"You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy," C. Joybell
Letting Go Isn't Always Easy - Let Me Help You
Death Doula and Grief Tending
Death Doula and Grief Tending
Death Doula and Grief Tending
When the waters get rough, I am your calm and steady presence - your attentive, intuitive, by-your-side friend who can guide you through self-discovery and help lighten your load as you or your loved one prepare for life's next great adventure.
Using my honed skills and natural gifts, I help create a peaceful and personalized experience at the end of life - yours or your loved one's.
This work doesn't fit into neat categories. It looks different for everyone, shaped by individual needs, desires, family dynamics, and intentions.
I'm here to help you and your family navigate and release fears and the heaviness of the dying process, so you can more fully and comfortably ease into the mysterious and beautiful transformation that it is.
Caregiving and Companionship
Death Doula and Grief Tending
Death Doula and Grief Tending
It's a great joy for me to help elders live their lives to the fullest in the place they most want to be - home. I provide loving, attentive in-home care and companionship for seniors (and younger adults living with illness or other challenges that make daily life difficult to manage alone).
I offer companionship both at home and out in the community, light housekeeping and organizing, cooking and meal planning, errands, medication reminders, and other non-medical support that helps ease daily life.
My clients appreciate my deep patience, my intuitive presence, and my efficient attention to detail. They also value how I gently help them think about what they might be ready to release - the physical things, the worries, the burdens they've been carrying - here at the sunset of their lives.
Transformative Energy Healing
Death Doula and Grief Tending
Transformative Energy Healing
I offer heart-centered energy healing rooted in principles similar to Reiki, but uniquely my own. This work now also incorporates sound healing and light language as they come through.
My sessions support deep clearing, connection, balance, and release across the physical, mental, emotional, and energetic bodies.
Whether in person or at a distance, clients often leave feeling grounded and deeply relaxed. Those who fully surrender to the process frequently report profound experiences of healing, clarity, and emotional release.
About Me
Hi, I'm Jenny. I'm so glad you're here.
jenny becksted
I find profound joy in helping people heal themselves - in helping them find the truth within and release what they need to let go of to find lightness, even liberation. I love helping people find clarity, connection, closure, or relief at any stage of life.
My natural caregiving skills began early. I was raised in a daycare home and started babysitting at 8. In 3rd grade, I started volunteering at a nearby nursing home - and I was surprised to learn years later that my mom hadn't set it up for me. I'd simply come home from school one day and announced I was going to start volunteering. I continued that service even after we moved across town, where (not surprisingly) there was another nursing home within walking distance. I loved giving attention to the incredibly interesting elders there who felt forgotten by society. And they loved me right back.
As an adult, my first intimate experience tending to someone at the end of life was my mother, who died at 66 in 2015. I spent 10 grueling days sleeping next to her in the ICU, fiercely advocating for her and never once hearing a doctor speak the word "death." A few weeks later, after I'd returned home 2,700 miles away, she died with only my father and sister by her side. I was shocked and devastated - mostly by the overwhelming grief of not having cleared the deck with my mom before she left, but also by feeling robbed of the truth of her situation by a litigation-fearing, death-denying culture.
In the midst of the great pause of 2020, I had one of those lightning bolt moments when I first heard the words "death" and "doula" put together, and my life immediately took off in the most fulfilling direction. I've spent the years since digging into formal and informal trainings, adding "medicines to my bag" and deepening my natural skills and understanding of what it means to be human, and ultimately, realizing I was clearly made for this work.
Some of my most potent natural gifts are deep wells of patience, highly attuned intuition, a calm and regulated nervous system that puts people at ease, and an open, curious and loving heart. In addition to my death doula and grief tending certifications, I have specialized training in dementia care and medical aid in dying, as well as energy work, shamanic practices, herbalism, dream interpretation, Internal Family Systems, and sound healing. I'm a lifelong learner with immense curiosity and introspective humility.
I'm pictured above with my beloved friend, Brenda, who I had the great honor to walk alongside during the final two years of her remarkable life.
Contact Me
Serving the Greater Belfast Area and Beyond
Please email me directly or through this site via the button below to schedule a healing session or inquire about a discovery call for any of my offerings.
I look forward to meeting you!
Belfast, ME
