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End-of-Life Planning, Grief & Loss Support

personalized, expert solutions for individual needs

This complimentary call helps ease overwhelm with a personalized support plan.

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Easing Life's Toughest Transitions

Facing the end of a loved one’s life — or facing it yourself — can feel overwhelming. General resources often fall short, leaving you searching for real answers. Marigold Path is here to guide you through the emotional and practical challenges of grief, planning, & care. Explore our services below.

Certified Death Doula service

End-of-Life
Planning & Support

With the emotional and logistical burdens managed, we'll free your time to focus on connections and self-care.

End of life legacy projects

This service is unique to each individual and may include a life review, letter writing, or creating remembrance items.

Remaining days planning

If time is limited, we’ll focus on what matters most — ensuring peace and honoring final wishes. This may include prioritizing heartfelt goodbyes, providing respite and companionship, and planning meaningful vigils.

Family Coordination

This service ease the burden on caregivers by coordinating family communication, managing logistics, and ensuring everyone is informed and aligned.

Digital Legacy

This service ensures that social media and digital accounts align with final wishes, whether through farewell messages, memorials, or a thoughtful transition and closure.

Bereavement support

Bereavement support provides guidance and care for those left behind. This includes help with practical tasks and compassionate support for emotional healing.

After-death support

After-death support ensures a smooth transition by handling notifications, communication, and coordination. For those left behind, it also includes creating rituals, memorials, and celebration-of-life events.

certified life coach support

Grief & Loss Coaching

Grieving the loss of a loved one is one of life’s hardest journeys. As a certified Life Coach and Death Doula, Kathy Benich offers compassionate support to help you process emotions, navigate grief, and find healing in a safe, supportive space.

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Resiliency & Planning Workshops

Workshops are perfect for caregivers or anyone who wants to take a proactive approach to planning. My goal is to empower attendees to make informed decisions with confidence, so they feel prepared for whatever lies ahead.

Living Fully and Dying Prepared

This is a community-based 6-session group offering that follows the workbook of the same name, this course provides the opportunity to start conversations and end of life planning. Different techniques for living fully and dying prepared will be explored each week. Participants can then go deeper on their own with the approaches that work best for them.

Death Journaling

If you’re not yet ready for the Living Fully Workshop, this 2 hour workshop can provide a peek at supportive tools to help you plan, prepare, and process your thoughts.

The First Year

This is a community-based discussion on navigating the first year after a loss and setting up rituals for milestones after the first year.

Advance Directives

This presentation will help you think through the decisions that need to be made before meeting with a legal professional to prepare an advance healthcare directive. Let’s meet to discuss the specific needs of your organization.

What Our Clients Say

Kathy Benich’s Living Fully course was so helpful to deliberately and purposefully consider not only the practical aspects of one’s death, but also the personal and considerate wishes of all involved, myself and my children. While that goal was realized, there was much more gained as we explored the emotional realities and unique perspectives of each person moving toward the end of life, whether imminent or down the road. I am so glad I took time to reflect, plan, and gain peace through the process. Kathy is a compassionate, caring, and knowledgeable guide.

My experience with the Living Fully course has allowed me the opportunity to reflect on the present and how to prepare for what's next. While sometimes I felt uncomfortable and scared based on the topic at hand, this course was enlightening and a breath of fresh air. You provided phenomenal guidance, tender support, and encouragement, a space to begin to get in touch with feelings and look into my soul for what is important to me and the legacy I leave behind. I see Living Fully as the beginning of a fluid journey forward, setting me up for success for living fully and dying prepared.

Kathy’s group class was extraordinarily helpful. It gently guided us through a variety of topics from the general (what legacy we want to leave, e.g.) to the very practical (importance of advance directives, decluttering, etc.). All members of the group felt safe and free to share, and I both learned and took inspiration from others’ reflections. This group session is a great place to start, and I envision using and recommending Kathy for individual sessions when the time is right. I cannot recommend Marigold Path more!

Meet Kathy Benich

Certified Death Doula & Grief Coach

After caring for her late husband, John, during his cancer journey, Kathy Benich understands how important it is to have both practical guidance and emotional support. With over 30 years of experience in healthcare and advocacy, Kathy helps families create meaningful plans, navigate tough moments, and find healing with compassion and care.

Unique Features of Service:

Explore Our Resources

Caring for a loved one at the end of life or navigating grief can feel overwhelming. Our free resources provide practical and emotional support to help you through.

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Decision-Making Guide

This free guide helps caregivers make informed decisions that respect their loved one’s wishes. It includes key questions to ask doctors or hospice providers to guide your next steps.

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The End-of-Life Caregiver's Companion

This free download is designed to help caregivers prepare for and navigate the physical, emotional, and practical challenges that may arise during a loved one’s final days.