Frequently Asked Questions

Many people find that ecological loss, climate disruption, and the accelerating pace of environmental change affect them emotionally, even if they cannot point to a single personal loss. This response is often described as eco-grief or climate grief.

Eco-grief refers to the sorrow, concern, or disorientation that arises from witnessing harm to the living world, including species loss, habitat destruction, and uncertainty about the future. It is a relational response to what is happening around us, not a personal failing or pathology.

Eco-grief is grief connected to ecological loss and planetary change. Unlike grief following the death of a loved one, eco-grief is often collective, ongoing, and difficult to locate in a single event.

It may include feelings of sorrow, anger, numbness, helplessness, guilt, despair, or deep care for the places and beings beyond the human sphere. This work does not approach eco-grief as something to resolve or move past, but as something that can be acknowledged, tended, and held in relationship with others.

Grief tending refers to communal and ritual practices that allow grief related to ecological loss to be expressed, witnessed, and honored rather than suppressed or privatized.

In an ecological context, grief tending often includes ritual, shared reflection, embodied practice, and time in relationship with land or community. It is not therapy or treatment, but a way of staying connected to what we love in times of change and loss.

No. This work is not clinical therapy, mental health treatment, or grief counseling.

My work is contemplative, relational, and community-based. It draws on ritual, spiritual practice, and ecological awareness to help people stay present with difficult realities, rather than diagnose or treat psychological conditions. Those seeking clinical mental health care are encouraged to work with licensed professionals.

Many people find support through practices that help them stay connected to meaning, community, and the living world. These may include ritual, contemplative practice, shared inquiry, creative expression, and collective gathering.

Rather than offering solutions or fixes, these practices create space for listening, witnessing, and responding with care to what is unfolding ecologically and culturally.

This work is for people who feel affected by ecological change and
are seeking thoughtful, grounded ways to stay engaged
to prevent becoming overwhelmed or shutting down.

Many who find their way here are environmentalists, those allied with the field of climate science,
educators, activists, artists, spiritual practitioners, or simply people who feel a deep relationship with the living world and are unsure how to carry what they are sensing alone.

No prior background is required.

While my work is informed by Buddhist and earth-based traditions, offerings are designed to be accessible and invitational rather than doctrinal. Curiosity, care for the living world, and a willingness to reflect together are enough.

The best way to stay connected is through my Substack, where I share reflections, announcements, and invitations to upcoming work. You’ll find opportunities to subscribe throughout the site, along with resources that offer context for this field of practice.

While the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, ecological grief often emphasizes loss, relationship, and care, while climate anxiety tends to describe fear or distress about future uncertainty. Many people experience elements of both.

This work does not aim to eliminate these responses, but to help people understand them as meaningful signals of connection to the world rather than problems to be solved.