Grief to me is one of the ways I am most clear about how alive I am.
adrienne maree brown
ABOUT ME
My name is Abby Goelzer and I am a Grief Coach and Death Doula. I have a profound love for nature and its cycles, abiding by its rhythms and the ebb and flow of all things over time. I have a unique relationship with grief and loss, having lost much of my family to all kinds of deaths between the ages of 20 and 31. In experiencing the grief of profound loss, I became someone who feels called to help others face their own unique grief with compassion and grace. My greatest desire is to walk alongside you on your path towards dying or through the forests of grief and loss. Grief leads us to our deepest truths, and it is my honor to help you uncover them.
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I believe in liberating ourselves from the stories we've been told about how to live, who to be, how we should feel about death and loss, and what role grief plays in our lives.
Garnet and the Moon is a queer woman-owned business based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wisconsin contains unceded territories of the Potawatomie, Ojibwe, Menominee, and Ho-Chunk peoples.
MISSION
Death and Grief are sacred portions of life and living. They are conditions of being alive. Though they touch the lives of every person, we live in a culture that at times does not allow space to experience either of them. Through Garnet and the Moon, I offer to hold sacred space to navigate your grief and/or plan for the pieces of your death transition that we can control. My praxis allows for you to experience grief in a way that you can integrate it into your life without expectation that you "get over" your loss. These offerings are and will always be rooted in love - love of life, love of the rhythms and cycles of nature, and love of the fullness of the human experience.
EXPERIENCE
In addition to my own life's experience with grief, loss, and death, I have completed End of Life Doula training through INELDA and Grief Coaching certification through the Institute of Professional Grief Coaching. I am always striving to continue my education in these areas and other courses I've had or currently have the privilege to learn from are listed below and are updated regularly:
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Tears of the Gods; Herbalism for Grief Support; Grief Magic Motherwort + Rose
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The Living Practice Going with Grace
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Seven Moon Cove Narinder Bazen
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Sanctum of Sound Ananda Healing Arts & Purple Otter Studio
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Meaning Focused Grief Therapy Portland Institute for Loss and Transition
OFFERINGS
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Advanced Care Planning
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Vigil Planning
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Ritual Planning
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Legacy Project Work
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Grief Coaching​​
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Support through loss (death, friendship, pet loss, etc.)
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Community Grief Work
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Process your grief while being held in community
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Share your grief with others in a safety and softness with experienced facilitators
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COLLABORATORS
TRAINING
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INELDA End of Life Doula Training
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Institute of Professional Grief Coaching Certification
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Adult Mental Health First Aid USA Certification