You need a spotter in grief. This is the story of the three people who caught me.

Photo gallery of my sister, Sarah.

Climate grief is a complex grief that underlies all of the grief we are feeling in our current polycrisis. It includes other grief as well, including anticipatory grief, ambiguous grief, and disenfranchised grief.

Part 3 of a series. This describes grief in society and some ideas about what to do with all the big, griefy feelings.

Part 1 is about what grief means to me, where I’m coming from in my work and in the things I say and write. In Part 2 we discuss some of the different types of grief and what I know about grief.

Part 2 of a series: we discuss some of the different types of grief and what I know about grief.

Part 1 is what grief means to me, where I’m coming from in my work and in the things I say and write. Part 3 describes grief in society and some ideas about what to do with all the big, griefy feelings.

Part 1 of a series: What grief means to me, where I’m coming from in my work and in the things I say and write. In Part 2 we discuss some of the different types of grief and what I know about grief. Part 3 describes grief in society and some ideas about what to do with all the big, griefy feelings.

Things I miss about my dad. And things I don’t.

How Listening to Grief started offering grief walks and other workshops.

Grief makes me cry in my dreams more than I cry in real life.

A post to thank all the friends I’ve made in West Seattle.

The grief books that guided and supported me in my grief. Purchase Tamara’s top ten grief books on Bookshop.org and Tamara gets a small commission.

Tamara shares how the Heart Tending Grief & Yoga Workshop hosted by Tamara of Listening to Grief and yoga instructor Daisha Nilsen came to be and what happens at the workshop.

Take a poll to help Listening to Grief choose a grief topic for future resources.

What does “listening to grief” mean? How do you listen to grief?

A story about internal compasses steering us in the wrong direction.

Two years ago, I had an idea to create a Grief Walk for National Grief Awareness Day along with the one-on-one grief coaching already on offer. From there, Listening to Grief expanded to include peer support groups, Heart Tending Grief & Yoga workshops, and grief circles for all kinds of grief. More programs are on the way.

What makes me unique?

I am a folklorist. 

I am also a griever.

I am infinitely curious about what makes a person who they are, and I love hearing stories about people.

New Monthly (Any Grief) Grief Circle starting Sunday, February 23rd.

I was interviewed for an article in the Seattle Times about grief around the holidays.

Listening to Grief’s Post-Election Grief Walk was covered in the renowned, local news source, the West Seattle Blog.