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Who Are We?

Caroline Yongue

  • Director of Center for End of Life Transitions
  • Director of Carolina Memorial Sanctuary
  • Death Care Midwife
  • Educator

After a long spiritual search, I committed to a Buddhist mindfulness practice in 1990 and have since become ordained as Lay Buddhist Minister, Teacher and Monastic in the Soto Zen tradition. In 1995, I began working towards a greater understanding of the death and dying process when I discovered my own fears around the transition and journey that each of us will take.  It wasn’t long before I was asked to research this topic to help my spiritual community be prepared for their own deaths.  I feel blessed to participate in the life transitions of families and individuals, moments that have deeply touched my heart. I am often asked why I have chosen this path to follow. Death will touch each of us. No one will be left out.

Frank Starling, RN, FMCHC

  • Death Care Midwife
  • Educator
  • Health, Wellness and Transitions Coach

I am drawn to working with individuals and their loved ones who are facing the end of life event . I feel it is an honor to serve in this capacity. “With each interaction, these folks become my teacher and the path of service becomes clear.”  In 1997, I attended a home funeral workshop along with Caroline Yongue. From this experience, Caroline and I created our first class to help community members prepare for their death. Shortly after this class, I had the honor of serving as a home funeral guide for one of the participants of that class. As my interest expanded, I began assisting individuals with life limiting illnesses, resulting in being present to my own mortality.  I have worked as a CNA, LPN and RN in ICU and Inpatient and Community Hospice. I have come full circle and am excited to be back home with Center for End of Life Transitions.

Sarah Brownlee

I am a full time optimist who sees the world as a place of beauty and encourages others to be all they can be no matter what avenue in life they are pursuing.  I bring my passion for details and organizational talents following through on administrative tasks from start to finish.  Organizing is my gift and I am an honored to serve The Center for End of Life Transitions in this capacity.

Workshops and Events

  • Advance Care & After Death Care Directives
  • Preparing for Your Own Good Death and Life
  • Home Funeral & Death Care Midwife Training

Testimonials

  • Yesterday, Jane’s body lay in state at Ruth’s house. No more Roman Senator. Jane looked like a Buddha. Intensity of focus suggested she was learning to walk or fly or swim the channels of light, while the vigil of the living continued around her.

    Read Deneen's Story

  • What we did was the difference, for my family, in incurring debt and remaining solvent, and in saying an intimate goodbye in a language we all understood, as opposed to saying goodbye in the mortuary chapel of kindly paid professionals.

    Read Dawn's Story

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Center for End of Life Transitions

32 Mineral Dust Drive
Asheville, NC 28806

CEOLT: 828-318-9077
Caroline: 828-676-9806
Email: info@ceolt.org

Who Are We?

The Center for End of Life Transitions is an all-faiths project of Anattasati Magga, a Buddhist Sangha for the Laity. Our services are offered by our volunteers. Learn More

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