“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”

-Carl Rogers

When we grieve what was lost, we also make space for what’s possible.

On the other side of silence is voice.

On the other side of tension is breath.

On the other side of pain is often… joy.

There is resilience inside you that predates your trauma.

There is joy that belongs to you, even in sorrow.

And there is freedom that becomes available when you stop performing and start being.

You Don’t Have to Do This Alone

If this speaks to you, I would be honored to walk beside you.

Let’s tend to your grief — not to get rid of it, but to make space for what else is possible.

For the truth of your humanity, and the aliveness that’s been waiting underneath it all.

You’ve given everything. You show up. You succeed. You perform at your best.And still, the voice inside whispers: “You could’ve done more.” You push yourself harder. You try to fix what’s “wrong.” You reach your goals — and yet the exhaustion, the anxiety, and the loneliness deepen. You collapse, recharge, and repeat. But what if it’s not just burnout?

What if it’s grief? Grief for the version of you that’s always been in survival mode. Grief for the parts that never felt safe to rest. Grief for the dreams, identities, or cultures that were exiled so you could belong.

We live in a world that asks us to move on quickly. To be strong. Productive. Grateful. But where do we go with all that has been lost, unspoken, or never allowed to be felt?

This is the heart of disenfranchised grief — the grief that society ignores. The grief of immigrants, caregivers, BIPOC and queer folks, mothers and daughters, trauma survivors, perfectionists, and healers. The grief of being disconnected from yourself, your culture, your lineage, or your own breath. If this grief lives in you — even if you’ve never named it that way — you are not alone.

"I worked so hard...for this?"

What if the possibility is that beneath Grief Is Life

light in the plant

Specialties Include:

  • Complex & relational trauma

  • Grief, ambiguous & disenfranchised loss

  • Burnout, perfectionism & inner critic fatigue

  • Intergenerational and ancestral trauma

  • Cultural identity, immigration & racialized trauma

  • Religious trauma and spiritual reclamation

  • Caregiver compassion fatigue

  • Psychedelic therapy integration

  • Emotional dissociation and numbness

To gain a better understanding of what Internal Family Systems is, please watch the following video or visit the IFS Institute website https://ifs-institute.com/