Grief does not begin at death. It begins the moment we understand that someone we love is dying -- or when we ourselves receive a diagnosis that changes everything. As a Certified Grief Educator trained by David Kessler, one of the world's foremost authorities on grief and loss, I offer compassionate, nonjudgmental support for every stage of the grief journey.

My grief support work in Los Angeles and beyond is not about moving through stages on a prescribed timeline or arriving at a tidy acceptance. It is about being genuinely accompanied through one of the most complex and demanding experiences a human being can face.

Who I Support

• Individuals navigating anticipatory grief -- mourning someone before they have died

• Families supporting a loved one through terminal illness or active dying

• People who have recently lost someone and are in the acute early stages of grief

• Survivors of serious illness who are grieving the version of themselves that existed before their diagnosis

• Caregivers experiencing exhaustion, grief, and the complicated emotions of watching someone they love decline

• Anyone whose grief has gone unacknowledged -- because the loss was not a death, or because the world moved on before they were ready

What Grief Support Sessions Include

Sessions are available individually or in small groups, in person in the Los Angeles area or virtually worldwide. Each session is shaped by what you need in that particular moment -- there is no agenda to follow and nothing you need to prepare.

Support may include:

• A compassionate, unhurried space to say what you are actually carrying -- without filtering or softening it

• Psychoeducation about grief: what it actually is, how it works, and why it so often feels nothing like what we expect

• Guidance on anticipatory grief and the particular weight of mourning someone who is still alive

• Support for the grief that follows survival -- the disorienting experience of having come close to death and found that the feelings do not end when the crisis does

• Tools for living alongside grief: not fixing or rushing it, but finding ways to carry it with more intention and less isolation

• Support for caregiver grief -- the exhaustion, the secondary losses, and the emotions that caregiving quietly accumulates

A Note on What I Am Not

I am a Certified Grief Educator, not a licensed therapist. My work is complementary to, not a replacement for, mental health treatment. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, I will always encourage you to seek appropriate clinical support. Within that boundary, I offer something that therapy does not always have room for: extended presence, deep listening, and accompaniment through the grief that surrounds dying and death.

If this feels like the right support, I would love to connect. Book a free consultation at tendingthesoul.life.