Navigating Milestones & Anniversaries: Grief Support, Mindfulness & Somatic Healing

Grief can feel especially heavy during certain times of the year or key moments in life—holidays, anniversaries, and other significant milestones can bring up powerful emotions, memories, and a deep sense of loss. These moments may feel overwhelming, isolating, or even contradictory—joy and sadness can coexist, leaving you unsure how to navigate your feelings.

On this page, I share stories, somatic practices, and other gentle approaches to help you move through these moments with compassion, presence, and support for your embodied grief journey. You’ll find guidance tailored to:

• Holidays: Navigating grief during seasonal celebrations, family gatherings, and culturally significant days that can amplify loss.

• Anniversaries: Honoring the memory of loved ones on birthdays, death anniversaries, and other meaningful dates.

• Life Milestones: Processing grief during transitions such as graduations, weddings, moves, or other “firsts” without someone you’ve lost.

Through mindful exercises, movement, breathwork, and reflective practices, you can create space to feel your emotions fully, reconnect with your body, and cultivate moments of healing and calm.

Upcoming Guided Course: Grieving Through the Holidays: An Embodied Journey of Remembering, Reconnecting, and Renewal

A gentle, guided course to help you move through the holidays with presence, compassion, and care.

The holiday season can stir tender memories and deep longing. Amid the lights, gatherings, and expectations, you may find yourself feeling both grateful and grieving — missing what was, while trying to stay connected to what is.

This course offers a safe space to honor your loss, reconnect with your body, and rediscover meaning through the season — in your own time, at your own pace.

What You’ll Experience

Each module weaves together somatic practices, mindfulness, reflection, and creative ritual to help you:

• Navigate emotional waves with more ease and compassion

• Release the weight of “shoulds” and find your own rhythm of care

• Create new rituals that honor your person and your needs

• Feel more grounded, supported, and connected — even in moments of ache

Course Timeline

Module Releases (Tuesdays)

• Nov 11: Module 1 – Creating Safety + Grounding

• Nov 18: Module 2 – Honoring What Was

• Nov 25: Module 3 – Releasing and Reimagining

• Dec 2: Module 4 – Rituals of Connection and Care

• Dec 9: Module 5 – Presence in the Pause

• Dec 16: Module 6 – Meaning and Renewal

Optional Holiday Grief Support Circles (Thursdays)

• Nov 20: Circle – Reflect and connect (Week 2)

• Dec 4: Circle – Grounding before the holidays (Week 4)

• Dec 18: Circle – Integration & closure (Week 6)

Modules release weekly so you can explore at your own pace. Optional circles offer a supportive community space to reflect, share, and practice together.

Upcoming Workshop: First Christmas Without

For many, the first holiday season after a loss brings a unique ache. Join me on Thursday, December 4 at 4:00 PM PST for First Christmas Without — a 90-minute virtual workshop offering gentle, practical tools to support your heart through the holidays. Together, we’ll explore somatic grounding, meaningful ritual, and compassionate community connection.

✨ Early bird registration is open through November 25. Use coupon code earlybird5 for $5 off registration.

If you’re seeking additional support, you are warmly invited to book a 1:1 embodied grief support sessions. Together, we can explore personalized somatic practices and compassionate guidance to help you navigate these poignant moments with care and presence.