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As a Grief Support Specialist and Grief Educator, I work with and empower women who have experienced the death of a spouse or life partner by normalizing their grief and inviting growth and learning by using a heart centered, and holistic approach.

If it’s September, that means it is conference, summit & symposium season! Honored to be co-facilitating a caregiver sup...
09/08/2026

If it’s September, that means it is conference, summit & symposium season! Honored to be co-facilitating a caregiver support group with@shawncarey42 at the American Brain Tumor Assoc. National Conference next week, then leading a grief workshop at Rutgers Cancer Institute Symposium the following week. Next month, I will facilitate a patient support group in NYC at the Glioblastoma Research Organization Summit, and a few days later will speak at their DC Summit on “Honoring and Embracing Grief: Coping with Glioblastoma Related Losses.” I love every aspect of my work as a grief professional, and speaking at conferences is one of my favorites! Thank you all for inviting me to be a part of your events.

If you know me (and if you don’t, here’s a fun fact), you know I believe that as a grief professional the learning never...
09/02/2026

If you know me (and if you don’t, here’s a fun fact), you know I believe that as a grief professional the learning never ends. I joke that I am the queen of certifications. The truth is that I want to provide the best support for those who are grieving and love adding more tools to my toolkit. I am thankful to Nancy | Coach Development Trainer and David Kessler for this incredible training to be a Certified Grief Coach.

09/01/2026

Today, September 1st, begins Pediatric/Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Last year, I was interviewed by my friend, Amy Wood, founder of Raymond A. Wood Foundation. We talked about a lot of things including the grief that comes with a brain tumor diagnosis of a child.

Thinking of my friends, support group members, and all of the children on the first day of September, and all the other days of each month. 💛

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I’m a little late posting for Grief Awareness Day, but could not let the day go by without sharing different types of gr...
08/30/2026

I’m a little late posting for Grief Awareness Day, but could not let the day go by without sharing different types of grief people are living with each day. Grievers don’t actually need a Grief Awareness Day because they/we are all fully aware every day of every year. The reason for this day is to help you all become a little more grief informed, and for those grieving to feel seen.

Friends and loved ones of those grieving are well-intentioned but many times do not have the information needed to support and truly understand what grief is…..that grief is the natural response to loss AND that grief is caused by change (all kinds of change from things that are familiar to us).

Be gentle with those who are grieving. Be gentle with yourself if you are grieving. I see you!

As we near the end of Grief Awareness Month, I want to acknowledge one type of grief that is not always recognized and m...
08/28/2026

As we near the end of Grief Awareness Month, I want to acknowledge one type of grief that is not always recognized and may be considered ambiguous or disenfranchised grief:

Caregiving grief is often overlooked by family and friends. Those who are caring for a loved one pour so much of themselves into the care they provide while deep in their heart they are grieving so much of what is happening in their lives. They may be grieving some or all of the following:

• The illness with which their person has been diagnosed
• The changes in their person and/or the changes in their relationship with their person
• The needs of their person
• Changing relationships with other family members and friends
• Lack of free time
• Time to care for themselves
• Giving up certain activities
• Changes in finances
• Managing the household

This list can go on and on. Some of these things, I personally experienced as the caregiver for my late husband, and then caring for my senior parents. Comment below what you would add to the list.

I love the grief professional community, and thankful to Get Griefy Magazine for bringing so many of us together. This m...
08/27/2026

I love the grief professional community, and thankful to Get Griefy Magazine for bringing so many of us together. This morning I had the best call with Nicci Scimone ! We talked for 90 minutes and could have kept going. For those of you who have experienced the death of a parent, Nicci is your go to for grief coaching! If you know me, you know I don’t recommend people unless I fully trust they will provide the best support.

Today is my dad’s Angelversary. He died five years ago this evening with me by his side playing classical music on my iP...
08/27/2026

Today is my dad’s Angelversary. He died five years ago this evening with me by his side playing classical music on my iPad, reminding him how loved he is, promising that I would take care of my mom - his Sally, and that it was ok for him to go even though he would be missed. This was not a “typical” 92 year old man’s dying of old age. My father had Covid and it was that virus that he was dying from. My lying beside him, holding him, and loving on him was done with me being in full PPE (and I mean full on PPE). My father lived a long life, a happy life. He was a wonderful father to me and husband to my mom. She called him Mr. Wonderful. I always knew he would die one day (duh!). It was the Covid death that weighed on me. I think most people whose loved ones died from Covid struggled with it during the pandemic. I blamed myself (as those who are grieving sometimes do) and I questioned so much over these first few months. The truth is, I could not protect this amazing dad who had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s just a few months earlier, had congestive heart failure, and was 92 1/2 years old. Did I mention my mom had Covid, as well? That was fun……Five years tonight. I am in a great place. I miss him. I talk to him everyday (as i do my late husband and my mom). How lucky was I to have had my dad until I was 61 years old?!? I know far too many, because of the work I do, who didn’t get that chance. Yes, I still get to grieve but this grief is beautiful and soft.

I could do a whole other post on the grief of doing all the administrative jobs following a Covid death (any death, actually). Maybe I will.

Hope you and mom are having a great time together, daddio. ❤️❤️

08/22/2026

Great conversation about resilience and grief with one of my favorite guests Kera Sanchez on Creating Space for Grief & Hope. Watch the full episode on YouTube.

Get Griefy Magazine Kera Sanchez 🌻 Turning Lemons into Legacies 🍋

Perhaps you’ve heard the quote by Jamie Anderson, “Grief is Love with Nowhere to Go.”Personally, this quote doesn’t reso...
08/18/2026

Perhaps you’ve heard the quote by Jamie Anderson, “Grief is Love with Nowhere to Go.”

Personally, this quote doesn’t resonate with me. Grief is a lot of things and for those who experience loving relationships with the people who died, it may feel that way, but if it doesn’t then many grievers may hear that quote and feel like they are not grieving correctly. Honestly, grief is hard enough without questioning yourself and how you are grieving. Grief is individual and unique to each person.

So, what if love can have a place to go? For me, I put my love for my late husband in the work I do supporting those who are either caring for a loved one with a brain tumor or grieving the death of a loved one to a brain tumor, I facilitate support groups, speak at conferences, and I talk about Steven – A LOT. I also put that love into my everyday life. On my podcast, I interview people who have taken their heartbreak and created something meaningful because of the love they have for the people they miss (check out some of the episodes – they are truly inspiring).

On the flip side, there are many people who did not have a positive relationship with the person who died – a less than loved one – whether because of abuse, neglect, estrangement, etc. That quote can really trip them up. Holding space for and honoring that grief is just as important.

Grief is complicated. One beautiful quote (and it is beautiful) cannot wrap grief up in a tidy package. There are no absolutes with grief except that we are all going to experience it at some point in our lives.

08/17/2026

Does grief ever get “easier?”

I hear this question often from clients and support group participants, especially from those in early grief. Grief can feel agonizing. The thought of feeling like this forever is overwhelming! Grief doesn’t disappear, but it does change shape over time. In this short clip, I share a perspective that has brought comfort to many of the people I support. Watch my first YouTube episode to hear more about this and other questions I answer.

💛 Watch more conversations about grief, hope, and healing on the Creating Space for Grief and Hope YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/
Or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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