Work With Me
I may be an accidental grief worker, but it is my calling.
I have profound personal and professional experience with grief.
As a result, I developed a simple, effective process to deepen awareness, activate healing, and inspire engagement and creative adaptation.
What I offer is companioning rather than counseling or coaching.
Together, we walk through grief and turn it into wisdom and wonder.
Test-driven during my experience as a creative breakthrough coach doing pro bono work with those who were facing devastating loss, the Doom to Bloom™ process uses storytelling prompts that explore your emotions, thoughts, and responses, as well as your longings for the future.
This process amplifies your ability to adapt to our shifting reality because it:
🔷meets you where you are - it is highly personalized to reveal your own particular way of dealing with both dissonance and distress
🔷emphasizes disruption rather than rumination to shift thought patterns and habits that keep you locked into despair and paralysis
🔷builds immediate momentum and consistency to help you find balance on this wild ride
🔷leverages your creativity to revive and redirect your energy
"Maya asked me questions that really got to the heart of my longing in a way that I had not accessed. Our ongoing conversation was exactly what I needed to keep me on track with my new habits and get me inspired about what I could do.
The process Maya taught me is one I will continue to turn to as things evolve."
Les - healthcare professional in the U.S.
¨Maya´s voice chats were like having a personal coach in my pocket! I feel so much lighter despite everything. I have new rituals and tools for building resilience that energize me daily.
I am a much more conscious leader for my team. Instead of fearing the future, I feel we are actively creating it with full awareness.¨
Noreen - owner of a community-building consultancy in the U.S
Doom to Bloom™
adds meaning, mending, and method to living with the knowledge of loss.
"What I loved most about my time with Maya was her prompts to share my stories related to Nature. It was the beginning of a beautiful reconnecting to who I was as a child, happily playing in the creek and discovering new wonders daily.
Those stories and memories brought a new resonance to my life and work."
Jenny - photographer/film director in the U.S
¨Honestly, being open about collapse is a huge f#$*ing RELIEF. Maya helped me find my courage. I finally talked with my wife about my anguish around our failed responses to the climate crisis. I left the company, and launched a new project.
It´s going well, but more importantly, it feels good. I am beyond grateful.¨
John - former sustainability lead for a U.S. corporation
I don´t pretend to be a climate psychologist or eco-therapist.
I don´t claim to be an expert in collapse.
But I am especially well-positioned to usher you through this personal journey thanks to:
🟦 my work helping 160+ individuals move through their grief in order to thrive in new ways
🟦 my own life experience processing profound grief and loss
🟦 my particular blend of trauma-informed facilitation, creative breakthrough coaching, and mindfulness training
My work is also informed by my:
🟦 30+ years of learning about deep ecology, behavioral psychology, and systems thinking via the work of the wonderful Joanna Macy, Donella Meadows, Arne Næss, Yuichi Inoue, and others
🟦 engaged exploration of collapse by integrating relevant information from scientific research and the thoughtful work of Jem Bendell, Nate Hagens, Ginie Servant-Miklos, Justin McAfee, and others
🟦 ongoing personal experience in creative adaptation while making major life changes - living in seven countries, building entirely new communities, and immersing in new perspectives
🟦 deep concern as a grandmother navigating future-related worries while focusing on resilience, joy, and love
Sweet little faces blurred for privacy, but you get the vibe. 🧡
I offer TWO ways to help you.
Doom to Bloom™ is a deep exploration that leads to personal and/or professional transformation.
Doom to Dream™ is a kickstart to help you find meaning and the motivation to engage in action.
Doom to Bloom™ is a depth-plus-momentum process that leads to transformation.
It starts with an opening 90-minute Zoom session.
Then, daily text/voice/video (your choice) prompts and exploration for two weeks.
Curiosity-stirring prompts. Quiet questioning. Deep sitting. Gentle but firm accountability.
Also: humor. (Because we need to expand our capacity for lightness to balance the heaviness.)
And because this is a journey that requires continued reflection as things emerge, you get access to ongoing support for two full months - plenty of time to practice your new adaptation habits and explore your ideas for enlivened action.
Through the Doom to Bloom™ process, you will:
🔷 recognize what triggers your personal swirl of emotions and responses and how they show up
🔷 learn effective tools to improve your ability to ride the waves and positively channel the energy they give you
🔷 create and follow your plan to ground and strengthen as you move forward with this new awareness, leading to deep discovery, deliberation, and delight.
Price: US$995
Next Doom to Bloom™ spots available in: August 2025
To reserve yours, just fill out the form below.
Looking for a kickstart rather than a transformation?
Consider Doom to Dream™
It´s a single one-hour Zoom session focused on expanding your awareness and motivation
+ one week of daily online exploration/co-creating to kickstart your engaged action.
Doom to Dream™ is open to both new clients and those who have worked with me previously and are facing a new stage in their adaptation process.
If you´re struggling with a collapse-related challenge, such as:
🔷 initiating a collapse conversation with loved ones, neighbors, or those you work with
🔷 creating a new dream to inspire your future that is possible despite the challenges
🔷 crafting the creative adaptation practices that will help you handle a new challenge
🔷 designing a U.S. exit plan (or a Plan B, just in case)
Doom to Dream™ is designed to help you see what is pulling you and turn your intention into action.
Price: US$395
¨Maya offered outstanding guidance in starting a collapse conversation with my clients. It was like opening a door. It shifted everything, leading to more future-aware ways of working together.
I feel relieved and empowered just knowing how to broach the subject. The knot in my stomach is gone, and I am feeling real joy in my work now.¨
Denise - business consultant in Canada
¨I couldn´t figure out how to plan my future once I recognized how things are falling apart. I wanted to find a meaningful way to live and use my skills wisely.
Just one session with Maya gave me a clear sense of what I could do, and how to get started. Now I am creating something that feels truly fulfilling.¨
Pia - regenerative project coordinator in the U.S.
Next Doom to Dream™ spots available in: August 2025
To reserve yours, just use the form below.
It takes courage and love to face our reality and choose to carve out a good future despite the challenges. I so appreciate your time and attention as you consider these offers.
Whether you are in need of a sense of agency and a loving nudge in the right direction, or looking for a personal and/or professional transformation, I would love to help you.
I am happy to answer any questions! Feel free to email me
