Guidance for families from the pre-hospice time onward

When treatments are no longer working, families often need steadiness, clarity, and help knowing what to prepare for, before hospice begins and as care continues to change.

The Family Journey is your roadmap to receive experienced, clear direction from the pre-hospice stage through the end of life, without having to figure everything out on their own.

Inside, you’ll have:

  • The new stages of ‘normal’ and what to do inside them
  • A clear guide for the in-between time, so you’re not guessing what matters most
  • Prompts to help you process your own personal journey and make decisions as the situation shifts

The Family Journey focuses on the five areas families most often struggle with during this stage, so you’re not carrying everything at once.

Family Journey Roadmap

One-time payment of $97

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This short video names the stage families are often living in when treatments stop working.

The Family Journey focuses on five areas families struggle with most during this stage.

🌿 Understanding Today’s Healthcare System
What doulas know about navigating hospitals, appointments, and insurance when cure is no longer realistic.

🌿 Preparing Emotionally for What’s Coming
How to stay honest, hopeful, and grounded — even when the future feels uncertain.

🌿 Practical Preparations
The logistics, paperwork, and planning that make the journey easier for everyone involved.

🌿 Changes in Body & Mind
What to expect physically and mentally during serious illness — and how to respond with steadiness.

🌿 The Decline Pathway
Clarity on the four stages of decline, from when treatments stop working through the final stretch.

Are you in one of these situations?

(These are the signs families tell me they wish someone had named sooner.)

  • Your loved one is declining, but the care team keeps recommending “another treatment.”
  • Everyone is speaking hopefully, but you can feel things are changing.
  • You’re seeing shifts you don’t know how to talk about without sounding like you’re giving up.
  • Hospital visits or flare-ups are becoming more frequent, but no one is mentioning next steps.
  • You feel unprepared for what’s coming — and you’re not sure where to get steady guidance.
  • Your person is already on hospice, but you still need more clarity and support.
  • You’ve been the “strong one” for so long that you’re exhausted, but don’t know how to take care of yourself in this.

Then you’re in the right place.
You’re not imagining what’s happening.
And steady guidance matters here.

What You Gain With The Family Journey

✓ Get relief now with your biggest questions answered

✓ Stop endless internet searching – and wrong turns with AI

✓ Ability to plan ahead instead of constantly reacting to each new crisis

✓ Never alone again. Always have a place to go when things get rough.

Meet Deanna, Your Guide

Since 2000, I’ve been caring for families through serious illness and the end-of-life time, and teaching professionals how to do this work skillfully and honestly.

I’ve spent decades in living rooms, hospital rooms, and hospice settings, helping families navigate the in-between time when treatments stop working and things begin to change.

The CARE Package exists because families deserve access to the same steady guidance that professionals are trained to provide, applied to their own situation, in real time.

What Families Report Getting:

  • Less anxiety and fear about the unknown
  • Real confidence in knowing what to do
  • More graceful presence during difficult times
  • Practical skills you can use immediately
  • Personal healing from past loss experiences
  • Trust in your own wisdom and instincts
  • Tools for self-care while caring for others
  • Professional-level guidance without professional training

“What Families Are Saying About
the Deanna’s Support”

“We learned one thing from Deanna’s that changed everything and that was where
to place our focus each day for our situation. Our anxiety lessened.
We knew what to do. We had real confidence navigating
the hardest time of our lives.” ~ John R., Ohio

“I finally had a graceful presence during my father’s dying time.
The skills and tools I learned from Deanna helped me trust my own
gut while caring for him.” ~ LaVern D., Florida

“Deanna gave me an understanding that I couldn’t get anywhere else, “
and I spent hours on google, chatgpt and on the phone with everyone
who would listen.” ~ Anne M., Texas

Every Day Brings Different Challenges

Serious illness doesn’t follow a straight line.
Some days are stable.
Some days everything shifts.
And some days you feel like you’re starting over again.

That’s why having a steady roadmap matters.
You’ll always know where to turn when things change
and you won’t have to figure it out alone.

When the Roadmap Is the Right Fit

Ongoing guidance and a steady place to return.

Family Journey

A clear roadmap from advanced illness through the end of life.
Built from 26 years of guiding families through serious illness,
before hospice, through hospice, and beyond.

Inside you’ll learn:

  • what matters most at each stage
  • What changes to expect
  • The decisions families commonly face

Included:

Ask Deanna.

Questions naturally come up as situations change.

“Submit your question anytime. Each month I answer selected family questions inside the Ask Deanna Audio Library so everyone benefits from the discussion while keeping personal details private.”

$97 USD
One-time purchase

✓ Lifetime access
✓ Ask Deanna included
✓ Practical guidance you can return to anytime

Thousands of families wish they had understood these stages sooner. The
Family Journey helps you understand them while you’re still living through them.

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Our Focus
From “when treatments begin to stop working” through early bereavement.
This is practical guidance to help you understand what’s happening, what comes next,
and how to stay steady through changing health needs.