We are EdgeWalking
Meet our experienced collective of end-of-life planners, practitioners and spiritual guides
Meet Us
The EdgeWalking collective was born from a shared desire to serve those at various phases of their lives with loving guidance, professional support and spiritual healing and comfort.
Peace of Mind Guide
Johanna Munson
Johanna Munson is an end-of-life educator and a workshop leader who has a passion for expanding the conversations around how we live out our lives fully until the end. She developed the Experience Peace of Mind Now program, a comprehensive roadmap covering the heart, soul, and mind of advance care planning, drawing from her experiences serving as her father’s medical and financial power of attorney and estate executor and her lifelong role as an educator.
She has completed certification as a Conversational Intelligence Coach, a Death Doula, and is a certified Willow End of Life EducatorTM. She is the author of Live Responsibly, Die Thoughtfully: How to Navigate the Rest of Your Life with Intention and Grace, now available on Amazon. Planning brings peace, and that is her wish for you!
Intuitive Healer/Spiritual Guide
Kathryn Lafond
Kathryn Lafond, known for her love of prayer, song, and ceremony, is devoted to helping us remember that all life is sacred. For over 25 years she has served her community as an Intuitive Energy Healer, health coach, spiritual guide, writer, and teacher of Wild Foods and Medicine classes. As an intuitive healer and medium, she has worked with clients throughout the country; at times accessing the desires of the comatose so families know the preferred next steps. At other times, acting as a doula for the living and/or dying.
Her current focus on climate change, the environment, and what we need to hospice to have a living planet, includes bringing ‘presence’ to all that we humans need to experience.
End of Life Doula
Danielle Gordon
Danielle has been comfortable and familiar with death since a young age. She has experienced sudden death and expected death and has always felt drawn TO the bedside of those experiencing life-limiting illnesses or those at the end of their earthly existences. She has completed in-depth training from the International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA), and is additionally a hospice volunteer. She is currently training as a Reiki healing practitioner to bring this energetic work to those who will benefit from it.
She additionally brings her decades of experience as an artist, designer, and event planner to the challenging and rewarding work of co-creating rituals and celebrations of life that authentically and lovingly celebrate the life of those who have passed.
She looks forward to serving those in need, including people at the end of their lives and their community of supportive and loving friends and family. She considers it an honor and a privilege to serve people in this capacity.
Professional Organizer
Melissa Blanchard
Are you or your loved one aging at home and could truly benefit from easily accessing items in every drawer, closet, and cupboard? Imagine displaying cherished memories and collections on uncluttered mantels and bookshelves! You will be amazed at the effect this has on well-being and comfort.
Or maybe you are searching for a sense of peace knowing that you aren’t leaving your stuff behind for someone else to deal with. Clearing your spaces greatly benefits you and your well-being, as well as the wellness of future generations by redistributing to those who will continue to put them to good use.
I offer support in clearing spaces after the death of a loved one. I honor and hold space by listening to cherished stories, intuitively knowing when to nudge warmly, taking things as slowly as needed and respecting final wishes by rehoming items to organizations of your or your loved one’s choosing.
I would be honored to assist you in sorting through your years of acquisitions to create spaciousness in your home and within your mind so that you can spend your time on what matters. I offer a caring, customized, non-judgmental approach to minimizing. Reaching out is the hardest part - you will be so glad you did.
"Before I started, I thought I knew what needed doing. Through working with Johanna, I realized that only half of it was done- there was a lot more to it than I originally might have expected. What was keeping me from doing this work was the overwhelm, and Johanna helped me bite it off into little chunks. My advanced directive had been sitting in my computer for however long and I sort of had it filled out.
It's almost like having her hold your hand, going through it, breaking it down and making it easier. Because again, it's one thing to think about it and look at it, but another thing to talk through things with someone who is in the same space. You've got to talk about these liminal spaces between the nuts and bolts aspects of stuff. That was really inspiring and encouraging. It's not as scary as it sounds, and it's not as hard as it as you think it might be. When you're finished, it's really satisfying to know that that's something that's tidy and you don't need to worry about it anymore!"
Catherine B.
Alexa Young, CA