Carrie De Martini | Founder of the Wishing Well Center & Certified Sacred Passage End-of-Life Doula (Death Doula), Educator & Planner

Hi, I'm ​Carrie De Martini
​& I guide the living through loss.

Founder of the Wishing Well Center, Carrie is a tender and intuitive soul, a certified Sacred Passage End-of-Life Doula (Death Doula), and an end-of-life educator and planner.

Carrie is also a credentialed teacher who directs her passion for teaching toward educating others about what happens physically when we die and the invaluable benefits of thoughtful end-of-life planning. In addition to years of education and training, Carrie has served as a Hospice direct patient and grief support volunteer and has been a member of the Threshold Choir for more than a decade. 

Born with the ability to see and feel people in multifaceted ways. This gift allows her to help clients access their deeper or more shadowed layers while creating a safe, supportive environment for them to explore and express challenging or complex emotions.

Lifelong Learner with Credentials

• End-of-Life (EOL) Doula, educator and planner, Conscious Dying Collective, 2020
• Sacred Passage EOL Doula, Conscious Dying Collective, 2021
• Continuing education credits via coursework for pediatric death, dementia care, and VSED (intentionally-planned voluntary stopping of eating and drinking at the end of life).
• Hospice Direct Patient and Grief Support Volunteer (2019 - present) 
• Member of Threshold Choir (2015 to present)
• Francis Weller's Apprenticeship with Sorrow Program (2020)
• CA Teaching Credential in Language Arts from California State University Bakersfield
• ​Bachelor’s degree in Biology, with a Minor in Music, from Whittier College​

TheWishingWell - How it Began...

Human beings live more genuine, meaningful lives when they openly accept the inevitability of death, and activate their most authentic selves. In reality, we get what we wish for. The key to getting what we need lies in wishing (manifesting) from a place of deep intention.

Beginning with the end in mind, the Wishing Well Center (WWC) supports clients as they *wish* their truest selves into reality. WWC is a safe welcoming space to be seen, heard and held, while grappling with deep - and often painful and challenging emotions - that arise while doing this work.

For some individuals, this means an end to procrastination and an opportunity to begin doing the deep work they’ve been called to do. For others, it is an abrupt awakening and the need to reconfigure the time they have left, as a  result of a terminal diagnosis.

A Proud Origin Story

Carrie's call to this work was kindled while serving as a hospice direct patient and grief support volunteer, and singing at hundreds of bedsides as a member Threshold Choir. 

Serving those who are dying, as well as their families and caregivers, instilled a deep reverence for the sacred end-of-life realm. She embodies an unconditional presence to bring grounding, calm, and comfort to those in the midst of their most vulnerable and intense emotions.

​“I have been awed by the magnificence of the life/death continuum since before I can remember. Interwoven with that awe has been an open-hearted love and reverence for my fellow humans and all living things. To this purpose, I dedicate my life’s work."

Our Supportive Offerings

The mission of the Wishing Well Center is to support those facing end of life issues. We create safe spaces and opportunities for clients to feel, express, explore and work with challenging, and often life-shattering feelings that arise when presented with the finite nature of physical life. And, we help them to make the most of the time that is left.

• End-of-Life (EOL) Education & Best 3 Months EOL Planning
• Heart-Centered Healthcare Advocacy
• Grief Support
• Life Coaching

Embodying an unconditional, heart-centered presence I guide clients through a discovery process of deep inquiry into five significant life domains - Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Practical. This allows us to work from a deep and centered place where answers have the opportunity to arise, and clients can move forward in a way that is embodied, connected, and in alignment with their values.

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