Healing Waters Program

Overcoming loss is not easy, but it is not a path you have to walk alone.

We are committed to ending suffering in silence due to pregnancy and infant loss. Our Healing Waters program supports families who have experienced infant loss of a pregnancy at any stage, or death of a baby, up to 12 months of age. The pain families experience is insurmountable, traumatizing, and unbearable. Our trained Perinatal Loss Counselor provides one-on-one support to help mothers and their loved ones begin and/or continue their healing journey. When you are ready, we are here.

Meet the Healing Waters Counselor

  • Registered nurse by profession, Shantell started Dignity With Departure, to reduce the stigma surrounding end-of-life (or the challenging term death). She provides individualized counseling to women and families to help them cope with their grief from pregnancy or infant loss. After the loss of her oldest son, Jevontese Riley Sr., she discovered yoga to be personally beneficial and created Yoga for Grief, a class allowing people to connect with their physical and emotional expressions of grief.