About US
Leona Oceania
I have been intrigued by death for as long as I can remember. The earlier we engage with our mortality, the better our death (and life!) can be. We have many more choices for end-of-life care, funeral, and body disposition than most people are aware of. Death is always sad, but it can also be healing, personal, profoundly meaningful, and affordable.
I am a Home Funeral Guide (Certificate: Jerrigrace Lyon's Final Passages), a Death Educator, an End of Life Doula (Certificate: Deanna Cochran's School of Accompanying the Dying), a Life Legacy Facilitator (Certificate: Rachael Freed's Life Legacies), board member of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maine, and an active bedside volunteer with Maine Death with Dignity. I offer several death education presentations & series, and I facilitate multiple Death Cafes in Maine. My passion lies in death education, preparation, alternative funeral and body disposition options. People don't have options, if they don't know what their options are - and you have more options than you probably realize.
I love to nap.
I love to read.
Very few of us want to die, but it is the one thing that is going to happen to all of us. It is possible to die well. Preparation and communication are key.