Less doom. More BLOOM.

Helping collapse-aware women bloom in dark times. 


Systems are crumbling. Our crises are colliding. 

Some people see doom. I see an invitation.

This is for women who refuse to go numb.
Who know grief and creativity can coexist.
Who choose agency, connection, and joy as resistance.

This is not about optimism.
It’s about aliveness.

Maya Frost, founder of Collapse Forward, standing in a grassy area with colorful fall leaves on trees in background.

🌿 I'm Maya. 

From a young age, I experienced grief that rearranged me. I felt the weight of personal and existential collapse as a constant presence.

It taught me what systems could not: that the body notices first, that small actions matter, and that companionship makes courage possible.

Collapse introduces us to the truest version of ourselves if we're willing to pay attention.

Marigolds are companion plants.
They protect what grows beside them.
That’s how I work, too.

Not as an expert with answers. Not as an authority hovering over you.

But as someone who stays grounded with you as you find your best ways to bloom, for yourself and your community, despite the darkness.

For us, blooming is turning the truth into transformative expressions of human connection.

We choose to:

🌼 SEE CLEARLY

Collapse literacy without panic.
We name what’s actually happening — without denial or doom spirals — so that your creative energy flows fully from toward deeper awareness.

🌼 STAY CALM

Nervous systems before strategies.
Our responses are signals. Regulated women regulate rooms. We build steadiness, then find ways to fully express our presence, humor, and joy. 

🌼 ACT CREATIVELY

Small, visible, sometimes silly subversive actions.              Tiny acts of beauty and care.
Celebrate-the-moment moves.  Gasp-and-giggle disruptions that signal: we are here and wide awake together.

This is for you if you:

  • see systems failing and refuse to look away

  • feel grief and urgency but want a vivid life

  • want creative action, not abstract theory

  • are ready to be visible in meaningful ways

This is NOT for you if you:

  • want certainty or a guaranteed future

  • expect to solve global problems

  • want collapse explained away

  • choose comfort over courage

🌼 DOOM TO BLOOM™ - A 30-Day Companioning Experience
Doom to Bloom™ is for collapse-aware women who don’t want to freeze, numb out, or pretend.
For 30 days, I walk beside you as you translate awareness into daily choices, grounded presence, and creative actions.

This isn’t therapy. It's not coaching or consulting.
It’s lived practice in uncertain times.

No rushing to "fix" things. (That's the old way.)

We talk. We notice. We imagine, laugh, plot, and experiment.

The next steps become clear, and momentum builds naturally.

I work with women of all ages who are founders, leaders, creatives, caregivers, builders, thinkers, and dreamers. See if you see yourself in the client stories here:  

Photo of Maria, former events producer and Collapse Forward client who credits Maya and the Doom to Bloom process for saving her life.

¨I lost the job I had loved for twenty years. I spent months at home, watching terrible news. I hit rock bottom, fearing for myself and the world.

Maya embraced my grief, and made me laugh again. She guided me through a creative re-imagining process that led to being offered an amazing new role! I honestly believe that this experience with Maya saved my life.¨

Maria - former events producer, now director of a community-building organization 

"As a single mother, I was fearful about my ability to raise my son in this chaos and hopeless about the world he will grow up in. 

I am so grateful for Maya's wisdom as a mother and grandmother. She gave me new ways to think about the future. My son and I moved to a smaller community, and I created a project that fills me with joy.

Yes, things are awful, but I have practices that keep me grounded and a commitment to making each day fun and wonder-full." 

Erica - nurse practitioner, founder of a healthcare co-operative for single mothers

¨I was feeling hopeless about my divided city and the loss of federal funding for life-saving programs. Maya´s warm (and funny!) guidance helped me turn my advocacy work into something far more local and personal.

Bringing the focus to my own neighborhood allowed me to help those I actually see, and weave a strong web of support. I do feel rooted and alive now.¨

Nicole - former national director, now founder of a local mutual aid program

¨I was targeted and harrassed by a citizen upset about his taxes. Even a restraining order did not keep my family safe. Maya helped me pour my fear, anger, and resentment into action. She offered loving support and much-needed laughter as I moved with my children from the U.S. to France. I feel safe, calm, and happy here, with a community and work I adore. My children are thriving! I am so thankful for this new life.¨

Lisa - former county administrator, now owner of a natural foods store 

Graphic with white text on black background that reads: ¨Complexity calls for creativiy. But creativity is the first thing to fade when we are in despair.¨

"I was in a creative slump. For the first time in my life, the words didn't flow. It wasn't the daily news that locked me up. It was losing my faith in our future. 

Maya knows how to jumpstart joy. She gave serious oomph to my tired business. I absolutely love my work again!

But she also helped me recall a time I had loved as a child, all picnic-table potlucks in the garden and playing music under the stars.

She was my co-conspirator in crafting an updated vision. Now, I have a crooked but workable greenhouse and actual dirt under my nails. I trade my veggies for video editing, and even started singing with three neighbors who have become dear friends. 

Maybe we can't change the world. But our cul-de-sac? Oh, DEFINITELY."

Susie - owner of a copywriting service for non-profit organizations

🌿WHAT I BELIEVE

I believe:
• bodies know before institutions do
• small actions matter more than big declarations
• companionship changes nervous systems
• beauty is not decoration — it is strategy• meaning doesn’t disappear just because systems do

 

I love humor because it keeps despair from thinking it’s in charge.
I love small, delightful disruptions because they make people look up, smile, and feel recognized and appreciated. 

 

I will never tell you to “stay positive", but I will nudge you to stay fully present and lean toward  the light.

You don’t need a master plan.
You need a first move.

If you feel the tug of this work, trust it.

(Reconnecting to our intuition is our favorite hobby.)

🌿 Collapse cracks us open.

But it also reveals hidden gifts.

 

Let´s find the ones that are right there along this path,

just waiting for you. 

I may be an accidental grief worker, but it is my calling.

It began in earnest when the pandemic hit.

I longed to be of service while living in a studio apartment during a long, strict lockdown in Buenos Aires. 

I sprouted a seedling.

It turned into a garden that has now seeded the communities of clients in over 20 countries.