{"id":23,"date":"2024-04-23T22:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T22:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manitobadeathdoulas.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:50:07","slug":"meet-the-doulas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manitobadeathdoulas.com\/index.php\/meet-the-doulas\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Doulas"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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Michelle Leray<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Michelle Leray is the founder of Death Doulas of Manitoba,
The Spirit Guided Path<\/a>, and Death Caf\u00e9 Winnipeg<\/a>.
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In addition to other skills that focused on helping the bereaved,\u00a0Michelle completed her training as an End of Life Doula with Douglas College and works to help and empower people and their families to make preparations and informed decisions about end-of-life choices. As a Death Doula, Michelle provides emotional and spiritual support to those who are nearing their final transition. Michelle began her role as a volunteer with\u00a0Palliative Manitoba<\/a>\u00a0in 2020 after completing the Compassionate Care Course. In December 2020, Michelle completed training in dementia care with the\u00a0Alzheimer Society of Ontario<\/a>. Then, in May 2021 Michelle completed her LEAP training from\u00a0Pallium Canada<\/a>\u00a0as well as her certificate in Advance Care Planning Facilitation from\u00a0Respecting Choices<\/a>. and her certificate in Mental Health First Aid from\u00a0Mental Health First Aid Canada<\/a>\u00a0in June 2021. In the summer of 2021 Michelle earned her certificate in Grief Counselling from\u00a0Living Through Loss Counselling<\/a>. She is also a\u00a0proud mother of two amazing children, a M\u00e9tis woman (Cree\/Anishinaabe), traditional Anishinaabe drummer and singer,\u00a0Spiritual Medium, Reiki Master, teacher, as well as a trained and certified funeral celebrant.\u00a0

Michelle became aware of her intuitive abilities from a young age, as she constantly felt drawn to helping people through their most difficult times, and seemed to have the words flowing through her to help those who requested guidance. She spent many years developing her mediumship abilities, and also earned her Certificate in Applied Counselling Skills in 2003 from Red River College. Throughout her early adulthood she worked with adults and children with developmental and social disabilities, as well as volunteered with the Victim Services Unit of the Winnipeg Police Service offering counselling to victims of crimes. Empowering people to make the best choices for themselves became a central focus in how Michelle approached being of service to people in her community.\u00a0

Follow Michelle on Social Media<\/strong>
Facebook<\/a>
Instagram<\/a>

Read articles about Michelle’s work in the Globe and Mail<\/strong><\/a> and the Winnipeg Free Press<\/strong><\/a>
as well as on this podcast<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\r\n

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WINNIPEG – South St. Vital
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Shelley Killeen<\/strong>

Shelley has completed her training with Douglas College and is looking forward to being of service soon to our community!\u00a0

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BRANDON<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

DAUPHIN<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

GIMLI<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

MORDEN<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

SELKIRK<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

STEINBACH<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

THE PAS<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

THOMPSON<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

WINKLER<\/h2>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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