Financial guidance, transition coaching and emotional support for individuals facing the end of life

Golden Thread Collaborative is an interdisciplinary, multifaceted practice committed to exploring the intersection of Money, Meaning, and Mortality.

Death planning

The logistics matter but so does how you feel while navigating them

Our clients are individuals in Colorado in their 40s and 50s facing a life-limiting or potentially life-limiting diagnosis who seek support with the financial, logistical, emotional, and existential challenges that come with dying too soon.

If that describes you (or a loved one), we help you find your calm amid turmoil and crushing uncertainty. That might involve stabilizing your finances, leveraging the financial and social resources available to you, naming your values, communicating with loved ones, preparing your legacy, setting your survivors up for success, or simply deciding how to live this chapter on your own terms.

We help you integrate life, living, death, and dying by engaging in conversations — our Money, Meaning, and Mortality sessions — where we explore living purposefully, intentionally preparing for death or the possibility of it, and processing the emotions and experiences that arise along the way, all while making grounded financial decisions.

Our Philosophy
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The nature of our work
Our services and advice are tailored to your goals or the shared goals of you and your circle of care.
Our work is deeply personal and responsive and is designed to help you feel grounded and empowered through the changing financial, health, and emotional dynamics related to the possibility or inevitability of dying too soon.

Our work uniquely integrates the experience and credentials of our founder, Rose Zealand:

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Financial planning from a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM with over a decade of experience in financial services.
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Life transition coaching from a trauma- and grief-informed Certified Financial Transitionist® with specialized training in emotional and cognitive shifts during major life transitions.
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End-of-life doula support from an INELDA trained death doula with lived experience in caregiving, grief, and supporting family members through end of life.
Our Services
Money, Meaning, and Mortality
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Rose Zealand

Meet Rose

Hi, I’m Rose Zealand, founder of Golden Thread Collaborative. I help people navigate two of life’s most vulnerable realms—death and money—with dignity, empowerment, and intentionality.

I believe deeply that I have a calling to walk with people through major life transitions. There is no work that is more honorable and privileged than to be with people who are facing mortality.

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Affiliations & Credentials

  • CFP credential
  • CeFT credential
  • INELDA
  • National Home Funeral Alliance
  • XY Planning Network
  • FINRA BrokerCheck