What if the way we approach death is shaping how fully we allow ourselves to live?
In this deeply moving episode of The Passion Witch Project, I sit down with Heather Stickney, End-of-Life Doula and Transformational Life Coach, for a conversation about presence, grief, legacy, and the courage to live a life that is truly your own.
Heather shares what it means to sit vigil at the threshold between life and death—and how that work has revealed something profound: that a “good death” is often the natural result of a fully lived life.
We explore:
✨What end-of-life doula work really looks like (and why it matters more than we think)
✨How presence—not perfection—defines what it means to be “a good human”
✨The role of grief, emotion, and the full spectrum of feeling in being alive
✨Why so many people reach the end of life with unspoken regrets—and how to live differently now
✨Firewalking, fear, and what it means to step across the thresholds of your own life
✨The quiet, powerful practice of keeping promises to yourself
This episode is an invitation to soften, to feel, and to ask yourself:
👉 Am I living a life I would feel complete with?
Because as Heather so beautifully reminds us— we don’t have to wait until the end to start living.
Questions to sit with:
✨ If someone were to speak at the end of your life, what would you hope they say about how you lived?
✨ What emotions have you been taught to suppress—and what might open if you allowed yourself to feel them fully?
✨ Where in your life are you being invited to step through fear and into deeper alignment?
Connect with Heather:
🌿Website: https://joyfulchoicewellness.com (And find her across social platforms for more on her work in end-of-life care and transformation)