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Grief and chronic pain can feel like drowning, but it doesn’t always have to be that way.
The Grief + Pain Surfing Method is a mind-body approach I developed through my own grief and chronic pain, grounded in pain neuroscience and informed by Pain Reprocessing Therapy and positive psychology. It helps you stop fighting the waves and start moving with them, with more ease, resilience, and relief.
Together, we’ll honor how hard this is while making room for hope, strength, and joy to return—bit by bit, wave by wave.
How We Work Together
Work with me 1:1 and receive the personalized support you need to navigate life through grief and chronic pain.
We’ll start with where you are and what you’re dealing with right now. There’s no pressure to feel differently or move faster than you’re ready for. Together, we’ll explore what you’re experiencing, what might be keeping you stuck, and what could help you begin to feel better. Whether you’re dealing with physical pain, grief, emotional overwhelm, or uncertainty about what comes next, we’ll find a way forward that makes sense for you.
These four parts of the Method aren’t a fixed sequence. We may move between them or return to one as needed. What we do together in each depends on you.
STEP 1
Find Your Board
When grief or chronic pain has turned your life upside down, even ordinary things can feel overwhelming. We’ll start by understanding what you’re going through and building a foundation of support and stability. There’s no rush. We’ll work at a pace that makes sense for you.
STEP 2
Paddle Through the Break
Sometimes you have to paddle through rough water to get to calmer seas.
I’ll help you move through the overwhelm, fear, and physical tension that grief and chronic pain can create.
We’ll explore practical ways to calm your nervous system, respond differently to pain and fear, and find more steadiness when things feel overwhelming.
STEP 3
Learn to Ride a Baby Wave
Grief and chronic pain don’t vanish overnight—but you can learn to move with them instead of against them.
Together, we’ll practice riding “baby waves”—the small, manageable moments where you choose compassion over fear, curiosity over judgment.
I’ll help you gently build confidence, so that instead of feeling wiped out by every swell, you start feeling glimpses of strength, steadiness, and even possibility.
STEP 4
Catching Waves with Ease
Some days, you’re surfing. Big waves, small waves—you’re learning to meet them with more trust in yourself.
This isn’t about going back to who you were before.
It’s about creating a new way forward—one rooted in strength, meaning, trust, and even joy.
You can’t go back to who you were before. The work is learning to integrate what you’ve lost and lived through into who you are now, while making room for what’s still possible.
Grief and chronic pain can make your world feel smaller. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
If something here resonates, let’s talk.
Grief and chronic pain can feel unbearable—but you don’t have to carry them alone.
Together, we’ll begin your journey toward peace, resilience, and hope.