As a Certified Grief Educator, Spiritual Director and End of Life Doula Candidate (in training), I step into the messy places helping navigate grief, loss, doubt and change in whatever form it takes. It is my desire to create space and be present, bearing witness to the beauty, growth, pain, disappointments and challenges in your life, holding hope until you are again able to carry it for yourself. 

While most of my clients follow a faith tradition, it is not a requirement or expectation. It is my honour and privilege to work with individuals, families, small groups, church leadership, congregations and faith organizations. 

Some areas of focus include: 

Navigating that space where faith and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) intersect

Church leaders (lay and ordained) who are navigating loss of faith, wounding from their place of employment or relationships therein and navigating the complexities of doubt in a world demanding certainty

Parents of children with special needs from birth or with later diagnosis

Meetings are in-person locally and virtually throughout Canada and internationally

Online Grief Groups

In-Person Grief Groups

One-on-One (Peer-to-Peer) Grief Support

In-person grief retreats:

A grief retreat is a supportive space to restore hope after loss. It brings together people with a common experience, to gather in a calm and peaceful environment without the demands and distractions of daily life. While everyone’s experience in grief is different, it is helpful to connect those with a similar loss and shared experience, to work through these feelings together. To share stories, build trust, learn coping skills, and practice self-care. Many of our retreats will be centred around a specific type of loss or a certain group of people with similar challenges.  Whatever loss you’re experiencing, it is not magically healed with time. There isn’t this inexplicable closure that sweeps in and neatly packages up this devastating loss for you. Grief needs attention, it needs to be experienced, witnessed, and shared. Surviving (and even thriving) in grief takes time, yes, but also work, energy, commitment, determination, strength, and help from others. The path through grief is just that: through. Not over or around, but through. That’s what we’re here for: to see you through.