Hi new friends, I'm a certified grief educator through David Kessler. I've led grief groups for 2 years and facilitated groups on strengthening resilience and embracing death and dying, for 11 years. I also collaborate with you to create ritual to honor your loved one, and offer one-on-one non-licensed, support. My grief journey began young. We lived with my maternal grandmother, a second mother to me. She died when I was five. There were no resources for a child in grief. Other significant losses included my mother's death when I was 13, my father's when I was 34, and my husband's, two years ago. I'm grateful to know grief is a sign of love. Love goes on after death. When love comes through grief, so too can self-kindness & being genuine. My hopes are that you deepen in self-awareness, experience warmth in community, and grow through the challenges of loss, to find new meaning.