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About the Haven
"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you." -- Shannon L. Alder
MavenHaven is a space for grief, remembrance, and meaningful making. I help people honor loss, hold transition with care, and create legacy-centered work that feels personal, grounded, and alive.
This work lives at the intersection of death care, grief support, creativity, and community care. MavenHaven exists for people who want gentler, more human ways to remember, prepare, and move through what life asks of us.
This work lives at the intersection of death care, grief support, creativity, and community care. MavenHaven exists for people who want gentler, more human ways to remember, prepare, and move through what life asks of us.
Too often, people are left to carry grief, remembrance, and end-of-life realities alone—or expected to move through them in ways that feel tidy, efficient, or emotionally legible to other people.
MavenHaven exists because that is not enough.
Some things need more than logistics. Some things need more than words. Some things need care that can hold complexity: memory mixed with pain, beauty mixed with uncertainty, love mixed with change. Art can do that in a way other forms sometimes cannot.
This work is rooted in the belief that remembrance deserves intention. That legacy deserves texture. That people deserve support that is consent-based, grief-informed, and steady without asking them to perform their grief.
MavenHaven exists because that is not enough.
Some things need more than logistics. Some things need more than words. Some things need care that can hold complexity: memory mixed with pain, beauty mixed with uncertainty, love mixed with change. Art can do that in a way other forms sometimes cannot.
This work is rooted in the belief that remembrance deserves intention. That legacy deserves texture. That people deserve support that is consent-based, grief-informed, and steady without asking them to perform their grief.
The Why Behind the Work:
MavenHaven exists to make grief, remembrance, and end-of-life care feel more approachable, creative, and human.
I believe loss deserves more than urgency, silence, or sterile systems. It deserves care that is personal. It deserves room for beauty, truth, memory, and meaning. Through legacy-centered art, grief support, and end-of-life planning companionship, MavenHaven helps people navigate transition in ways that honor both the practical and the emotional.
This work is especially rooted in care for people who have often had to carry too much alone — people whose identities, families, grief, or ways of moving through the world are not always reflected in traditional care spaces. MavenHaven is built from the belief that tenderness is not extra. It is essential.
I believe loss deserves more than urgency, silence, or sterile systems. It deserves care that is personal. It deserves room for beauty, truth, memory, and meaning. Through legacy-centered art, grief support, and end-of-life planning companionship, MavenHaven helps people navigate transition in ways that honor both the practical and the emotional.
This work is especially rooted in care for people who have often had to carry too much alone — people whose identities, families, grief, or ways of moving through the world are not always reflected in traditional care spaces. MavenHaven is built from the belief that tenderness is not extra. It is essential.
The Mission
About Me
Training, Credentials & Scope of Care
Hey y’all—I’m Christina (Chris) (all pronouns), an artist, a death doula, and a human trying to live with intention, care, and curiosity.
Art has always been how I make sense of the world. As a visual learner and self-taught artist, creativity has helped me hold emotion, memory, and meaning when words fall short.
My path into death work grew over time—through studying psychology and counseling, working closely with elders, and living through my own losses. As a queer, nonbinary, neurodivergent Black person, I know what it’s like to navigate systems that weren’t built with you in mind.
All of this shapes how I show up: with an emphasis on presence, accessibility, and care that honors full identities and chosen families.
Whoever you are, and however you arrive, you don’t have to carry it alone here.
It would be an honor to witness you—to help make space for what matters, and to ensure you are seen.
Art has always been how I make sense of the world. As a visual learner and self-taught artist, creativity has helped me hold emotion, memory, and meaning when words fall short.
My path into death work grew over time—through studying psychology and counseling, working closely with elders, and living through my own losses. As a queer, nonbinary, neurodivergent Black person, I know what it’s like to navigate systems that weren’t built with you in mind.
All of this shapes how I show up: with an emphasis on presence, accessibility, and care that honors full identities and chosen families.
Whoever you are, and however you arrive, you don’t have to carry it alone here.
It would be an honor to witness you—to help make space for what matters, and to ensure you are seen.
My work is shaped by a combination of formal training, lived experience, and long-term care work with individuals, families, and elders. I approach this role with care, accountability, and a commitment to ethical, consent-based practice.
My background includes:
This foundation allows me to offer care that is flexible, culturally responsive, and attentive to chosen family, identity, and nontraditional grief experiences—particularly for queer, trans, and BIPOC communities.
Scope of care:
I work within my role as a death doula and grief companion and do not provide medical, legal, or psychotherapy services. When additional support is needed, I encourage collaboration with licensed professionals and trusted care teams.
My background includes:
- Certified Death Doula training through nationally recognized programs
- A master’s degree in Couples and Family Counseling
- Nearly a decade of experience supporting elders and caregivers
- Training in grief support, trauma-aware care, and end-of-life planning
- Ongoing learning in creative legacy work and community-centered grief practices
This foundation allows me to offer care that is flexible, culturally responsive, and attentive to chosen family, identity, and nontraditional grief experiences—particularly for queer, trans, and BIPOC communities.
Scope of care:
I work within my role as a death doula and grief companion and do not provide medical, legal, or psychotherapy services. When additional support is needed, I encourage collaboration with licensed professionals and trusted care teams.
