Holistic healer, hypnotherapist, and Death Doula Practitioner, Azariea Almufleh has dedicated her life to guiding others through profound transitions—whether facing illness, grief, or the journey beyond. Having personally navigated cancer, chronic pain, and deep spiritual awakenings, she integrates hypnosis, therapeutic imagery, and energy work to help clients find peace, healing, and emotional release. In this interview, Azariea shares how her own path shaped her approach to holistic therapy, the transformative power of hypnosis, and her mission to bring reverence back to life’s final moments.
How did your personal experiences with cancer, chronic pain, and childhood challenges shape your approach to holistic therapy?
My journey into holistic healing began with a deep initiation through personal illness. When I was diagnosed with cancer, I was suddenly faced with the raw and unspoken fear of death. I realized that I wasn’t emotionally prepared to face the unknown—and I sensed that those around me weren’t either. I wanted to talk about it, to bring that fear into the light, but I could feel how heavy it already was for my loved ones. So, I turned inward.
Through meditation, breath, and quiet surrender, I began to hold space for myself in the silence. I learned how to soothe the storm inside with reflection. After healing, I carried a deep knowing: no one should have to walk through that darkness alone. That realization planted the seed for what would become my life’s work—to create sacred spaces for others facing illness, grief, or emotional weight. Especially for those who may not yet have tools to navigate it.
Reflecting on the women in my lineage, I recognized patterns of chronic pain—both physical and emotional—that shaped and limited my childhood greatly. I witnessed suffering carried silently, pain that wasn’t given permission to speak but that others could feel. I knew I wanted to offer something different. Something that allowed healing to flow in both directions—through the body and the spirit.
As I trained as a doula, I felt called to gather more tools for this sacred work. I studied hypnotherapy, guided meditation, intuitive healing, and other integrative approaches to hold space for the full spectrum of human experience. Today, I blend everything I’ve lived and learned to walk beside others as they journey through transitions— death, grief, pain, and rebirth of the soul.
Everything I offer now is rooted in compassion, spiritual presence, and the belief that our stories are sacred. I don’t see myself as someone who “fixes” others—I simply help them remember their own power to heal.
What role does hypnosis play in helping clients manage pain, grief, and emotional struggles, and what misconceptions do people often have about it?
Hypnosis, in the way I practice it, is not a tool of control—it’s an invitation into deeper self-communion. One of the most common misconceptions is that hypnotherapy is something that’s “done” to a person, when in truth, it’s a collaborative, sacred unfolding. The client leads the way. I am simply the guide, helping them gently open the doorway to their inner world.
For many of the souls I support—especially those facing end-of-life transitions—hypnosis becomes a vessel for emotional release. It offers a safe, nonjudgmental space to journey inward and meet the unresolved stories, suppressed grief, or unspoken words that weigh heavy on the heart.
I often work with individuals who carry deep emotional burdens, like estrangement, regret, or unfinished connections. In this altered state of awareness, the subconscious becomes more accessible—allowing for healing conversations, energetic closure, and profound shifts that aren’t always possible through conscious thought alone. The mind, in this space, doesn’t distinguish between what is physically happening and what is being vividly felt. That’s where the magic of healing takes root.
What’s most powerful is that hypnosis gives people permission to feel—truly feel—in a way they often haven’t been able to before. Pain, both emotional and physical, is often tangled in layers of unprocessed emotion. When we soften into those layers with compassion, transformation becomes possible.
Hypnosis, to me, is a spiritual tool. Not for escaping, but for remembering. Remembering what still needs to be honored, what’s ready to be let go of, and what peace feels like when we allow it to return.
As a Certified Master Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator, how do you use imagery to help clients overcome fears, anxieties, and negative self-talk?
Therapeutic imagery is like a bridge between the conscious and the soul. It allows us to bypass the noise of the mind and step into a space where healing stories can be rewritten from within. As a Certified Master Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator, I guide clients into a gentle, imaginative state where they can meet their inner landscape with compassion and curiosity.
Often, fears are not just logical—they’re deeply emotional and symbolic. A person may fear missing a child’s wedding or not being present at a future graduation because their heart is still trying to hold onto what might be lost. In these moments, I invite them to envision these sacred milestones—not as something they’re excluded from, but as moments they can still witness in spirit. Through this journey, they begin to feel connected, complete, and at peace, even as they face the unknown.
When it comes to negative self-talk, imagery becomes a mirror for the stories we’ve unknowingly absorbed—stories we’ve carried from childhood, trauma, or unkind experiences. Together, we uncover the origin of those inner voices, and through guided imagery, we begin to shift the narrative. Clients may meet the younger version of themselves, offer love to the parts that felt unloved, or visualize a new symbol of self-worth rising from within.
This work isn’t about pretending or escaping. It’s about remembering that we are the authors of our inner world. When we change the imagery we hold inside, we change the way we feel, speak to ourselves, and move through life.
In my practice, imagery is sacred. It’s storytelling for the soul—a way to reclaim power, rewrite pain, and awaken healing that lingers long after the session ends.
What inspired you to become a Death Doula Practitioner, and how do you support individuals and families during the end-of-life process?
My path to becoming a Death Doula was born from a soul-deep knowing—a calling that began in childhood and revealed itself more clearly through my own brushes with mortality. During my cancer journey, I was drawn inward through meditation, and in that stillness, memories began to resurface—visions I had once tucked away as dreams.
I remembered a moment from long ago: a dream where I traveled to what I now understand was heaven. In that space, surrounded by peace, I heard a voice of thunder—one that I could only comprehend as God. It told me that I could not stay, that I was to return—not for myself, but to help others find their way home.
When I was sent back, I saw people who were dying, souls lingering in the space between. In the dream, I placed my hand over their hearts, whispered prayers in a language I did not understand, and one by one, I watched as they gently disappeared into the light. Even as a child, I understood—I was there to guide, to hold space for the journey between here and beyond. With this I grew passionate about learning spiritual studies to understand more about the realms outside of this physical existence.
That vision never left me—it only waited for the right moment to be remembered. And when I faced my own mortality, through illness and deep reflection, it returned with undeniable clarity. I finally understood why I had walked through such hardship: I needed to remember my purpose.
We live in a world that fears death, that hides it away in silence and shadows. But I knew in my bones that I was meant to help change that. To bring reverence back to the final transition. To create a space where those nearing the end of their journey could feel seen, safe, and spiritually supported.
As a Death Doula Hypnotherapist, I offer more than presence—I offer healing. For some, that means writing letters to loved ones, creating sacred rituals, lighting candles, or simply sitting in silence together. For others, it’s breathwork, guided meditations, or a soft hand to hold in the darkness. I walk with them—not ahead, not behind—but beside them, honoring every emotion that rises.
For families, I become an anchor—a steady presence in the storm of grief. I hold space for their pain, for their questions, for the unspoken guilt or the weight of what has been left unsaid. I
remind them that love does not end when breath does. That connection is never severed—it only changes form.
This work is sacred to me. It’s not about saving or solving. It’s about presence. Reverence. Love. Love that stays, even as we say goodbye. And helping those remember that it was never truly goodbye at all.
How do you integrate energy work, spiritual connection, and nourishing foods into your therapy practice to promote overall healing and balance?
In my practice, healing is never isolated to just one layer of the being—it’s a gentle weaving of the emotional, physical, energetic, and spiritual. True healing happens when we remember we are whole. And wholeness begins with presence, intention, and nourishment on every level.
Spiritual connection is at the heart of everything I do. But it’s not something I hand to my clients—it’s something I help them remember within themselves. I guide them inward, gently, to access the deep well of wisdom that already lives inside them. The soul knows the way; sometimes it just needs a quiet space to be heard. This act of remembering—of going within with honesty and love—is in itself a form of energy work.
When we begin to release what we’ve carried emotionally—grief, regret, fear—we also begin to lighten the energetic weight we hold, and often unknowingly pass on to others. That’s why I believe that tending to your own heart is a sacred offering not just to yourself, but to those around you.
With clients nearing transition, nourishment shifts from physical to energetic. Many are no longer focused on eating, but there is still a deep need for alignment and balance. In chakra-based hypnotherapy, I help clients reconnect to their energy centers, inviting in clarity, ease, and sometimes even a gentle desire to receive nourishment—not just from food, but from colors, sounds, and touch. These subtle forms of nourishment bring comfort and grounding when the body begins to prepare for release.
In earlier stages of healing, I also support clients in making intuitive food choices that support their emotional and energetic well-being. Food becomes medicine, not just for the body, but for the spirit. We work together to understand what their body truly craves—from a soul level—and how food can become an ally in their healing.
Ultimately, my practice is about restoring balance—not just in the body, but in the entire being. I offer a space where clients can reconnect with themselves in a sacred, gentle way. Where energy flows, spirit speaks, and nourishment becomes an act of love.
