Grief Companionship

We cannot control what happens to us. All we can do is work with what happens moment to moment. - Rabbi Rami Shapiro

What if healing doesn't mean hiding what hurts?

Spiritual companionship, what I call spiritual midwifery, is a lineage of listening wholly rooted in the art of being a compassionate, loving, and stable presence. Together, we embark upon a sacred relationship known not for fixing and advice, but for bearing honest witness. In individual and group sessions, you can expect that your unraveling is honored, your becoming is seen, and your connection to the Divine (however you understand it) is held with reverence, respect, and love.

Why I Do This Work

I am a Spiritual Midwife because I have known grief to be wide and deep. Life-altering in ways that can and will reshape you. Over the years, I have sat with hundreds of blessed souls who know the same. Whose hearts linger on pain - losses, chronic illness, spiritual trauma, and questions too big for words. I know the relief of being seen. And, I offer that same sacred space to you.

You and your experience of grief, trauma, illness, and/or loss deserve to be met with tenderness and care, beloved.

Meeting Grief With Soul

When we meet, you are supported in tuning into your own inner wisdom. Sometimes, our time together is centered on endurance or crisis recovery. Other times, you'll show up able to point out the beauty that persists. Slowly, but surely, we examine what walls, road blocks and/or masks are between you and some semblance of ease. Regardless of what you bring to a session, it can be such a great relief to show up authentically you. Grief asks this of us.

Beyond the crazed hunger in our world to be exceptional, loss and sorrow wear away whatever masks we attempt to present to the world. - Francis Weller

Grief is what I refer to as The Great Disruptor. It personally ignited in me the life mantra, "real is all I have left." (I repeat it daily, still.) And, it invites all of us into a similar life space. To inspect what hurts and not only observe it, but to process, digest and integrate it. The pain. The disconnect. The sadness or frustration. The exhaustion. All of it.

My flavor of spiritual midwifery is for you if:

• you want a safe space to process, digest and integrate your grief
• you feel unheard in other places and spaces, whether that's in your spiritual community, the doctors office, in relationship(s) or at home
• you are deconstructing patriarchal or abusive faith systems
• you are inclined to spend time unpacking the irrefutable grief of living with chronic illness or cancer
• you long for a spiritual anchor as you navigate transition, change, an ending, or life after loss

There is no hierarchy of grief. What you carry matters. Because you matter.

What I Offer

My soul care sessions are spacious, prayerful, and deeply honest. You will not be fixed here - only honored, witnessed, and supported in reconnecting with your own inner wisdom and guidance.

I currently offer:

• Individual/Couples Spiritual Direction & Companionship
• Expansive Grief & Grief Body Groups
• Grief Rituals, Bereavement Doula Care, Mentorship

A Note From My Heart

Inclusion is the very foundation of my life's work. I work with all genders, neurotypes, abilities, and ages. I offer generous scholarships to those who ask and apply. And - with a lifetime of love for our mothering, parenting, and caregiving bodies, I am especially inclined to tend to families of all kinds.

Grief is not a detour, beloved.

It is the way through.

I invite you to book a complimentary consult below.

Jennifer (J.) envisions a world in which our grief-full bodies are cared for in such a way that it impacts generations. Get to know your Spiritual Midwife here.

You can also email J. here.