What I bring to a room

I'm a former attorney, mediator, and certified end-of-life and after-loss specialist who runs a New York–based practice helping individuals, families, and institutions handle the parts of life most people avoid until they can't. Workshops and talks are where a lot of that work starts.

The topics I cover are the ones your employees, members, or attendees are already navigating quietly: a parent's diagnosis, a sibling fight over caregiving, a loss they're back at work three days after, the realization at 58 that no one has their passwords. The room knows this. Naming it out loud, with someone who isn't going to flinch, is what changes things.

I work with a practical foundation and warm delivery. No slides full of statistics about death. No performative vulnerability. Real tools, real language, real takeaways people use the next week.

Signature workshops

Each of these can be delivered as a 45-minute talk, a 60-minute workshop, or a 90-minute session with deeper exercises. Custom topics are also available.

Solo Aging & Thriving

For the growing population of adults aging without a spouse, adult children, or default support system. Covers building a chosen support circle, designating decision-makers when there's no obvious choice, and getting ahead of the logistical and emotional questions that catch solo agers off guard. Strong fit for ERGs serving women, LGBTQ+ employees, and child-free professionals, as well as senior centers, libraries, and aging-in-place communities.

Attendees leave with: a Circles of Support worksheet, a starter checklist for solo aging planning, and language for the conversations they've been putting off.

Grief at Work

For workplaces that want to do better when an employee loses a parent, partner, child, pregnancy, or colleague — and for the colleagues and managers who freeze up because no one taught them what to say. Covers how grief actually shows up at work, the difference between bereavement leave policy and bereavement culture, and what managers and peers can do that genuinely helps. Strong fit for women's ERGs, parent ERGs, caregiver ERGs, HR teams, and people-manager training.

Attendees leave with: a What to Say / What Not to Say guide, a manager's checklist for supporting a grieving employee, and a framework for re-entry conversations after loss.

Planning for Aging Parents

For adult children who can feel the shift coming or are already in it. Covers how to start conversations about health, finances, and end-of-life wishes before a crisis forces them, how to organize the documents and information you'll actually need, and how to handle the family dynamics that make this hard even when everyone means well. Strong fit for women's ERGs, sandwich-generation employee groups, financial wellness programs, and community organizations.

Attendees leave with: a Start Here family conversation guide with real scripts, a critical-documents checklist, and a framework for setting boundaries that don't blow up the relationship.

Caregiving for the Sandwich Generation

For employees and members who are caring for aging parents while raising kids, holding down careers, and quietly running out of capacity. Covers the practical mechanics of caregiving coordination, the emotional reality of the role, and how to ask for help in ways that actually get you help. Strong fit for women's ERGs, parent ERGs, caregiver ERGs, and benefits programs that want to support employees through extended caregiving seasons.

Attendees leave with: a caregiving coordination toolkit, scripts for asking siblings and employers for support, and a sustainable approach to the long haul.

Who I work with

Corporate ERGs and benefits teams at financial services firms, law firms, tech companies, and other employers building real support around caregiving, grief, and aging. I've spoken to women's ERGs, sandwich-generation groups, and caregiver-focused employee networks.

Conferences and professional associations in aging, financial planning, estate planning, healthcare, and HR. Recent speaking includes the National Aging in Place Conference (NAIPC) on solo aging.

Community organizations, libraries, and faith communities running programming for adult learners, caregivers, and older adults.

Continuing education programs for professionals who encounter end-of-life and grief in their work — financial advisors, estate attorneys, geriatric care managers, hospice and palliative care teams, and clergy.

Available virtually anywhere. In person in the NYC metro area.