Grief Coaching

Grief is an area of expertise I have developed through small group grief coaching groups and teaching grief curriculum classes at local churches. Grieving is a lost ritual in our culture that I feel called to bring back into the fold of our communal experience. Ancient cultures had practices and rituals for the community that included witnessing their losses together and caring for one another during grieving periods. We've lost the ability to sit quietly with one another and hold space for all of the emotions that come with loss--I help people practice experiencing their own grief and witnessing the grief of others.

Grief Curriculum for In-Person Teaching (4 Weeks)

What do you wish could have been different, better or more in your life? When we relate to grief, we often limit grief work to people who have experienced the death of a loved one. However, grief expands beyond death and touches all aspects of loss in our life. We experience grief because we live in a fallen world with pain, suffering and heartbreak. Grief is the sorrow and distress we feel when our deepest longings and desires are disappointed on this side of Heaven. 

In this community experience, we will learn somatic practices that will help you practice presence, stillness and listening. Through breath work and guided mindfulness we will explore the areas in your life that you have grief and longings. We will practice naming our losses and longings together in community—because grief is meant to be witnessed and held. This introduction to grief will also create a space for you to practice witnessing the grief of others as we share our stories of loss and longing so that you feel better equipped to support and care for one another in community. Finally, we discuss how to begin finding meaning after loss and what it means to allow our stories to shape us. 

Individual and Small Group Coaching

I work with clients both individually and in small groups (2-3 people) on grieving, attending to their bodies and finding meaning after loss. Grief intersects through every area of a person's life so while we work through grief, we are also working through all of life.