Kindness Company - Social Change Collective Team

ABOUT CARMEL VOWELS

End-Of-Life Guide and Funeral Celebrant

Carmel has been supporting people for over 40 years who are experiencing profound grief. She has embodied this work as her dedication, to be fully present with those in greatest need. This has been a thread throughout her life, supporting grieving families; "being with them" in their journeys.

Carmel has worked as a hospital chaplain, attended many courses for loss and grief, workshops and festivals on the dying process and holds a certificate in midwifing death. As a Funeral celebrant, Carmel supports people to create rituals and ceremonies that reflect the spirit and life of those we love to honour and celebrate them in a meaningful way.

Carmel is proficient in numerous complementary healing therapies including: reiki and Bowen therapy with positive psychology practices, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques, which is a brief intervention that combines elements of exposure, cognitive therapy and somatic stimulation of acupressure points on the face and body.

Carmel is passionate about supporting people to transform grief info gratitude by providing supportive care and space for real encounters, to enable people to feel comforted and empowered to safely bring their conversations for end of life to light in a space of authenticity, vulnerability and compassion.


'A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions,
and the roots spring up and make new trees.
The greatest work that kindness does to others is that
it makes them kind themselves.' 


- Frederick William Faber

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'My brother died two months ago. The last time I saw Harp I felt deep sadness. She told me about the deep rest sessions she runs and I had one today. I have been feeling so much anger and that lifted; my body feels different, better. I haven't felt like this for months'

— DONNA

'Words can't describe the scaredness of today.... your playing was next level. It truly gave me the strength to be strong and take my mind off what was actually happening. In my 10 years of nursing it's the most precious experience I've ever had.'

— HOPEWELL HOSPICE

“Harp's compassionate and professional guidance has given me acceptance, knowledge and strength as I face one of the most difficult challenges
of my life.” 

— JULIE

‘DEATH, DYING, AND GRIEVING TODAY HAVE BECOME UNBALANCED. Health care is now the context in which many encounter death, and as families and communities have been pushed to the margins, their familiarity and confidence in supporting death, dying, and grieving has diminished. Relationships and networks are being replaced by professionals and protocols.’