“Grieving is coming to terms with the reality of a loss…”

Gabor Mate’

GriefWorksCoaching was born from my recurring experiences as a hospital Chaplain, journeying with patients, individuals, and their families through the pain and trauma of death and dying. In this clinical setting, I discovered my innate passion and life purpose: to offer compassionate care and support to grieving individuals.

I received Theological training to the master’s level, with two Clinical Pastoral Education Diplomas. The first was from Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI, and the second was from The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. I enhanced my training by earning a Grief Coaching Certification from the Institute of Professional Grief Coaching in Washington, DC.

I believe in the transformative power of grief and the grieving process to help us heal holistically. This allows us to experience and embrace peace throughout our lives. As woven threads in the tapestry of humanity, characterized by our color, gender, ethnicity, religious affiliation, and socioeconomic status, we find cohesion through death and the grieving process. This process reveals how inadequate and vulnerable we are when faced with a death experience and the need to seek help to cope and journey through.

If we were to reflect upon our lives and formative years, we would discover that, concerning grief, we’re much in the dark. We were not taught in-depth how grief affects us and how it offers healing. Very often, how we cope with grief and the grieving process can be described as a result of default learned behaviors from our immediate family norms or praxis, community, and societal influences, as these collectively and imperceptibly mold our grief responses. As such, we never become acquainted with or attuned to the unique way our body, soul, spirit, and mind would have us respond in moments of grief and grieving. This is why I’m motivated, as a Grief coach, to help individuals in their grief journey recognize and understand who they are and the grieving process waiting to be revealed in and through them.   

I provide online (Zoom) coaching sessions on recognizing, embracing, and understanding grief; its role in our past; how it shapes our present experiences; and the life lessons to be gained. As our faces differ, so does the grief and grieving process in our lives. Hence, each coaching session with me is intimately tailored to you, your pace, journey, coaching goals, and desired outcomes. Grief helps unite us with the full spectrum of human emotions, enabling us to enjoy a holistic, well-balanced life.

I look forward to journeying with you now!