Courtney has 20+ years working with clients as a shiatsu therapist, primarily in New York City, New England and Arizona, and is now based in San Antonio, Texas. She has B.A.’s in Psychology and Communications from Purdue University and an M.A. in Feminist History (emphasis on Religion & Spirituality).

Through the deaths of both her parents (with a wave beginning in 2015) and close loved ones she came to realize that denying the inevitable and avoiding planning for it ( and facing it, discussing it) only makes the situation more stressful and painful for yourself and those around you. During this process a desire to shift taboos around the death conversation became more evident. A lifelong eco-consciousness has also served as an impetus to research less toxic burial practices.

Serendipitously she found the Going With Grace program led by the incredible Alua Arthur and became certified as an end-of-life doula through her program in 2021.

She is part of the faculty at Abode: Contemplative Care For The Dying in San Antonio where she lectures on end of life planning and the history of memento mori art. She also serves through the Abode Doula Dispatch, and as an end-of-life navigator in addition to her volunteer work there. Abode is a non-profit home that provides 24-hr care during the last three months of life at no charge to the guest. She recently graduated from Abode’s Yogi Doula program in 2025 to integrate her life-long path with yoga into end of life practices.

She gives memento mori workshops on art history and reflection around mortality. She organized a large group exhibit featuring contemporary memento mori entitled “Memento-morium,” in 2024.

Her focus has been on creating end-of-life workbooks based on laws in individual states so that people know their rights and also have their affairs in order before they are sick or in a crisis. These workbooks are practical guides to everything you need to consider around end of life planning, as well as the spiritual and psychological dimensions of death. They can serve as a flexible guide to you and your loved ones so they may focus on being present and not embroiled in guess work or minutia.

Miss Sheets is an artist and helps run a gallery on the Southside in San Antonio, TX. She does portraits (often in memorial). She is a meditator, 20 + year practitioner of yoga, and member of the Theosophical Society. All of these elements impact her doula practice as it continues to evolve and deepen.