Soul Midwife
Honouring Life, Guiding the Journey
What Is a Soul Midwife?
A Soul Midwife is a compassionate companion, walking alongside those who are dying and their loved ones. At the heart of this work is the ancient and sacred art of tending to the threshold between life and death. Offering comfort, calm, and companionship as each soul journeys toward peace.
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The term Soul Midwife feels deeply aligned with who I am. You may also hear it referred to as Death Doula, End-of-Life Practitioner, or in more ancient traditions Psychopomp.
This support is not medical or religious, but deeply human. It honours the emotional, spiritual, and practical needs of both the person who is dying and those who love them.
Whether at home, in hospice, or in hospital, they offer a steady, compassionate presence - holding space, listening deeply, and helping to create moments of meaning and rest.
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Extract from School of Soul Midwives website:
"Soul Midwives are helping to transform the personal and collective experience of dying and living within the community, supporting anyone facing the end of life to experience a tender, peaceful, and conscious death."​
Sacred Offerings Overview
Trained with Felicity Warner’s School of Soul Midwives, I work gently and intuitively - weaving in sacred oils, energy practices, and ceremony, honouring ancient traditions and ways to bring peace, clarity, and grace. If you or someone you love is approaching the end of life, or simply wishing to explore this transition consciously, I offer holistic, heart-centred support to walk beside you.
Supporting you and your loved ones through every sacred threshold of life’s journey....... ​
Preparing the Journey...
Are you ready to explore life and death with gentle awareness? Together we’ll reflect on legacy, create end-of-life wishes, and release fear - opening space for calm, clarity, and deeper meaning.
Walking the Path...
Walking beside those nearing the end of life, I offer steady, compassionate presence for both the beloved and their loved ones, creating sacred space for rest, grace as the soul prepares to cross the threshold.
Beyond the Veil...
After death, I support families and communities in reflection and ritual - creating ceremonies and practices that honour, celebrate, and release loved ones with love, dignity, and peace.
Each stage can include one-off sessions, a thread of support over time, or bespoke ceremonial work. If you feel called to explore what might be most supportive for you or your loved ones, I invite you to connect for a free, gentle consultation.... a first step toward peace, clarity, and sacred presence.
Are you...
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Navigating the end of life, or supporting someone you love through this sacred transition?
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Seeking a gentle, compassionate presence to walk beside you?
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Wanting to create a calm, sacred space for reflection, connection, and peace?
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Feeling called to explore your End-of-Life Wishes - an important conversation at any stage of life?
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Curious about how ceremony, ritual, and ancient practices can bring comfort and meaning?
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Longing to honour life’s thresholds in a way that connects you with your ancestors and the old ways?
All practices are guided by the 12 Principles of Soul Midwifery - a foundation for compassionate, holistic support. Explore more here
The Benefits..
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Provides reassurance and calm for the dying and their loved ones.
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Creates a sacred, peaceful environment for reflection, healing, and release.
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Encourages open, meaningful conversations about life, death, and legacy - including guidance for creating End of Life Wishes.
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Offers advocacy, emotional support, and practical guidance through each stage of the journey.
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Integrates gentle ceremony, ritual, and energy practices to ease fear, pain, and emotional distress.
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When we meet our own and others’ dying with presence, love, and authenticity, we awaken to the fullness of life - living deeply, right up to our final breath.
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Preparing the Journey...
Conscious living, reflection, and preparing for a peaceful death
This stage is for anyone wishing to explore life with awareness, reflect on legacy, and consciously prepare for the future - whether approaching later life, facing illness, or simply seeking a deeper understanding of life and death.
Together, we create a gentle, intentional approach to this sacred journey - releasing fear, cultivating peace, and discovering that meeting death with love and authenticity allows us to live fully, right up to our final breath.
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Support may include:
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Creating End of Life Wishes - an important conversation at any stage of life.
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Guided visualizations and meditations to meet death with calm, clarity, and acceptance.
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Reflection on values, meaning, and legacy.
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Rituals and ceremonies to honour intentions, milestones, and personal growth.
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Use of sacred oils to support journeying, emotional release, and spiritual connection.
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Gentle support for anticipatory or pre-death grief.
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Preparing loved ones and families for conscious, heart-centred conversations around death, life and wishes.
Testimonial:
“Journeying to meet death and creating my end-of-life plan with Ruth was deeply moving. The meditation and altar-building were simple yet powerful practices that brought everything together. Ruth also created a guided visualisation to be shared with me when my time comes to transition - a truly meaningful and magical experience exploring this sacred part of life and death.”
Mel Maniam
Walking the Path...
Companionship through transition
During the active dying phase, I offer steady, compassionate presence for both the beloved who is dying and their loved ones. This is a time to slow down, soften, and create space for comfort, meaning and peace as the soul prepares to cross the threshold.
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Working intuitively, I hold a sacred space that supports the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the journey - allowing all involved to rest into what is unfolding with trust and grace.
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Support may include:
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Gentle vigils and bedside presence.
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Creating sacred space using sacred oils, sound, music, and ceremony.
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Emotional support for fear, anxiety, or unfinished conversations.
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Advocacy and guidance to ensure the person’s wishes are honoured.
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Guidance and calm reassurance for families and loved ones.
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Gentle support for anticipatory (pre-death) grief and emotional release.
Testimonial:
“Ruth’s guidance around the stages of my mum’s dying process was deeply comforting.
Her knowledge of the elements withdrawing (earth, water, fire, and air) helped me understand what was truly happening in those final days.
Ruth’s support allowed me to sit peacefully by my mum’s bedside rather than feel anxious or afraid.”
Richard Dennis
Beyond the Veil...
Honouring passage and supporting the living
After death, there is a sacred period of reflection, remembrance, and adjustment. I support families and communities in creating ceremonies and rituals that honour and release their loved one with love, dignity and grace.
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These practices help bring meaning, connection, and gentle healing, offering a bridge between the worlds of the living and the departed.
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Support may include:
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Guidance for after-death care and family-led vigils.
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Creation and facilitation of remembrance and celebration ceremonies.
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Use of sacred oils and energy clearing to support the home and spirit.
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Emotional support for those grieving.
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Honouring continuing bonds and integrating the sacred transition.
Testimonial:
“I am truly grateful for my soul session with Ruth. She held a safe space for emotions I had been suppressing for a long time and gave me the confidence to make peace and say my final goodbye. While I am still on the journey, our time together set me gently on the path toward healing.”
Jenny Bertelurd
My Calling:
Why I Became a Soul Midwife...
My journey as a Soul Midwife began at my mum’s bedside.
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I was called to this work during the final weeks of my dear mum’s life. She passed while I was completing my yoga teacher training - a time already rich with transformation. Sitting with her as she prepared to leave this world, I felt a quiet but powerful calling rise within me: to walk with others through this sacred threshold.
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My mum had been a midwife herself, guiding countless souls into life. In her final days, I held her hands and said,
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“Wow Mum, I wonder how many souls your hands have brought into this world?”
She smiled, full of contentment at the recognition.​
During those precious weeks, she often said, “I’ve had a great life, and now it’s time to go.” Her peaceful acceptance was a profound gift - showing me that death, when met with love and presence, can be as sacred and natural as birth itself.
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Perhaps it’s no coincidence that my own calling emerged as hers came to rest - she had welcomed souls into the world, and now I walk with them as they prepare to leave.
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Now, as I accompany others through the soul’s journey at the end of life, I feel the deep roots of ancestral connection. Supporting people as they cross this sacred threshold feels not only like a calling, but like coming home.
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Every experience reminds me that dying well is a continuation of living well - both grounded in love, honesty, and presence.