Katherine Prum

Founder at Dharma Transitions

Member since December 2023

Health, Wellness and Fitness

Education: University of Massachusetts - Simmons School of Management
Gloucester, MA, USA
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Biography

Katherine Prum, the principal and founder of Dharma Transitions, is a Transitions Coach and End of Life Doula, working with people through their most intimate and vulnerable moments at any stage of life. She is sought after for her intuitive and practical approach and guidance in navigating the grief that comes with being human.

She speaks from her heart about difficult and challenging topics; allowing her clients and audiences to feel into their discomfort by making the uncomfortable comfortable. Her speaking style is Authentic, Relatable, Emotional, and Compelling. She has spoken at community venues about the “Language of Death and Dying” and was a panelist at the inaugural North Shore Conference for Women, presenting “Cultivating Compassion, Connection and Community”.

Her 30+ year career spans relationship management and marketing roles for corporate, non-profit and higher education organizations to consulting and coaching individuals undergoing transitions across the lifecycle.

Katherine has a Masters in Business Administration from Simmons School of Management, and a Bachelors in Art History, summa cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. She trained in Shamanic healing with Ann Drake, PhD, and studied Nirodha Karma Healing with John Wyrick. She is a David Kessler Certified Grief Educator, as well as a Certified Nurses Assistant (CNA).

Origin Story

I seem to have been destined to specialize in transition coaching, given the myriad transitions I’ve navigated in my own life including: 25 moves, 18 schools, multiple international living, working, and traveling adventures, 8 career reinventions, 6 layoffs, 12 impactful deaths of loved ones, 1 bankruptcy, 3 miscarriages, an ever-evolving spiritual development, many more life-defining transitions and counting…

Becoming an End of Life Doula was a natural outcome of my own evolution. Early in the covid pandemic, I sat in my garden, glorying in the brilliance and serenity of that clear Spring morning. I was flooded with the recognition that I must not dither or delay any longer, but step fully into my own dharma. I registered for the University of Vermont’s End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate doula training program that same day.

Topics/Keywords

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I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
I speak for the exposure for myself and my company

Origin Story

I seem to have been destined to specialize in transition coaching, given the myriad transitions I’ve navigated in my own life including: 25 moves, 18 schools, multiple international living, working, and traveling adventures, 8 career reinventions, 6 layoffs, 12 impactful deaths of loved ones, 1 bankruptcy, 3 miscarriages, an ever-evolving spiritual development, many more life-defining transitions and counting…

Becoming an End of Life Doula was a natural outcome of my own evolution. Early in the covid pandemic, I sat in my garden, glorying in the brilliance and serenity of that clear Spring morning. I was flooded with the recognition that I must not dither or delay any longer, but step fully into my own dharma. I registered for the University of Vermont’s End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate doula training program that same day.

I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
I speak for the exposure for myself and my company

Topics/Keywords

end of life doula end of life educator death positive movement death and dying death doulas death acceptance end of life planning aging and end of life transition coaching managing transitions managing change college to career transitions women in transition divorce transition coaching for women negotiating transitions life transitions navigate life transition death dying and bereavement healthy living living authentically living purposefully mind body and spirit spiritual leader inspiring spirituality purpose mindful aging mindfulness compassionate care self compassion forgiveness retirement transition empty nest transitions grief grief educator grief practices grief coach conscious dying end of life guide after death care dharma good grief dying purposefully intentional transitions strategy being intentional intentional living conscious awareness conscious living dying bereavement grief and bereavement finding joy after grief grief bereavement the nature of trauma grief and loss grieving grief in the workplace healing healing from grief healing through transition maid medical aid in dying companion animal death doula holistic living legacy planning death care planning joyfulness celebration of life celebrate success