Grief coach and death midwife providing compassionate presence and holistic support for the journey of grief, loss and dying

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“It’s often said that you don’t know that you are drowning until someone tosses you a life preserver….well I knew that I was drowning in grief and realized that the preserver that I had been using for years just wasn't enough. That’s when I found Naila.  I have walked with grief for a long time but I was looking for someone with compassion, heart, grace and understanding to help me learn to let go of the heavy load. I am so grateful that I connected with Naila. From the first email exchange to the weekly calls, I feel seen, heard, understood and supported without judgment. If you are looking for someone to support you along your grief journey, I couldn’t recommend her heart more.”

- Gail Anderson

“Naila is truly a light in the darkness and a comforting, fearless companion when you are in the darkest moments of grief or when the anger and sorrow takes over. I can’t recommend Naila’s services as a grief coach highly enough. I worked with Naila after losing my dad and mother-in-law within 12 months, and the grief felt utterly overwhelming. Naila helped me to listen to and hear myself and begin to meet my needs during a time of caring for so many others. She provided a judgment free weekly call, check ins and extra support around difficult holidays and anniversaries, and helpful writing prompts, mediations and visualizations, and the kindest normalization of grief. She taught me that grief isn’t something you ‘get over’ but a continuation of the love you still have and can grow for your loved one who died. Naila is an absolute gem of a person who changed my life.”
- Natalie Krak

“I deeply appreciate the time I had in my sessions with Naila. Grieving can be so difficult and so lonely. Naila showed compassion, curiosity, and challenged me when I needed to be challenged. I highly recommend allowing Naila to be part of your grief journey."

- Dan Packel

“Naila has a true gift for creating sacred, open, and nonjudgemental space through her sessions and offerings. Naila met me where I was at with support that ranged from creative expression, ritual, and discussion. Through the ever-changing emotions that showed up through my grief, Naila was present and flexible as a compassionate witness. The insights she shared were exactly what I needed to integrate new wisdom and embodiment. Important to me was also Naila's validation of my complex grief. My sessions with Naila have transformed my life in beautiful ways that are still unfolding. I most highly recommend Naila as a skilled and gifted healer and grief coach.”

- Lauren Silver

“Naila helped me navigate a period of crisis after losing my mother. Irrevocably altered by this immense loss, I knew I needed a wise and gentle guide to help me traverse the rocky terrain of grief in order to emerge on the other side with a sense of wholeness. Ensuring this burden would not fall onto my family or friends, Naila held my stories with the attentiveness of an old confidant, offering suggestions and tools from her extensive arsenal along the way that helped me reach new milestones of clarity and healing. Our weekly sessions became a soothing balm as I addressed a litany of emotions and even confronted my own mortality in the process.

“Recently, I experienced the loss of my father as well as a friend from college, and I could feel the same tidal wave of emotions of the past trying to pull me into its undertow. However; this time, I felt better equipped with resources to handle the losses with deeper understanding. This expansion of my emotional bandwidth is clearly attributed to the work I did with Naila, and I'm grateful beyond measure for it.

“Naila is an exquisite soul with deeply felt empathy and I highly recommend her services to all experiencing the pain of loss .”

- Jeannine Escobar

If you’re walking the wilderness of grief, holding the bone-deep ache of losing someone you love, I’m here to be a gentle place for you to land. To help you find a path forward as you struggle to rebuild your life. I believe grief can break us open to living more authentically from our hearts if we’re willing to approach grieving with intentionality and care instead of something to fear, rise above and resist.

If you or someone you love is dying, my wish is that crossing this final threshold will be as loving, peaceful and dignified an experience as possible. I’m here to companion the dying process with practical, emotional and spiritual support so you feel less alone, afraid and overwhelmed

I am certified as a grief coach through From Grief to Gratitude™, as a death midwife through Earth Traditions in partnership with The Death Midwife and have completed Francis Weller’s Grief Ritual Leadership Training.

I’m also a former journalist, a poet/writer, interfaith minister ordained through Circle of Miracles Ministry School, Reiki (Level 2) practitioner and carrier of an Indigenous healing tradition rooted in earth-based rituals and Andean shamanic medicine.

For stories of grief and loss and how we companion these inevitable guests, tune into the podcast Breathing Wind, which I co-host with Sarah Davis. For community grief rituals in the Philadelphia area, follow the Salt Trails collective, which I founded with some of my favorite healing humans.

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