SACRED GRIEF

A Bit About Me

I’m Amanda Walker, a death doula and grief guide.

Nothing I do comes from theory. It comes from life. It comes from the parts of life that break you open and show you who you are becoming.

I held my mother’s hand as she took her final breaths.
I have stood in rooms where the air changed and time slowed and everything you think matters suddenly didn’t.
I have answered the kind of phone calls no parent should ever receive, more than once.
I walked beside my dad through a long, painful and holy goodbye.

These moments taught me something I live by.
Grief is a doorway, not an ending.
And love knows how to stay.

For the last decade I have lived inside a deep spiritual practice. Not in a showy or performative way, but in a presence way.
Every day I return to breath, to quiet, to prayer, to light, to the subtle ways Spirit tries to reach us.

That practice is what lets me carry a clear mind in crisis and a soft heart when people feel like they are falling apart.
It is what lets me stay steady in the storm.

I have also spent years as a ceremonial guide, holding space in sacred ways.
I have sat in circles, tended rituals, prepared hearts for plant medicine, and helped weave meaning into moments that did not make sense.
Ceremony taught me how to hold the unseen.
How to soften the room.
How to create a space where people feel safe enough to fall apart and open.

That ceremonial experience is woven into everything I do as a death doula.
The presence.
The steadiness.
The reverence.

This work is personal to me.
It is sacred to me.
It is the most human thing I know how to do.

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How I hold families

I show up in a way people can lean on.
I am grounded, capable and completely present.
I bring a calm that lets families breathe again.

I work smoothly alongside hospice teams, private clinicians, estate planners, household staff, spiritual leaders and anyone who is part of your support system.
I move quietly, respectfully and at your pace.

I am comfortable being the one no one else wants to be.
I can sit bedside at three in the morning.
I can hold a hand.
I can rub a back.
I can steady a breath.
I can hold the low.
I can sit in silence or pray out loud.
I do not rush the moment.
I do not try to fix the unfixable.
I am simply there, fully and gently.

I offer simple ritual when it is wanted, honoring your beliefs and your family language.
Sometimes that looks like a candle.
Sometimes scripture.
Sometimes sage or breathwork.
Sometimes it looks like sitting together with honesty and no words at all.

Legacy projects, memory work, letters, handprints and all the fragile things that feel meaningful to your people are held with tenderness.

When the final breath has come, I stay with you through the first hours and first days.
I help with decisions, paperwork, calls, memorial details and all the tiny moments that feel impossible to hold alone.

I believe grief is a portal to deeper living.
Not because loss is beautiful, but because moving through it with care expands our capacity for love, truth, softness and presence.

When we allow ourselves to feel, we become more alive.
My role is to protect that process with competence, warmth and respect.

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Where I serve

I am based in Oklahoma.
I support families in person throughout all fifty states.
I also offer remote support when travel is not needed or when distance feels easier for your family.

I follow all legal, ethical, and non-medical guidelines in every state I serve.

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If you are here

If you are in a moment where you cannot hold everything alone, I am here.
You do not have to walk this threshold by yourself. 

You don’t have to be strong right now. You just have to breathe. I can meet you there.