Welcome to
The Heartwood Collective
End Of Life Doula Services, Portland, OR
We are here for you and those who love you when it matters most.
PLANNING. SUPPORT. ADVOCACY.
We Are here to HELP RELIEVE the overwhelmingness.
We are a community of nuanced professionals skilled and committed to assisting individuals and or their loved ones with the emotional decisions and tasks surrounding end of life.
Like living, dying doesn’t come with a roadmap. We can help.
We provide non-medical, social, emotional and practical support to clients and their caregivers to help them prepare for end of life. Every case is unique. We cater our services to meet your needs.
WHY work with an End of Life Doula?
Uncertainty can be terrifying.
We spend so much time planning important moments in our lives; our wedding, family, kid’s education, retirement, it’s only natural we should be equally as willing to plan our death. There is comfort in preparation. Confidence in control.
Dying is the single thing we all have in common with each other. Quietly inevitable. It can be hard to think about. Accept. Our own - and our loved ones.
And while it feels completely unpredictable - and therefore, terrifying - it is actually quite predictable.
Heartwood supports you in removing uncertainty from the experience.
Some of our clients are planning ahead.
Others are coming to grips with a diagnosis.
TESTIMONIALS
With Jen’s experience, patience and professionalism, I was finally able to face the daunting task of completing an Advanced Directive. Jen gently, and with great empathy, helped me face and explore my experiences and feelings surrounding the end of life.
By the end of this work, I felt heard and understood. Jen’s insightfulness, patience and kindness are all exceptional. I cannot recommend Jen more highly, for this work or other End of Life Doula support.
Karen
TESTIMONIALS
Jen met me where I was emotionally and brought me and my family immediate comfort with her compassionate spirit.
Jen helped me navigate my husband’s transition into Hospice care at home and helped me establish a caregiving team when my husband’s health declined and he urgently needed skilled bedside care beyond what I knew. She helped me organize, coordinate and harness the power of our community, who were all so eager to give, help in any way possible, drop off meals, etc. No task was too big or too small for Jen – from helping tidy up our home to helping arrange end of life details and logistics, to helping plan my husband’s Celebration of Life, Jen was my quarterback, my sounding board and communicator. I’m beyond grateful for Jen and can’t imagine where I’d be today without her.
Minda
TESTIMONIALS
We have absolutely loved working with Jen over the course of the last 6-8 months. She has been amazing with my elderly parents that currently still live independently. She is so caring, thoughtful, and a wonderful source of comfort and company for them. Not to mention all of the newfound and much needed organization she’s implemented in their daily lives, whether it be taking appropriate medications, downsizing closet contents, calendar scheduling. You name it, she’s done it! I can't recommend Jen highly enough.
Henry
About THE FOUNDER Jennifer Tadjedin
End of Life Doula
An End-of-Life Doula, much like a birth doula, cares for someone holistically (emotionally, physically, socially) at the end of their life. An EOLD provides non-medical support to both clients and loved ones, as they prepare for the end and all that it entails. By helping clients and their families prepare for death, a doula also aims to encourage people to recognize that it is a natural and important part of life.