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​LET'S TALK ABOUT GRIEF


My grief story begins...

8/25/2023

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...not at the very beginning but more recently. In the fall of 2020 I experienced my first miscarriage. This was the first moment in my life that my grief completely swallowed me whole. I had experienced a lot of loss before that, but losing a baby was a different story entirely. I didn't start to heal until I was sitting in a chair getting tattooed (a little honeysuckle flower for my lost little one) and receiving Reiki that I realized how much I had been holding all of my grief in my body and how I hadn't let anyone touch me. I sobbed. And then I was able to pick up the pieces and start to put myself back together. After my second miscarriage about a year later, I moved more quickly through my grief. Not because it was easier, it was just very different. And at that point, I had deeply reconnected with my body and knew what I needed to offer myself to live on - live on, not move on. Almost a year after that, my son was born. 

In my life, I've had to say goodbye to many loved ones. I remember ice cream sundaes in hospice with my Nana, talking about dragons and love with my cousin, joking and making plans for wigs with my Aunt and her cancer diagnosis. I remember FaceTime calls with my grandfathers - one during Covid and one when I was very pregnant with my son - unable to be there in person to say I love you. I remember wearing yellow to the funeral of friend who took his own life - yellow to honor his favorite color and his light.

Saying goodbye and holding space for my loves and my losses has been woven into my life from a young age. I'm grateful to my parents for not shutting away grief but instead teaching me that we lean into our love and we grieve together. Because of this, it's how I showed up for myself and it's what I bring to holding space for others. I let grief be loud. Or quiet. Or joyful, scary, messy, devastating... I let grief be whatever it needs to be. I lean in. 
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    Meghan Collier

    she, her, hers
    LCSW, LICSW, c-IAYT, MSW,
    ​RYT 500hr, Reiki III,       
    Mindful Grieving Facilitator
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    Meghan (she/her/hers) is a Psychotherapist, Yoga Therapist, Reiki Master, Yogini, and Mindful Grieving Facilitator located in Brunswick, ME. Meghan is a licensed psychotherapist who graduated with her Masters in Social Work and a Certificate in Applied Arts and Social Justice from the University of New England in 2018. Meghan is trained in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International and is eligible for her PMH-C. She completed her 200hr yoga teacher training with Yoga Muse School of Yoga, her 300hr yoga teacher training with Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, and her Reiki III with Anne Donnell. Meghan is a 900hr Yoga Therapist (Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy) and is fully certified with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (c-IAYT). Meghan trained with Wendy Black Stern and the Center for Somatic Grieving and is a 200hr Mindful Grieving Facilitator and Yoga Therapist. Meghan specializes in working with grief and trauma, and in particular with perinatal mental health and loss.

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