Depth-oriented grief support, no matter how long it’s been.
Individual & group support for bereaved individuals navigating life-changing loss.
Online, worldwide. In English and French.
For those who feel changed by loss.
If you've found your way here, you probably know that the kind of support grief needs is hard to find. Support that doesn't rush you toward something. That doesn't treat your grief as a problem with a solution, or a wound with a timeline.
This loss is most likely changing you, it might also be lonely and disorienting and maybe you need a place to land. Consider this that place. An uncommon space where grief is something we sit with, explore and honour. Together.
I’m Marie Goudreau,
A certified Death & Grief Doula trained by Dr. Alan Wolfelt at the Center for Loss and Life Transition. I've been companioning bereaved individuals since 2020, through one-on-one sessions, groups, and workshops, and have sat with hundreds of people in some of the most disorienting experiences a life can hold.
My approach is rooted in a philosophy of grief care called companioning. Companioning means that I walk beside you, not ahead of you. I don’t bring a map or a timeline and healing doesn’t mean a return to who you were before. Rather, healing in this context means that we can find our wholeness again and go on to live meaningful lives that will forever be informed by the loss (as well as by the love that never ever dies). I believe that grief and loss often act as a portal, putting us in touch with the impermanence that’s embedded into this life and in doing so, clarifying what’s most important. In this way, grief can change us, making us people who carry wisdom, heart and depth. But for that transformation to happen, we first need to receive support.
I also know loss, personally and deeply, having lost my life partner to cancer in my early 30s. I don’t know that I’ve done anything more meaningful with my life than to walk my person on his journey between life and death. His death has changed the trajectory of my life and this work is part of his legacy.
Ways we can work together.
I offer a depth-oriented, deeply attentive companioning experience for those seeking grief support that is personal, existentially curious, and held with reverence for the love that doesn’t end at death.
1:1 Grief Companioning sessions
This is the heart of my practice. We meet one-on-one, online, for an hour at a time, as often as you need. For as long as your grief needs holding. Sessions are conveniently held online and are priced at $175 CAD.
Grief Intensives
A grief intensive is an extended, dedicated session, two hours with a small break partway through, designed for concentrated, unhurried time in the territory of your grief. Intensives are often booked around an anniversary, grief milestone or for those who are unable to meet weekly or bi-weekly. Sessions are held online and are priced at $375 CAD.
Mentorship for Grief Practitioners
This is mentorship and grief support for the practitioners working with bereavement. A space to tend to what this work demands of you, to recognize the signs of cumulative practitioner grief, to keep your own loss history from quietly bumping into your client care, and to deepen your skills in ways that ensures that your practice is sustainable over time. Sessions are 75 minutes, held online and priced at $225 CAD.
Free Consultation
This is a free 30-minute conversation about where you are, what you're looking for, and whether we're the right fit for each other. No pressure and no commitment, just a chance to feel out whether this is the support you've been looking for.
Our partner loss groups
If you have been widowed young and find yourself feeling isolated from your peer group who simply can not understand, joining one of our partner loss group can feel like the first place where you’re truly understood. Whether you were legally married or not, had a chance to have kiddos or were planning to and are grieving that you didn’t, whether your person passed away recently or it’s been a couple of years, you’ll find belonging here. There are different groups being offered throughout the calendar year. Click the link below to see what’s coming up next and experience the kind of community and belonging that only a widow space can provide. This might be the worst club but it’s filled with the best people.
Contact Marie
Email: marie@empoweredthroughgrief.com
Sessions are held online. In English or French.
Marie’s office is located in the Greater Montreal area, Quebec, Canada.
Self-Paced Support
A Gentle Guide to Early Grief
A self paced course that brings you clarity, stability & offers a sense of direction in the face of overwhelming loss.
When you sign up, you’ll have instant access to 3 Modules helping you:
Manage expectations of yourself in grief
Build in thoughtful self care that is supportive to the overwhelm of early (acute) grief
Help you navigate relationships that can be complicated by loss
Grief Coaching Code of Ethics
15 Essential Principles for Responsible & Sustainable Non-Clinical Grief Work
This downloadable 17 page guide is designed for those who feel the calling to serve bereaved people in a responsible & ethical way.
Because the Coaching Industry is an unregulated field, it is necessary to uphold a strong code of ethics that protects you, your clients & your business.
It is my intention that this guide continues to be a reference to you as you build & run your own ethical, responsible and sustainable grief coaching practice.
This work matters deeply.
Your commitment to holding this work with integrity and care is both beautiful and needed.