The First Time I Brought Grief Into a Classroom
Grief doesn’t only belong in therapy offices — it belongs in community. In this post, I share why bringing somatic grief healing into a classroom setting feels like service, and how accessible, trauma informed grief support can help people navigating loss, identity shifts, and life transitions feel grounded again.
Registration Is Now Open
This spring, two new classes at Portland Community College bring together the heart of my work: gardening as a pathway to presence and memoir writing as a form of meaning-making. Rooted in somatic awareness and grief education, these courses offer gentle, accessible spaces to cultivate resilience, reflection, and renewal. Whether tending soil or story, each class invites you back to yourself.
Two Classrooms I Didn’t Know I Was Growing
This spring, I’m offering two new classes through Portland Community College rooted in the practices that steadied me during grief: gardening and reflective writing. Both courses weave somatic awareness, mindfulness, and storytelling to support resilience, presence, and healing. These classrooms were grown from lived experience — and are designed as gentle spaces for tending both garden and self.
Welcome to The Embodied Grief Journey™
Here, you’ll find reflections, embodied practices, and resources to help you feel less alone and more resourced.
Returning to Where I Was Born
For years, Lakeside, Arizona was just a mystery in my baby book—a birthplace I couldn’t remember and had never returned to. After my dad passed away, I felt called to go back for my 46th birthday. What I found wasn’t just the hospital where my story began, but a deeper connection to my sister, my parents’ choices, and a piece of myself I hadn’t known was missing.