With a Master of Arts in Culture & Spirituality, I bring a holistic perspective to my work as a doula, as well as to weddings, funerals and other services where people mark important moments with ritual and celebration.
Helen Stickney, PhD
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I am a meditation instructor and death doula specializing in contemplative approaches to mortality and grief. As a doula, my role is to support individuals and their loved ones through the various phases of the end of life process. I am available to support everyone involved in the dying process with embodied approaches to integrating loss and transformation. Meditation and deep listening are present in all aspects of my work.
Nisha Bowman, MSW, LSW, APHSW-C, CGCS, NEDA Proficient
Jaime Hahn
I grew up in Shaler Township and graduated from Shaler Area High School. I attended Duquesne University, thinking I would become a French teacher, but soon realized I wanted to join the funeral service industry. As the daughter of a funeral director, I was very comfortable with death. (My brothers and I played hide and seek among caskets!)
Jody Adams, M.A., CPO
I’m fascinated by the way conversations about death tend to be postponed or avoided, even though death is inevitable for every living being. I am honored to help people explore the question of what a “good death” means to them, and I encourage them to live a “good life” as they define it. I also assist clients in making sense of their things and their space to support their lifestyle and life purpose. That work very often leads to conversations about legacy, how they want to experience the dying process, and the sometimes daunting but practical details of ensuring that their “final affairs are in order.”
Lynne Ireland-Knight
Lorraine Laster-Yashin
Gianna Bottone
My path to deathcare has been shaped by lived experiences as well as educational and professional training. During my own grief journey, I’ve followed my bodily awareness through movement/ dance and art-making to address and process my emotions. In my educational and professional life, I use Art Therapy to explore people’s needs and emotions. My goal with clients is to aid in processing their grief and to help them reconnect emotions, sensations, thoughts, and experiences to achieve overall congruence.
Zuleikha Erbeldinger-Bjork
My first husband, Richard, prepared me for his death. After he died, I looked for ways to process his absence and keep him present. Attending Death Cafes, joining Pittsburgh Community Deathcare and writing memoir are ways I’ve kept him present. With my writing expertise and over 25 years of graphic design experience, I’ve also begun creating digital stories. I’ve come to love this format and I’m excited to help others record their own or their loved ones’ stories in this way.
Rev. Marguerite Aebi
Reverend Marguerite Renee Aëbi (Maggi) An Ordained Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister educated through One Spirit Seminary, I am a committed member of the clergy professionally affiliated with THE THREAD Seminary. This prepares me to minister as support counsel and spiritual care to those individuals seeking peace from life trauma, grief and religious confusion. I personally received Initiation into the Sri Vidya tradition of the Himalayas December 2006, Vows in the Buddhist way of life Nov. 13, 2022 and Ministerial Ordination June 5, 2025.