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Joellyn
Title: Death Midwife
Age: Ageless
Sun Sign: Cancer
Chinese Sign: Fire Monkey
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
About Me:
Hello, my name is Joellyn and I am a death midwife.
I didn't start out that way though. In the first half of my life, I was a professional actress/singer/dancer on Broadway. I also choreographed and taught around the country. Eventually, I met up with a brilliant pianist and teamed up with him for seven years, singing in night clubs and writing songs together.
Then AIDS struck. Not only did it take most of my friends, acquaintances and co-workers from theatre but it also took my beloved pianist. It took my life as I knew and lived it up to that point…and I was devastated.The next fifteen years were years of great anguish, searching, questioning and deep study - What is death? What is life? What are my beliefs about them? How do I live my life from here on out? What now is my purpose? These questions drove me to the brink and back….and I am now reborn.
In the second half of my life, I am an ordained interfaith minister creating a “conscious death” ministry. To support that intention, I earned a Doctorate of Divinity in Death and Dying. In Home With God In A Life That Never Ends, the final book in Neale Donald Walsch's Conversation With God series (which I highly recommend), “God” says, You do not have to be “ordained” to be a minister in the world. God has ordained you by virtue of your being alive. I know this in my heart to be true yet I felt that until everyone else got the memo, it might put some people and organizations more at ease if I had the worldly credentials.
I've devoted a good deal of time to hospices throughout the country. Recently, through a local hospice, I was co-facilitator of a bereavement support group and also a vigil volunteer - vigiling with those actively dying who would otherwise be “alone.”In a moment of beautiful synchronicity, I was asked if I would consider joining our largest hospital's palliative care unit as a volunteer, companioning the dying and lending support to their families. This is turning out to be a phenomenal opportunity to help shape this fledgling unit.
Our local newspaper did an article on the work I do:
http://deathmidwifery.com/org-making-article1.html
The video:
http://deathmidwifery.com/media/org-making-video.html
My book, “The Art of Death Midwifery: An Introduction and Beginner's Guide” is now available at Amazon at
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Death-Midwifery-Introduction-Beginners/dp/1439229066/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250175215&sr=1-1
Eventually, I hope to offer additional education and support to the dying and to those who seek to serve as guides.
I see my role as a death midwife because it is my belief that, being immortal, what we call “death” is but a vibrational shift or birth into a different level or frequency of consciousness.
Please visit for more information:
www.deathmidwifery.com
Member Since: Saturday, July 08 2006
Last Visit: 86 days ago.
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Things Joellyn Loves
Goals
- To fully live from my oneness with God
- To experience joy more consistently
- To have my book published
