About Us
Peacing Out is a care team empowering you to make informed decisions about life and end-of-life. We are educators, doulas/end-of-life guides, and home funeral facilitators. Peacing Out is here to assist and support you in understanding the process of dying, advocating for your preferences and creating authentic and meaningful end-of-life events.
During COVID-19, all Peacing Out services and supports are available online, including Celebrations of Life. Please reach out if you need support creating ceremony or honoring a loved one from afar.
Our Team
Sula Johnson
Sula Johnson is the founder of Peacing Out. She lives and works in New York City, and is part of a growing movement made up of doulas, caregivers, and officiants looking to transform our relationship with death. She is a certified end-of-life doula with a certificate in Contemplative End-of-Life Care from the Institute of Traditional Medicine (Toronto, Canada). Sula has also completed additional training with the Open Centre in New York City, with a focus on Home Funerals.
Sula is a life-long student of Tibetan Buddhism, has a background in event planning, cultural programming, and loves using art, music and environment to enhance end-of-life celebrations. Formerly a political advisor in Canada with the Ministry on the Status of Women, Sula is also passionate about reproductive rights, gender-based violence, and body autonomy. Bringing a feminist approach to death work, she returns to the foundational teaching of ‘your body, your choice.’ Sula works with people who are dying and their loved ones to create a ‘good death’ wherever that may be.
Marifel Catalig
Marifel is an end-of-life guide with 11 years of experience as a Respiratory Therapist in an acute care hospital setting. It was through this experience she witnessed the different ways people were brought to their last breath. Some peaceful, some tragic, some fully supported, and some very alone. It became clear, the powerful lessons death served if one gave it the attention it deserved. With each death came a new mystery to explore, and another life to be honored. Exploring death became a passion as it is a direct reflection on how we live our lives. Marifel strives to bring attention to this topic that gives us an opportunity to enrich our lives while we have it. She is certified in the Art of Dying Institute Thanatology program in NY, as well as the Art of Death Midwifery program by Sacred Crossings.