Helping collapse-aware women live fully now.
Systems are crumbling. Crises are colliding.
We can dwell in doom, or choose to BLOOM.
Join clients in over 20 countries who are turning their
despair into rewilded imagination, creative energy, and
inspired local action...in just one month.
I may be an accidental grief worker, but it is my calling. 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.
Specifically, that:
🔸the body notices first
🔸small actions matter
🔸companionship makes courage possible
Collapse Companioning™
Like marigolds (the companion plants that strengthen what grows beside them), it offer presence, protection, and partnership.
Not an expert with answers. Not an authority above you.
But someone who stays grounded with you as you build robust roots and reach full bloom despite the darkness.
For us, blooming means turning the truth of our reality into transformative expressions of human connection.
In the face of our predicament, we choose to:
🌼 SEE CLEARLY
Collapse literacy without panic.
We name what’s actually happening — without denial or doom spirals — so that you can shift your focus from fear to courageous awareness.
🌼 STAY STEADY
Nervous systems before strategies.
Regulated women regulate rooms. We build steadiness first, and then find ways to fully express the power of our presence, care, 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 choose to engage thoughtfully and lovingly
- want meaningful creative action, not abstract theory or endless processing
But it won't work if you:
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expect certainty or a guaranteed future
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insist on a sugarcoated narrative
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choose the comfort of denial over the aliveness of awareness
🌼 DOOM TO BLOOM™ - A 30-Day Collapse 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 (virtually!) as you translate awareness into grounded presence, daily choices, and creative actions right where you are.
This isn’t therapy. It's not coaching or consulting.
It’s lived and loving practice in uncertain times.
No rushing to "fix" things. (That's the old way.)
We talk. We notice. We imagine, laugh, plot, and experiment.
(That's the co-creative part that emerges once you're steady.)
The next steps become clear, and momentum builds naturally.
If you're longing to craft a future of collective care and joyful community, start here:
I work with women who are founders, leaders, creatives, healers, and helpers of all kinds.
Do you see yourself in any of the client stories below?
¨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 time of uncertainty and distrust.
I am so grateful for Maya's wisdom as a mother and grandmother. She helped me see 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 scary, 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 know and see daily. I feel rooted now, and that's a new experience for me.¨
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
"I worked with Maya after the loss of my partner of 20 years to complications from Covid. I was at my absolute lowest. Recently, I returned to her when I became overwhelmed by my fear for my family in this changing world.
Each time, Maya was an extraordinary collapse partner! She helped me find a new version of myself that was capable of more creativity and joy than I would have imagined possible. I am deeply grateful."
Agatha - physician and director of an NGO
"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 sparked serious oomph and a brilliant re-imagining of 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, HELL yes."
Susie - copywriting consultant for non-profit organizations
🌿WHAT WE NEED NOW:
🔶community (family, friends, neighbors and others we care about)
🔶mutual aid (to share skills and support within our community)
🔶learning (to help us imagine new ways of doing things)
🔶art (as a way of expressing our creativity and sharing our view of the world)
🔶humor (laughter is healing, and builds trust and solidarity)
🔶joy (it keeps despair from thinking it's in charge)
🔶LOVE (it fuels all of the above)
You don’t need a master plan.
Start with a first move.
If you feel the tug of this work, trust it.
(Around here, reconnecting to our intuition is one of our favorite hobbies.)
🌿 Collapse cracks us open.
But it also reveals hidden gifts.
Let´s find the ones that are waiting for you.
Oh, here's one:
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I may be an accidental grief worker, but it is my calling.
It sprouted when the pandemic hit.
And it turned into a lush garden that has now seeded the thriving communities of clients in over 20 countries.
I use the term "collapse" intentionally.
It signals awareness, honesty, and the courage to name our reality without sugarcoating it.
It reduces barriers to understanding, and is therefore more inclusive.
Plus, I value clarity and simplicity because that's what complexity calls for.
But I also speak the beautiful poetic language of coherence and emergence!
If we work together, you get to choose the words we use. 😊
When the world is in confusion, the wise act with simplicity.
Lao Tzu