My Work
I lead intentional, thoughtful, individualized professional development, workshops, personalized mentoring, and organizational consulting rooted in dignity, reflection, listening, and well-being.
1:1 Grief Mentoring
Grief is complex, personal, and not one-size-fits-all. My 1:1 support sessions are designed to offer individualized, grief-informed care rooted in dignity, empathy, and emotional safety. Whether you're navigating suicide loss, anticipatory grief, or another form of heartbreak, these sessions are a place to be met exactly where you are.
I design and facilitate powerful, customized workshops for educators, clinicians, and community leaders centered on SEL, community-building, empathetic listening, and educator and student well-being. Topics also include grief literacy, dignity-driven care, and suicide prevention and postvention. Whether in-person or virtual, each experience is tailored to your community’s values, needs, and culture because healing and connection aren’t one-size-fits-all.
Honest. Insightful. Story-rich. Transformative.
I’m a dynamic, story-rich speaker known for blending lived experience, emotional science, and practical tools with honesty, insight, and compassion. My talks invite people into brave, human conversations whether I’m speaking to educators, mental health professionals, or community leaders.
As a suicide loss survivor, educator, and consultant with over two decades of experience, I know what it means to sit inside sorrow and still make room for connection, dignity, and hope. I speak not just to inform—but to move people toward reflection, presence, and possibility.
Let me help you open the conversation wherever your community is ready to begin.
Online Peer Support Groups
I facilitate a variety of virtual support groups through Coping After Suicide ©, each grounded in care, lived experience, and community connection.
Current Groups Include:
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Teens (ages 13–18) who have lost a loved one to suicide
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Twentysomethings navigating life and grief in early adulthood
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Adults who’ve lost a parent to suicide
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LGBTQIA+ individuals who’ve experienced suicide loss
These closed groups offer weekly connection, reflection, and shared understanding over the course of 10 weeks.
They are not therapy, but they are profoundly supportive centered on peer connection, empathetic listening, and emotional safety.
Optional follow-up support is available.
Virtual Workshop Series
I also lead two 6-week virtual workshop experiences designed to deepen reflection, community, and healing around grief and suicide loss.
Current Workshop Offerings:
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Who Am I Now? – A space for individuals navigating identity shifts and meaning-making in the wake of grief
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Beside Them – For those supporting someone who has experienced a suicide loss (friends, spouses, parents, peers, coworkers)
Both workshops offer guided conversation, creative reflection, and practical tools to support personal growth and compassionate presence.
Workshops are held online, once a week for six weeks, and can be customized for schools, organizations, and community groups.
Writing & Storytelling
My writing explores grief, identity, and community in deeply human ways. Follow my ongoing series “I’m Still Sad” on Substack and stay tuned for upcoming book projects weaving together narrative, research, and hope.
Tiny Hope Notes (Coming Soon!)
Short, meaningful messages, delivered digitally or by mail,that offer gentle care, validation, and encouragement.
Created for those in grief, those supporting someone, or anyone in need of a reminder: you’re not alone.