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The space between breath and death is sacred.
That’s not just a philosophy for LA Shani Brinkley — it’s a calling.
LA is a Certified End-of-Life Doula and Certified Holistic Health Coach who moves through the world as something rare: a Soul Midwife. Where most practitioners tend to either the living or the dying, LA tends to both — navigating her clients’ present health needs with the same steady hands that prepare them, and the people who love them, for what comes next.

Her approach is rooted in story. Through personalized legacy projects, visual artifacts, scrapbooks, journals, and narratives written in a loved one’s own voice, LA creates something that outlasts the grief — a tangible, living record families carry into future generations.

LA holds her Holistic Health Coaching certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (New York City) and completed the End-of-Life Doula Certificate Program at the University of Vermont. Her credentials are matched only by her lived experience — a deeply personal journey with holistic health that didn’t just change her body, it saved her life.

Based in New Jersey and serving clients virtually nationwide, she works with women 35+, family caregivers, hospices, aging services agencies, and integrative wellness organizations who believe a good death — like a good life — deserves intention, advocacy, and witness.

She is the smart, warm, deeply knowing friend you wish you had in the room.

That is the Soul Midwife. That is LA Shani Brinkley.
www.feedyourwellness.com | @theSoulfulDeathDoula | LeliaBrinkley@gmail.com