Jennie Sikes

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Location: Virginia
Skills: Certified End of Life Doula and International Doulagivers Institute Trained
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With her senior year of High school approaching in 1997, Jennie decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps of becoming a Registered Nurse. She completed her CNA prior in tandem with completing her HS degree and continued on in her education to obtain her LPN, however was guided in a different direction, becoming a medical receptionist for a well-known local cardiac practice.

Shortly after, with the needs of her home life and reducing work travel to ensure her child’s best care before and after school, Jennie started with an IT firm that did amazing right after the dot com era, utilizing her transferable skills in administration. She stayed with that company for 15 years and developed a successful career within Human Resources.

As her children grew, one, being out on his own and the other close to it, she realized it was time to get back to her roots and eventually out of the corporate world, where she could utilize all her transferable skills and other various holistic healing modalities learned throughout the years, to give comfort and guide patients and their loved ones of the through the end of life stages.

Jennie started her education with DoulaGivers in 2020, Palliative and Hospice care, in addition to a family friend who was nearing her end of life stages. Utilizing skills gained, it became transparent that this is the field in which she could successfully help her community and filled her heart knowing best career match.

Jennie brings to your family the ability to guide, coach, and educate in the End-of-Life stages, giving physical, emotional and spiritual support to the patient and their loved ones. Jennie is well versed in Christianity and Catholicism, however is non-denominational. Additionally, Jennie is a Usui Reiki Practitioner, Empath, Natural Intuitive, Spiritual Coach. She is also a Career Coach who helps others with resume writing and applications, interview techniques and landing the best-matched opportunity.

 

(571) 233-6754

jennie.sikes@gmail.com