As an End of Life Coach, Rhonda is passionate in holding and creating sacred space, personal ritual, spiritual practice and creative choices through dying and deathcare. She believes we can learn to die and in learning to die we actually awaken to life itself. In serving the dying and grieving, Rhonda favors conversations in the art of saying good-bye, exploring what death asks of us and deserves, how to prepare oneself consciously for the dying process, the compassionate merits of home family directed funerals, green burial awareness, and the welcoming and witnessing of grief.
Founder of Peacefully Prepared, Rhonda has evolved a Spiritual Care Directive. This 10-part signature process guides clients in planning out their end of life practice from their Vision all the way through to after death. Rhonda also encourages end of life wishes and planning in her 5 chapter notebook called a Passing Plan. Rhonda sees these spiritual and practical processes as an act of self-love in preparing for end of life and an act of kindness to ease the grief and stress loved ones. She is continuously serving and raising awareness about the home funeral option where we can apply our spiritual practices and create auspicious conditions at the time of death. Having performed home funerals for her own family as well as clients, Rhonda is able to guide and provide resources for this treasured process.
A student of Tibetan Buddhism, Rhonda has studied under Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche for 36 years and serves as a Board and Volunteer Member for Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California (RYG CA). She has the honor of developing a dying and death program for its community of practitioners and gives group talks annually. She also enjoys the work of Stephen Jenkinson, as well as Andrew Holecek and is currently in Holecek’s 4 part program Graceful Exits. She regularly retreats for teachings on conscious dying, bardo and phowa practices and end of life planning.
In her own life, Rhonda has had the sacred privilege of witnessing her own family members through the dying process, including her mother and father, as well as grandparents, friends and clients.
A native resident of San Diego, California, she enjoys life with her husband and two adult children.
Degrees and Certifications
End of Life Coach, ICF PCC, from Coaching at End of Life
Certified Life Coach, NLP Practitioner and Clinical Hypnotherapist with Bennet Stellar
Soul Centered Living from University of Santa Monica
Holistic Health Practitioner for 30 years
BA in Psychology/Philosophy from Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Founder and Director of Holistixs of San Diego, a healing arts center, for 22 years
Buddhist practitioner for 36 years
Services Provided through
Zoom conferencing
Telephone
In-Person in San Diego
“My sincerest wish in our time together is that we feel safely connected, open, curious and encouraged to welcome all thoughts and feelings. May our loving awareness naturally recognize its own wholeness, peace and purpose for the benefit of all beings.” – Rhonda LoPresti