You’re not meant to grieve alone.
Take care of your sorrow.
Your grief is precious. Your loss deserves witnessing and acknowledgment—whether it’s the death of a loved one, loss of a relationship or pet, ancestral wounds, worry for our planet, or life’s many disappointments. Our culture tells us to “hurry up and grieve,” but our bodies and souls tell us differently. Let me show you gentle ways to weather loss and embrace joy again.
Sorrow is a path to growth and belonging.
As a trained grief tender and interfaith chaplain, I want to live in a world where grief is honored and valued. Loss and grief are a natural part of living and loving. I offer practical ways to help you meet your sorrow—whether it’s fresh or you’ve been carrying it around for years. Let me be your witness and guide to the sacred alchemy of grief.
We all need care. When you watch over a pot of simmering soup, you tend. When you cultivate a garden, you tend to plants. When you tend to someone who’s sick, you sit by their side. Grief tending is gentle, non-interventional, and led by the arising needs and experience of the grieving person. Grief tending is fostering a place and time in which you can feel safe to grieve in your own way and in your own time with an experienced guide. When your grief is well-tended, you feel heard, able to ride grief’s waves, and eventually open to the positive transformation that sorrow invites.
Some people who work with grieving people call themselves “grief coaches.” But the role of a coach is to bring out the best in people. Frankly, we are not at our best when we are grieving—and we don’t need to be! I like that the word “tend” comes from the idea of stretching, as in reaching out one’s hand.
