About Laura
My name is Laura, and I created The Journey Before Us because I believe our journey matters. We matter. How we live matters, and how we die matters.
I feel honored to walk alongside people during the many transitions life brings. Some are exciting. Some are difficult. Some are unexpected. And some invite us to slow down, have the conversations we’ve been putting off, and consider what matters most.
You get to decide where we go. My role is to listen, ask questions, get curious with you, and help create space for whatever is important to you. We are partners on the journey. You bring your story, your questions and your hopes. Together we explore what comes next.
How I Work
Hospitality is at the heart of my work. I want people to feel welcomed, heard, respected and safe enough to have honest conversations about life, health and wellness, change, loss, aging, planning and the future.
My own journey has taught me that there is rarely one right way to move through life’s transitions. We each live differently, love differently, grieve differently and die differently. I meet people where they are, with compassion, curiosity and without judgment.
“Laura is a generous and open person with a calm and grounded presence.”
What Prepared Me for This Work
My professional training brings together several paths that may seem different at first, but are deeply connected:
- National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach
- Death Literacy Specialist
- Certified Grief Educator
- End-of-Life Doula
- Pediatric End-of-Life Doula
- Companion Animal End-of-Life Doula
My work is grounded in a whole-person approach. Whether we’re talking about health and wellness, a major life transition, grief and loss, planning ahead, or what matters most at the end of life, I believe the conversation begins with listening.
My personal experiences have shaped this work just as much as my professional training. Losing my father after his cancer diagnosis gave me the unexpected gift of experiencing a peaceful death surrounded by family. Losing my mother suddenly taught me something very different about shock, grief, unfinished goodbyes and the many ways loss can change us.
Those experiences continue to remind me why these conversations matter.
We don’t know how long we have. But we can make space for the life we have now, for the people we love, for the conversations that matter, and for the journey before us.
I would be honored to be part of yours.