Be Heard & Supported; Heal from Pain; Connect with Deeper Aspects of Yourself and the Greater Reality

It is possible to find healing and restore wellness.

Hi, I'm Margaret

I’m a teacher and a Grief and Wellness Coach. I’m passionate about helping people who are coping with loss, especially parents who are in pain from the death of a child. I understand where you are because I’ve been there. I have a son-in-spirit, Evan, who lived to be 9 years-old. His death was devastating and brutal. I had to find ways to:

process my experiences (be heard, understood, and supported)
heal from exhaustion and painful emotions of grief like sadness, fear, and anger
connect with deeper aspects of myself and the greater reality

I wanted to be able to exhale from the grief, find my breath again, and still keep Evan close to my heart.

As my journey unfolded, I pursued training in areas that have contributed to my healing and spiritual awakening, focusing on: Jin Shin Jyutsu (an ancient light touch healing similar to acupuncture but without the needles), Intuitive Studies, and Grief Education. Today, I want to share what I’ve learned in order to help others navigate the often unacknowledged rocky terrain of grief and make wellness a priority.

I’m the author of the award winning book, Uncommon Beauty: Crisis Parenting from Day One, a guidebook for parents of medically fragile children. My son Evan was born in 2004 with Apert Syndrome, a rare and complex craniofacial syndrome. This condition causes the baby to born with fused bones in the fingers, the toes, and also in the skull. It requires years of reconstructive surgery. Despite his physical challenges, he was a bright, talkative, enthusiastic, loving and very courageous boy. He died in 2013.

Knowledge is not acquired for its own sake, but for my awakening.

Jin Shin Jyutsu

The ancient art that offers a way to help ourselves, help others and know cosmic oneness.

By applying our hands lightly to points on our body, similar to those used in acupuncture,

we harmonize emotional, physical and spiritual harmony within ourselves.

Sometimes the simplest answer is the best answer.

How to begin easing your pain now?

Here is a simple mudra, a first experiences with JSJ:

Begin by holding your thumb, exhaling slowly, allowing the tension to melt from your body, and feel any pulse that might arise.
Hold for 3-5 minutes, or until you feel an easing of tension.
Then, hold your ring finger, exhale slowly, allow the tension to melt from your body, and feel any pulse that might arise.
Hold for 3-5 minutes, or until you feel an easing of tension.
Repeat with your other hand. If you have felt any easing of tension, any calming, you KNOW the simple solution of JSJ.
And so with this first simple hold of many, your JSJ journey of knowing yourself and healing yourself begins.

How do we experience grief?

“There isn’t any one way to experience grief. Every single person experiences grief differently.”

I hope you are allowing yourself to grieve in exactly the ways that feel right to you.

While we are each unique in our own experiences, we are also the same. Because when someone we love dies, we are forever changed.

What My Clients Say

“I met Margaret about one month after my son passed away suddenly without explanation. Although the circumstances were awful, I was fortunate to have met Margaret when I did. When I lost my Ethan, I genuinely felt like I “lost him” and was praying for answers or clues as to where he could be, how he was doing, and where I could find him. I was not coping well.

Because Margaret understands this unique kind of pain she was able to help me find peace in the emotional chaos that comes after losing a child. She also helped to ground me and empower me. Through our conversations, I have learned that my son and I still have a connection that is still very much alive, and can never be broken because we are bound by love, which is unbreakable. Margaret’s unique spiritual connection is priceless and we should never forget that our own love connections to our loved ones transcend the grief and pain that comes when they pass away.”

Amy Wood

Mom to Ethan, son in spirit