The following is a description of services provided and a suggested sliding scale for each. Gifts or trade of services will also be considered in lieu of financial payment. Lauren Richwine reserves the right to provide services free of charge in select circumstances.

Initial Consultation (up to 30 minutes): ALWAYS FREE
A conversation to learn more about available services and ask questions. Must take place via phone.

Death Doula One-on-One in Person Mentorship: $2,000 – $2,500
Six sessions spread out over six months with a rich curriculum that includes grief work, personal death narratives, green burial advocacy, home funeral how-to, family led body care, responsible stewardship, working with the funeral industry, practical business tools, and weaving creativity and ritual into your work.

Death Doula Virtual Mentorship Cohort: $1,000
Join a small group of others and create true community over six months with six Zoom sessions covering almost all of the same material included in the one-on-one mentorship. Plus guest speakers and leaders from the community death care movement will join us for multiple Zoom sessions to share their wisdom and answer your questions. Communication ongoing between gatherings. Discover YOUR path to deeply meaningful death work. 

Customized End-of-Life Planning Consultation: $350 – $500
Options include Advance Care Planning paperwork (DNR, Living Will, Power of Attorney medical, & POLST forms), discussion of funeral service details, commissioned legacy letters for an additional fee, body disposition choices (flame based vs. water based cremation, standard burial, or green/conservational burial), and facilitation of conversation concerning personal values and fears.

Facilitation of Home Funeral: $500 – $1,000
May include verbal guidance for body care (cooling, washing, dressing, and adorning) to be tenderly carried out only by the family and close friends of the deceased with a funeral director’s awareness and/or presence, writing the obituary, emotional support, mediation with hospice and selected funeral home or any emergency responders or medical providers, and consultation with family in regard to music, reading selections, religious acknowledgements (if any), or rituals and service choices.             

Hourly Consultant Fee: $125/hr