Heather Isaacs

Heather is a board certified chaplain with 15+ years of experience in hospice and palliative care. She is skilled at holding space for others to find their own meaning, direction, and solace through disorienting realities of life, including grief and loss, existential crisis, life-limiting illness and the dying process. Heather works to align with her clients’ deepest values and beliefs, faith traditions or personally-defined worldview and draws on wisdom from sources both sacred and secular to do so. She is grateful to live with her partner and their dog in close proximity to a beloved circle of family and friends.

Topics, Expertise and Experience

  • Navigating Hospice Care

  • Hospice Care Q&A

  • Preparing for the End of a Life

  • Living with Grief and Loss

  • Existential and Spiritual Distress

  • Loss of Identity and Purpose

  • Identifying Values and Needs in Decision Making

  • Exploring Thoughts Behind Physician Aid in Dying

  • Dementia Specific Support for Patients and Caregivers

Types of Support

  • Ritual Creation

  • Life Review and Legacy Building

  • Creating Space to be Heard

  • Finding Anchors in Disorienting Times

  • Holding Space for Uncertainty

  • Finding Places for Rest and Connection

  • Supporting Individuals’ Perspective

  • Meaning Making and Reconstruction of New World View

  • Navigating Loss of Meaning

  • Exploring Cultural and Ethical Dilemmas

  • Exploring the Presence of the Sacred or Divine

  • Navigating the Space In-Between Religious Dogma

  • Navigating the Space Between Faith and Doubt

Who should work with Heather?

  • Individuals living with illness

  • Individuals caring for another person

  • Chosen family care circles

  • Clinical Providers in need of Spiritual Self-Care