What if earlier, more meaningful conversations about mortality
are the key to living more fully?
The truth is, tomorrow isn’t promised for any of us.
I help individuals, families, and care teams get clear, organized, and aligned, so when the time comes, there is less fear, less burden, and more space to live fully until the very end.
What if aligning our choices with our values could transform how we live, and how we prepare?
End-of-Life Doula Support & Advance Care Planning on the Central Coast
Supporting individuals, families, and caregivers with clarity, compassion and practical guidance.
A Different Way to Prepare, Plan, and Live
I believe conversations about aging, illness, death, and what matters most belong long before a crisis.
When we create space for them early and often, something shifts.
Decisions become clearer.
Families communicate more openly.
The people we love carry less uncertainty.
Whether you’re planning ahead, navigating a diagnosis, supporting someone you love, or simply feeling called to live more intentionally, I’m here to help you take the next step.
If you’re feeling the nudge to begin, BUt aren’t sure where to start, I’ve created a wonderful tool to help you along.
A thoughtful, compassionate resource to help you navigate difficult conversations with more clarity and ease.
The Heart Behind This Work
I’m Monica Remis, founder of Holding the Light.
My work as an end-of-life doula, values-based planning specialist, and educator is rooted in a simple truth: that when we’re willing to acknowledge our mortality with honesty, autonomy and care, we gain the opportunity to live with greater clarity, connection, and intention.
This path became crystalized through my own experiences with loss and complicated grief that revealed how easily things can be left unsaid, unprepared for, and avoided.
Today, I guide individuals, families, and care communities in engaging these conversations earlier and more meaningfully—so that life is not only supported at the end, but lived more fully all along the way.
If something in you is recognizing the importance of this work, there is a way to move forward with clarity and support.
You don’t have to figure it out on your own.
