end-of-life doula and grief support provider so that no one in my care has to face any of it alone.
You don’t have to figure this out alone.
About Neera
MPH. Certified End-of-Life Doula. Certified Grief Support Provider. Hospice volunteer with Dignity Hospice of Colorado and Bristol Hospice. 15+ years in program design. And someone who has navigated loss, deadmin, and hospice vigil firsthand. I bring all of it to this work.
Why I do this, and who I am
Before I am a doula or a grief support provider, I am a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a cat mom. I am the person in the room who stays calm when things get hard steady, present, and genuinely willing to sit in the difficult places without looking for the exit.
Part of this work has opened me to ways of holding death that feel older and wiser than what most of us were given, that life moves in cycles, that grief is communal, that the soul continues. I bring that as depth, not doctrine.
I want to be honest about what this work is and what it isn’t. I’m not here to fix your grief or fast-track your healing. What I will do is show up fully, bear witness to what you’re carrying, and create enough safety that you can actually feel it. Because you can’t heal what you can’t feel. You are the hero of your own story. I’m just here to walk beside you while you find your way through it.
F.A.Q
What are your credentials?
I’m a Certified End-of-Life Doula through the Conscious Dying Collective and a Certified Provider of the Claire Bidwell Smith Grief & Loss Training Program (NBCC approved). I hold a Master of Public Health from CU Denver and a BA in Anthropology from CU Boulder, with over a decade in program design and user experience at the Director/VP level. I volunteer with Dignity Hospice of Colorado and Bristol Hospice. I’m currently in a 250-hour breathwork apprenticeship.
Do you work virtually or in person?
Both. Grief support sessions are virtual (in person potentially one day) available to clients across the US and internationally. End-of-life doula work is available in person throughout the Denver metro area, and virtually nationwide.
Is grief support the same as therapy?
No. Grief support is non-clinical support. I am not a licensed therapist, and our work together is not therapy. What I offer, rooted in the Claire Bidwell Smith Grief & Loss framework (among others), is sustained, compassionate presence, someone who will sit with you in your grief without rushing you, pathologizing you, or handing you a five-stage model and a timeline.
That said, grief support and therapy can absolutely coexist. If you’re working with a therapist, I can work alongside them. If your grief has clinical dimensions, depression, trauma responses, complex PTSD, I will always support you in finding the right clinical care, and we can continue our work in parallel if that feels right.
How do I know if this is right for me?
Fit matters enormously in this work, probably more than credentials or training. You need to feel safe, seen, and unhurried in the presence of the person you’re trusting with your most difficult moments.
The best way to find out is the free consult. Come as you are, ask what you need to ask, and trust your gut. If it’s not a match, I’ll be the first to tell you it’s okay to keep looking. The right support exists for you, I want to help you find it, whether that’s with me or someone else.
What if I start a package and my situation changes?
Death and grief work is inherently unpredictable; I understand that completely. If your needs shift, your timeline accelerates, or something unexpected happens, we’ll adapt. Flexibility is built into how I work, not an exception to it.
If you need to pause, adjust, or stop entirely, we’ll handle it with the same care we bring to everything else.