Work With Me | Private Collapse Companioning™ with Maya Frost
Collapse Companioning™ is the unique and proven process I created in 2020 that disrupts despairalysis, rewilds imagination, and inspires adaptive engagement.
It is based on the latest research related to generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and the most effective method for reducing anxiety through habit change techniques and mindfulness practices.
But it's also inspired by own lived experience of overcoming grief, fear, helplessness, and hopelessness.
I companion people through life's most profound transitions, from personal crossroads and collapse awareness to creative and engaged adaptation.
Companioning isn't what I teach. It's how I work.
Why Collapse Companioning Is So Effective For Those Who Are Aware Of the Metacrisis
Collapse Companioning is informed by recent research showing that anxiety often functions as a habit that can be changed through awareness, curiosity, and small daily shifts.
Inspired by the work of Dr. Judson Brewer, James Clear, and Dr. BJ Fogg, I combine mindfulness, behavioral science, and tiny habit practices into a transformative process.
But it's not just habit change and mindfulness. It's a space for honest reflection about the accelerating changes that are creating new and unpredictable challenges.
We address what is happening, how you're feeling about it, and explore your most natural ways to build personal resilience while engaging creatively alongside others.
Together, we design both your habits and your habitat to naturally support your flourishing.
Client Testimonials:
Why Collapse-Aware People Are Choosing Companioning Over Coaching or Therapy
TRUTH: Coaching and therapy were not designed to deal with our reality-based and escalating anxiety about the future.
The weekly and biweekly sessions cannot effectively address and reverse the growing sense of despair fueled by hourly updates about relentless change.
But Collapse Companioning™ is specifically designed and tested for this moment, these struggles, and our human desire to understand, adapt, and thrive together.
For me, resilience and adaptation were a means of survival.
A difficult childhood and, later, surviving a car accident at 15 that killed four other teens, profoundly shaped me.
In the aftermath, someone introduced me to meditation. The meditation did not stick at the time, but mindfulness did.
I created a simple awareness practice to reconnect to the awe of all that was around me. I got good at it. And it saved me.
Smiling through the pain in 1977.
I earned a degree in psychology and Asian Studies, and spent my senior year studying in nine Asian countries, focusing on Buddhist philosophy.
Over the past 50 years, I’ve explored many forms of mindfulness.
I learned that traditional meditation is rarely the best fit for people who are overwhelmed, grieving, or exhausted.
Meditating in Sri Lanka in 1981.
Early Inspiration From Joanna Macy That Influenced the Development of Collapse Companioning™
My work has been influenced by Joanna Macy and her early “despair work" in the 90s, which evolved into The Work That Reconnects, blending deep ecology, systems thinking, and mindful awareness.
While Collapse Companioning™ is distinct from The Work That Reconnects, it shares a focus on mindful awareness, emotional honesty, and transforming eco-anxiety into meaningful action and connection.
In my 40s, I was processing the deaths of three of my brothers (one of AIDS, two by suicide), and I remembered my little mindfulness game that had helped me cope after the accident when I was 15.
I turned it into an eyes-wide-open, real-world mindfulness training program and game that inspired thousands of people in more than 100 countries.
The First Collapse Companioning Clients As the COVID Pandemic Hit
I began offering Collapse Companioning in early 2020 as COVID spread across the world. Living under strict lockdown in Buenos Aires, I witnessed profound grief, isolation, and the struggle many faced in processing loss.
Through my nonprofit networks, I started supporting women who were overwhelmed by grief and their recognition of our failed systems.
By listening deeply and showing up consistently with care and presence, I developed the companioning process I use today.
While my work shares some common ground with Dr. Alan Wolfelt's companioning approach to grief (and we both coined the term the same year), it focuses specifically on the grief, uncertainty, and disorientation that arise from awareness of collapsing systems and their impact on us.
I chose the marigold, a humble and beloved companion plant known for its protective presence, as the symbol of my work.
30 Days of Daily Support, Encouragement, and Inspiration That Turn Despair Into Meaning
We interact daily for 30 consecutive days.
It is mostly asynchronous, giving you time to consider each question or prompt before responding.
It is this space before responding that leads to insights daily, and we continue in an easy flow that naturally builds momentum and consistency.
Collapse Companioning Pricing and Availability
30-Day Collapse Companioning Experience
Includes a personalized combination of:
- live conversations
- voice-note support
- written reflection
- strategic guidance
- weekly private companioning for the following month to maintain momentum
Investment: US$3000 (available through August 2026)
Providing daily companioning is highly individualized, emotionally demanding, and intellectually immersive. I maintain a deliberately limited practice so I can work with care, depth, and integrity.
Is Collapse Companioning Right For You?
I work with a range of individuals who recognize our reality, including:
- Leaders carrying concerns they cannot easily discuss with colleagues.
- Professionals questioning whether their current work aligns with their values.
- Creatives whose imagination has been crowded out by fear and uncertainty.
- Individuals facing a major decision, transition, or life reinvention.
This work tends to resonate with those who:
- value flexibility over formulas
- appreciate emotionally intelligent conversation
- are longing to respond and act rather than simply process
- seek meaningful transformation
- want support that is nuanced and deeply personalized
Let's explore what's calling to you, and how paying attention to it might transform your perspective and your possibilities.
Getting Started With Collapse Companioning™
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