I credit my relationship with grief for my capacity for joy. That’s a sentence I never imagined writing. How could grief possibly coincide with anything resembling happiness?
Yet, here I am. With wisdom born from my personal journey through the loss of my own child just over ten years ago, somehow I am able to feel immeasurable joy!
While there are no shortcuts through any grieving process, I want to share with you that which took me a very long time to find. I want to share everything I didn’t know I needed.
We need space which can hold our unspeakable pain. We need ritual and ceremony to honor the passing of our beloved. We need not fix or eradicate our sorrow, rather, allow it to be truly witnessed. I believe you hold your own innate wisdom for healing.
I am especially attuned to the nuances of disenfranchised and ambiguous grief—the quiet, often unacknowledged sorrows which can feel isolating and invisible. Whether your grief stems from loss of a loved one, loss of identity, a relationship loss, or a hope which never came to be, I am here to be your witness and to help you discover and rediscover the rituals and practices that honor your story.
My calling is to walk alongside you through the profound journeys of loss, providing support as we navigate this unyielding landscape together. My approach integrates grounded strategies and resources from our modern culture with the timeless power of ritual and ceremony drawn from diverse traditions around the world. I believe in crafting individualized support which will help each person carry their grief in a lighter, more manageable way.
At the heart of my work is the understanding that healing stems from the honoring of our losses and the experience of being deeply witnessed in our grief. In these sacred spaces—where sorrow is acknowledged and validated—we create room for transformation, and yes, for joy.
It is an honor to grieve. The healing is in the honoring. The only way through is love.