Grief, Loss and Meaning‑Making

Grief and loss touch us all, without exception and the journey with grief is personal to each one of us. It is hard work, a soul work that requires gentle tending of our hearts. To be human, is to know loss - in its many forms. Acknowledging this reality enables one to find a way into the grace of what lies hidden in sorrow. We are most alive at the threshold between loss and revelation. In our grief phobic culture, choosing to face grief is perhaps not the most popular, yet it is courageous. Grief work is essential for the expansion of emotional intimacy with life, one another, and our own soul.

Grief is also present in a specific way when facing mortality — our own or another’s. It can awaken profound fear, sadness, rupture, sense of failure and loss of control. These experiences invite us to confront impermanence while discovering what truly matters. As a chaplain in training I offer spiritual and relational presence and reverence for your journey of living and dying. From a viewpoint of spirituality, death is a passage, a transition, a completion, a crossover, a shift in identity. It is also letting go and love.

I offer these areas of exploration and support for individuals and families:

• Acute grief

• Terminal illness and end‑of‑life transitions

• Anticipatory grief and loss

• Meaning‑making and spiritual questioning connected to grief

• Integrating death awareness as a source of vitality not separate from life and living

• Support for caregivers and loved ones