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    • Board of Directors >
      • Akhila Murphy, Founding Director, End-of-Life Doula, post-death care guide
      • Mary Good, End-of-Life Doula, Secretary of the Board
      • Julie Bottini, Treasurer
      • Vivian Hodges, End-of-life doula, Reiki Practitioner
      • Rosie Mariani, EOL Doula
      • Amanda Kenney, Death-Care Midwife, Board Director
      • Mary Jo Curtin, Board Director
    • FCLD Core Circle Volunteer Team >
      • Judy Lay, EOL Doula volunteer
      • Carolyn Seyler, Past President
      • Sushila Mertens, End-of-Life Doula >
        • Spotlight Sushila Mertens
      • Bonnie McKeegan, LCSW, Past Vice President Board Director
      • Donna Peizer, Past Treasurer
      • Jan Windz, NP PhD VP
      • Nancy Jacobsen, Past Treasurer
      • Nancy Parraz, Death Care Midwife
      • Martha Turner, Midwifery, Past President
      • Linda More, End-of-Life Doula, Past Board Director
      • Nandi Szabo, Co-Founder
      • Rebecca Sengolu
    • Advocates for end-of-life choices and death-care rights
    • FAQ
    • What is an End-of-Life Doula or Death Death Educator?
    • Sign up for Newsletter/send email
    • Pregnancy and Infant Loss >
      • Cuddle Cot 2021
      • Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
    • Gallery
    • Donate Here
    • JOIN OUR TEAM
    • Our Education >
      • Our Final Passages Death Midwifery Training
      • Home Funeral Article by Jerrigrace Lyons
  • Home-based Funerals
    • Know your rights. Home death care is legal.
    • In-Home Death Care >
      • Sacred Death Care
    • Home Death Care in California Consumer Guide
    • What is "Lying in Honor?"
    • CALIFORNIA DEATH CERTIFICATE Instructions
    • Tattoo Preservation after Death
    • Symbolism of our LOGO
    • Donate Here
    • Pet Funeral >
      • Pet Euthanasia in the Home
    • Death Certificate Worksheet
    • Video: A Conversation about After Death Care
  • End-of-Life & Death Care Options
    • End-of-Life Care Options
    • Advance Directives, Dementia, Five Wishes
    • Resources for Medical Aid in Dying support
    • California End of Life Option Act (MAID)
    • Bereavement support, After Medical Aid in Dying see End of Life Choices, CA
    • Video Options for End-of-Life
    • End-of-Life Doula
    • Support in dealing with Suicide
    • Pregnancy and Infant Loss >
      • Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
      • Cuddle Cot 2021
    • VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking >
      • VSED, Nurse Julie video
      • VSED: Resources/Links
    • Sacred Bridges, Local End-of-Life Caregivers
    • Remembrances
    • Contributions
  • Green Burial
    • History of Natural Green Burial, Cherokee Cemetery, Nevada County >
      • Green Burial Video from GBC
    • Exploring Cemeteries
    • Natural Organic Reduction -Composting Human Remains
    • Natural Organic Reduction Amigo Bob's story
    • Rules for Scattering Ashes
    • Find A Grave (website)
    • Aquamation: Water Cremation >
      • Desmond Tutu: Aquamation
    • Cremation- Not so Environmentally Friendly!
  • Events & News
    • What is a Wind Phone? by Susie Stonefield
    • A Sudden Goodbye by Karen Feiling
    • FCLD Newsletters Archive & Subscribe
    • Morning Altar April 2025
    • Legacy Letters Workshop March 2, 2025
    • Death Over Drafts Monthly, stay tuned!
    • Article: We Won our Lawsuit! 2024
    • June 26, 2024: Death Cafe March 27, 2024
    • The Art of Saying Good-bye April 27,2024: Pre-REGISTER Here
    • Upcoming Jun 2, Workshop "After the Last Breath"
    • Past Zoom Death Conversations Mar. 21, 2024
    • Past Class at Sierra College Feb. 21, 2024
    • Past November 19, 2023 Senior Nesting Options
    • Past Event October 19, 2023 Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
    • Past Event -September 24, 2023 Event: End-of-LIfe and After-death Care
    • PAST EVENT Sept. 12, 2023 : Natural Organic Reduction - Register
    • PAST EVENT Aug. 27, 2023 MAID & VSED Explained
    • 2023 News >
      • California EOL Doula Lawsuit/Institute for Justice >
        • Death Doulas C&C Article Nov. 2021
        • California Death Doulas Fight
        • LA TIMES Article about Lawsuit Aug. 2022
        • PODCAST and links -Lawsuit EOL Doulas vs CA State Funeral Bureau
        • Article: Death Doula Lawsuit Dec. 2021
    • Past presentations June 6, 2023 Educational Series: AS YOU WISH: Creating a Beautiful End-of-Life
    • Past Presentation, Dementia Directives
    • Past Workshop: In-Home After-death Care April 30, 2023
    • Past event May 18, 2023 Death Conversations Event
    • Past Educational Series March, 2023: AS YOU WISH: Creating a Beautiful End-of-Life
    • Past event Aquamation Presentation Jan. 18, 2023 link to recording
    • 2022 Past Events
    • Newsletters
    • KVMR Podcasts: Featuring End-of-LIfe Doulas
    • PUBLISHED ARTICLES >
      • Article from The Order of the Good Death
      • Article: California's End-of-LIfe Option Act
      • Article Amigo Bob -Natural Organic Reduction Human Composting
      • April 2020 Ventilators in times of COVID-19
      • Union Article Caring Cradle Sept 2019
      • Giving Back After Tragedy, September 2019 The Union
      • Article The Union May 2019 New nonprofit
      • Article The Union August 2019 HBO Documentary
      • Choosing When to Die
      • Home Funeral Visitation
    • PAST EVENTS 2019/20 >
      • Past Event Oct 7 & 8, 2020 Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss
    • 2018 Past Events
  • Resources
    • Alzheimer's The Conversation Project
    • Bereavement Support in Nevada County
    • Links and Resources
    • Advance Directives, Dementia, Covid-19, Five Wishes
    • Write a Good-bye Letter
    • LEGACY VIDEO Options for End-of-Life
    • MAiD/California End of Life Option Act + Update SB 380 >
      • Links for California's End-of-Life Option Act
    • Bereavement Support in Nevada County
    • Hospice of the Foothills, Nevada County
    • Senior Outreach Services, Nevada County
    • One Source Empowering Caregivers
    • American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying >
      • ACAMAID: Mixing medications
    • What is an Irish Wake?
    • Pregnancy and Infant Loss >
      • Cuddle Cot 2021
      • Union Article Caring Cradle 2019
    • Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
    • End-of-Life Plan of Care
    • Pharmacy, Compounding
    • Body / Organ Donation
    • Threshold Choir
    • 5 Regrets of the Dying
    • People in the Death Trade & Training
    • Holding Space
  • FAQ
  • Help after Suicide death
  • Companions for Pregnancy Loss
    • Cuddle Cot 2021
  • Death Related YouTube
  • Beauty of EOL Study
  • Bardo, Buddhism and the Art of Dying
  • Accomplishments
  • Remembrance donation
  • Kids Sit Vigil with their Granny
  • Sharon's End-of-life days
  • Nearing Death Awareness
  • After-Death Care of my Mom by Akhiila Murphy
  • Archive Video FCLD Collective
  • A Remembrance Gathering for Mom?
  • Marina Bokelman Legacy
  • EOL Doulas fight for Rights
  • Rites and Rights, EOL Doulas 2024 Article
  • VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
  • VSED, Nurse Julie video
  • Creating a Caring Circle Community
  • Altar Show 2023 Sushila Mertens
  • Event: The Art of Saying Goodbye
  • Taphophilia: Fascination with Cemeteries & Tombstones
  • At the Threshold: Dying & Beyond
  • Blog
  • Poems
  • Bereavement Support in Nevada County
  • Obituary Templates
  • LGBTQ+ Queer Community
  • Jan Windz & Debbie Denise Obituary
  • Article: Netherlands -Euthanasia is legal
  • Workshop: Grief Rituals March 7, 2026
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Bonnie A. McKeegan, Private Practice, LCSW Psychotherapy for Adults (since 2014)

Private Practice Navigator (Mentoring, Coaching, Consulting for Clinicians starting private practice)

Compassion & Choices Action Network 501(c)(3) – Volunteer and Storyteller January 2020 to present / currently Foothills Action Team Leader
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Bonnie McKeegan, LCSW,
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Past Vice President board director

Bonnie comes to us with years of experience as a social worker in mental health, clinical, and medical social work settings. She is a psychotherapist here in Grass Valley serving primarily Medicare clients. She has special interests in death and dying, grief and growth, as well as issues of older adulthood.

Death and Dying issues have been parts of Bonnie's personal and professional life as a social worker for years. Many of those experiences include supporting, educating and empowering individuals, families, and the community in end-of-life choices, planning, and post-death care.
"As a professional, I am seeking a new opportunity as a volunteer in a non-profit organization. FCLD seems like a perfect fit in the evolution in my personal and professional growth process."


Bonnie first became aware of Full Circle of Living and Dying a few years ago when a friend died from breast cancer and FCLD was there to support the family in post-death care.
"As a result of that experience, I was able to confidently care for my mother’s body and manage our small home gathering after her death. FCLD gave me the information I needed to honor my mom in a loving way that I might not have known about otherwise. The educational events FCLD offers the community have be very helpful to me and by extension to other people in my social and professional circles."


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  • Home
    • Donate Here
  • About us/Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Testimonials
    • Board of Directors >
      • Akhila Murphy, Founding Director, End-of-Life Doula, post-death care guide
      • Mary Good, End-of-Life Doula, Secretary of the Board
      • Julie Bottini, Treasurer
      • Vivian Hodges, End-of-life doula, Reiki Practitioner
      • Rosie Mariani, EOL Doula
      • Amanda Kenney, Death-Care Midwife, Board Director
      • Mary Jo Curtin, Board Director
    • FCLD Core Circle Volunteer Team >
      • Judy Lay, EOL Doula volunteer
      • Carolyn Seyler, Past President
      • Sushila Mertens, End-of-Life Doula >
        • Spotlight Sushila Mertens
      • Bonnie McKeegan, LCSW, Past Vice President Board Director
      • Donna Peizer, Past Treasurer
      • Jan Windz, NP PhD VP
      • Nancy Jacobsen, Past Treasurer
      • Nancy Parraz, Death Care Midwife
      • Martha Turner, Midwifery, Past President
      • Linda More, End-of-Life Doula, Past Board Director
      • Nandi Szabo, Co-Founder
      • Rebecca Sengolu
    • Advocates for end-of-life choices and death-care rights
    • FAQ
    • What is an End-of-Life Doula or Death Death Educator?
    • Sign up for Newsletter/send email
    • Pregnancy and Infant Loss >
      • Cuddle Cot 2021
      • Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
    • Gallery
    • Donate Here
    • JOIN OUR TEAM
    • Our Education >
      • Our Final Passages Death Midwifery Training
      • Home Funeral Article by Jerrigrace Lyons
  • Home-based Funerals
    • Know your rights. Home death care is legal.
    • In-Home Death Care >
      • Sacred Death Care
    • Home Death Care in California Consumer Guide
    • What is "Lying in Honor?"
    • CALIFORNIA DEATH CERTIFICATE Instructions
    • Tattoo Preservation after Death
    • Symbolism of our LOGO
    • Donate Here
    • Pet Funeral >
      • Pet Euthanasia in the Home
    • Death Certificate Worksheet
    • Video: A Conversation about After Death Care
  • End-of-Life & Death Care Options
    • End-of-Life Care Options
    • Advance Directives, Dementia, Five Wishes
    • Resources for Medical Aid in Dying support
    • California End of Life Option Act (MAID)
    • Bereavement support, After Medical Aid in Dying see End of Life Choices, CA
    • Video Options for End-of-Life
    • End-of-Life Doula
    • Support in dealing with Suicide
    • Pregnancy and Infant Loss >
      • Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
      • Cuddle Cot 2021
    • VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking >
      • VSED, Nurse Julie video
      • VSED: Resources/Links
    • Sacred Bridges, Local End-of-Life Caregivers
    • Remembrances
    • Contributions
  • Green Burial
    • History of Natural Green Burial, Cherokee Cemetery, Nevada County >
      • Green Burial Video from GBC
    • Exploring Cemeteries
    • Natural Organic Reduction -Composting Human Remains
    • Natural Organic Reduction Amigo Bob's story
    • Rules for Scattering Ashes
    • Find A Grave (website)
    • Aquamation: Water Cremation >
      • Desmond Tutu: Aquamation
    • Cremation- Not so Environmentally Friendly!
  • Events & News
    • What is a Wind Phone? by Susie Stonefield
    • A Sudden Goodbye by Karen Feiling
    • FCLD Newsletters Archive & Subscribe
    • Morning Altar April 2025
    • Legacy Letters Workshop March 2, 2025
    • Death Over Drafts Monthly, stay tuned!
    • Article: We Won our Lawsuit! 2024
    • June 26, 2024: Death Cafe March 27, 2024
    • The Art of Saying Good-bye April 27,2024: Pre-REGISTER Here
    • Upcoming Jun 2, Workshop "After the Last Breath"
    • Past Zoom Death Conversations Mar. 21, 2024
    • Past Class at Sierra College Feb. 21, 2024
    • Past November 19, 2023 Senior Nesting Options
    • Past Event October 19, 2023 Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
    • Past Event -September 24, 2023 Event: End-of-LIfe and After-death Care
    • PAST EVENT Sept. 12, 2023 : Natural Organic Reduction - Register
    • PAST EVENT Aug. 27, 2023 MAID & VSED Explained
    • 2023 News >
      • California EOL Doula Lawsuit/Institute for Justice >
        • Death Doulas C&C Article Nov. 2021
        • California Death Doulas Fight
        • LA TIMES Article about Lawsuit Aug. 2022
        • PODCAST and links -Lawsuit EOL Doulas vs CA State Funeral Bureau
        • Article: Death Doula Lawsuit Dec. 2021
    • Past presentations June 6, 2023 Educational Series: AS YOU WISH: Creating a Beautiful End-of-Life
    • Past Presentation, Dementia Directives
    • Past Workshop: In-Home After-death Care April 30, 2023
    • Past event May 18, 2023 Death Conversations Event
    • Past Educational Series March, 2023: AS YOU WISH: Creating a Beautiful End-of-Life
    • Past event Aquamation Presentation Jan. 18, 2023 link to recording
    • 2022 Past Events
    • Newsletters
    • KVMR Podcasts: Featuring End-of-LIfe Doulas
    • PUBLISHED ARTICLES >
      • Article from The Order of the Good Death
      • Article: California's End-of-LIfe Option Act
      • Article Amigo Bob -Natural Organic Reduction Human Composting
      • April 2020 Ventilators in times of COVID-19
      • Union Article Caring Cradle Sept 2019
      • Giving Back After Tragedy, September 2019 The Union
      • Article The Union May 2019 New nonprofit
      • Article The Union August 2019 HBO Documentary
      • Choosing When to Die
      • Home Funeral Visitation
    • PAST EVENTS 2019/20 >
      • Past Event Oct 7 & 8, 2020 Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss
    • 2018 Past Events
  • Resources
    • Alzheimer's The Conversation Project
    • Bereavement Support in Nevada County
    • Links and Resources
    • Advance Directives, Dementia, Covid-19, Five Wishes
    • Write a Good-bye Letter
    • LEGACY VIDEO Options for End-of-Life
    • MAiD/California End of Life Option Act + Update SB 380 >
      • Links for California's End-of-Life Option Act
    • Bereavement Support in Nevada County
    • Hospice of the Foothills, Nevada County
    • Senior Outreach Services, Nevada County
    • One Source Empowering Caregivers
    • American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying >
      • ACAMAID: Mixing medications
    • What is an Irish Wake?
    • Pregnancy and Infant Loss >
      • Cuddle Cot 2021
      • Union Article Caring Cradle 2019
    • Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
    • End-of-Life Plan of Care
    • Pharmacy, Compounding
    • Body / Organ Donation
    • Threshold Choir
    • 5 Regrets of the Dying
    • People in the Death Trade & Training
    • Holding Space
  • FAQ
  • Help after Suicide death
  • Companions for Pregnancy Loss
    • Cuddle Cot 2021
  • Death Related YouTube
  • Beauty of EOL Study
  • Bardo, Buddhism and the Art of Dying
  • Accomplishments
  • Remembrance donation
  • Kids Sit Vigil with their Granny
  • Sharon's End-of-life days
  • Nearing Death Awareness
  • After-Death Care of my Mom by Akhiila Murphy
  • Archive Video FCLD Collective
  • A Remembrance Gathering for Mom?
  • Marina Bokelman Legacy
  • EOL Doulas fight for Rights
  • Rites and Rights, EOL Doulas 2024 Article
  • VSED, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
  • VSED, Nurse Julie video
  • Creating a Caring Circle Community
  • Altar Show 2023 Sushila Mertens
  • Event: The Art of Saying Goodbye
  • Taphophilia: Fascination with Cemeteries & Tombstones
  • At the Threshold: Dying & Beyond
  • Blog
  • Poems
  • Bereavement Support in Nevada County
  • Obituary Templates
  • LGBTQ+ Queer Community
  • Jan Windz & Debbie Denise Obituary
  • Article: Netherlands -Euthanasia is legal
  • Workshop: Grief Rituals March 7, 2026