Grief Coaching & Spiritual Guidance
You don't have to leave them behind to find your way forward.
Life After Loss
Private coaching for people navigating life after the death of someone they love.
When someone you love dies, your relationships, identity, beliefs, plans, and understanding of the world can vanish with them. And while everyone around you returns to normal, you realize there is no going back to who you were before.
This is a space to tell the truth about your grief, honor the person you lost, explore the ways your relationship with them may continue, and begin discovering who you are becoming now.
The Grief Compass Method
My approach moves through three interconnected parts of life after loss:
MEMORY
Honor your beloved, make room for the full emotional experience of grief, and develop meaningful ways to continue your connection with them.
MEANING
Explore how loss has changed you, listen to the wisdom of your body, and begin creating a life that reflects who you are becoming.
MIRACLES
Make room for mystery, signs, continuing connection, legacy, joy, and the possibility that life can become meaningful and beautiful again.
Who is this for?
This work may be for you if someone you love has died and you’re realizing that grief has changed more than you expected.
You may be:
Struggling to recognize yourself or imagine who you are without them
Feeling disconnected from friends, work, your family, or the life you had before
Afraid that healing, changing, or experiencing joy means leaving your loved one behind
Longing to feel connected to them or make sense of signs, dreams, memories, or experiences of their presence
Carrying anger, guilt, fear, regret, or things that still feel unsaid
Questioning what you believe about death, God, the afterlife, or what comes next
Wondering how to honor their life while making the most of the life you still have
You don’t need to be religious or even know what you believe. You simply need a willingness to explore your grief, your relationship with your beloved, and who you are becoming now.
Is your loss something different?
Death isn’t the only experience that can divide a life into before and after.
Throughout my work as a chaplain and spiritual guide, I have accompanied people through divorce, sexual violence, illness, spiritual crisis, relationship loss, and other experiences that fundamentally changed how they understood themselves and their lives.
Life After Loss is currently designed specifically for people grieving the death of someone they love. If you’re navigating another profound loss or transition and believe my approach may be a fit, you’re welcome to reach out.
What’s Included
90 Days of Private Grief Coaching & Spiritual Guidance
We'll meet for six private 90-minute sessions and work through The Grief Compass Method together.
We'll focus on the places grief has disrupted your life: your relationship with the person who died, the emotions you're carrying, your sense of who you are now, your spiritual questions, and the challenge of imagining a future without leaving them behind.
Our sessions may draw from deep listening, hypnotherapy, meditation, ritual, embodied practices and spiritual teachings, with personalized practices to support you between sessions.
By the end of our work together, my hope is that you feel less lost inside your grief and more able to trust yourself again — with meaningful ways to stay connected to your beloved, a clearer sense of who you're becoming, and a compass for the life ahead.
You can carry them with you and still step into who you are meant to be now.
About Me
I’m Rev. Maeba Jonas, an ordained interfaith chaplain, writer and spiritual guide. I’ve spent my career accompanying people through major life transitions and times of profound loss.
My approach brings together spiritual wisdom, embodied practice, ritual, hypnotherapy, and deep listening with room for both ancient traditions and the mysteries we can’t easily explain.
After my own profound experience of loss, this work became deeply personal. My own experiences of love and loss have shaped my belief that those whom we love never fully leave us and our love for them transforms who we are moving forward.
My work is about helping you honor what was, make meaning of what is, and remain open to what might still be possible.
What People Are Saying
“I was grateful for the centering and renewing self-care work that Maeba facilitated. As a pastor, I carry a lot of the emotional weight of the community. The space to process feelings is so important to sustain meaningful ministry.”
~ Rev. Dr. Kristen McBrayer - Pastor, Vienna, VA“Maeba is a brilliant, energetic and creative retreat and process leader. She inspires trustworthiness with her careful listening and encouraging responses. She has a grounded and calming presence that allows participants to go deeply into their own processes and to support others doing the same within the safe container she helps build. I would highly recommend working with her individually or on a retreat.”
~ Barb - Life Transitions Coach, Durham, NC
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from therapy?
Therapy often focuses on mental health, diagnosis, coping, and treating emotional or psychological distress. My work is spiritual guidance, not psychotherapy.
We may talk deeply about grief and emotion, but our focus is on the questions loss can open up: Who am I now? How do I stay connected to the person I love? What do I believe about death? How has this changed what matters to me? And how do I want to live from here?
You can also do this work alongside therapy.
How is this different from other grief coaching?
Many forms of grief coaching focus on coping, adjusting to life after loss, and moving toward goals. My work goes further into the spiritual, embodied, and existential experience of grief.
Through The Grief Compass Method, we work with Memory, Meaning, and Miracles—honoring your relationship with your beloved, making sense of who you are becoming, and creating space for ritual, mystery, signs, spiritual questions, continuing connection, legacy, and joy.
Do I need to be religious or spiritual?
No. You can come with a strong faith, no faith, a complicated relationship with religion, or no idea what you believe anymore.
As an interfaith chaplain, I can draw from religious and spiritual traditions when they are helpful without asking you to adopt beliefs that aren't yours.
What if I want to feel connected to the person who died?
That longing has a place here. We can explore remembrance, meditation, ritual, dreams, signs, sensed presence, and other experiences of connection. I won't tell you what an experience has to mean or promise communication with someone who has died. We can stay curious about what you experience and what it means to you.
Is this only for recent loss?
No. Grief doesn't follow a calendar. Your loss may have happened months or years ago. What matters is that it is still shaping your life and you want support navigating what comes next.
What kinds of loss do you work with?
This offering is specifically for the death of someone you love—a partner, parent, child, sibling, family member, friend, or another beloved person whose absence has changed your life.
What happens after the 90 days?
My goal is for you to leave with more than insight. You'll have practices for staying connected to your beloved, a clearer understanding of who you are becoming, and your own Grief Compass for navigating what comes next.
If continuing together would be helpful, we can talk about what ongoing spiritual guidance might look like.
Ready to explore Life After Loss?
I'm currently opening a small number spaces for people who want to change their relationship with grief over the next 90 days.
If you're wondering whether this work is right for you, let's talk.