Join us on September 17th at 12:30 PM PST (Zoom) and connect with a community of providers who care as deeply as you do.
When a baby dies, families aren’t the only ones grieving. As a nurse, OB, midwife, therapist, acupuncturist, doula, you carry that loss too—often with nowhere to put it. The silence is heavy. The fear of saying the wrong thing is real. And the longing to offer comfort, guidance, and real resources—while holding your own emotions—can feel impossible.
If you’ve ever wondered:
“I don’t know what to say, and I’m terrified of saying the wrong thing.”
“I wish I had something more to offer families than my own broken heart.”
“I feel grief too, but there’s no space for me to process it.”
“I want to know that the families I refer will be held and not abandoned.”
In this one-hour workshop, you’ll discover:
How to sit with grieving families without shutting down or rushing to “fix.”
The biggest mistakes well-intentioned providers make after a perinatal loss—and what to do instead.
A simple framework for guiding families toward healing resources and next steps.
Where you can take your own grief so you feel supported, not isolated, in your practice.
You’ll walk away knowing how to support your patients in their darkest hours and how to lighten the weight you’ve been carrying yourself. And you’ll have a clear referral path for families who need ongoing grief care—so you can trust that they will not be left alone.
Because no family should be abandoned after loss. And no provider should have to hold that grief alone.
Free WorkshopFor Supporting Perinatal Loss
September 17th, 2025 on zoom at 12:30PM - 1:30 PM PST
Past Grief Rituals
Day Long Grief Ritual
Saturday, March 29th, 10am to 6:30pm
For Those Who Have Lost infants or Had a Stillborn Child
We offer big-hearted invitations to you to come join us in a space of welcome and care where love and sorrow for your child can flow, be honored and held.
Location: a lovely location in Sebastopol, CA - details provided when registered.
Cost: $250 for the day
Facilitated by: Micheline Worth, LMFT (707)338-1279 and Jessica Malmberg, LMFT (707)758-2365, both students of Francis Weller
What to expect: We will be providing space for witnessing and holding of this unique and tender loss. With gentleness and attunement, we will be participating in writing exercises, grounding practices, drumming, song and the expression of grief at an altar we create together.
We are skilled at holding deep space for people in their grief, and will create a container to both elicit the grief and hold it in a grounded way. Please feel free to ask any questions at jessica@jessicamalmberg.com or mworthmft@gmail.com.
Jessica Malmberg LMFT is passionate about grief tending. Having walked with the loss of her infant son 16 years ago, she knows the dark realms well and has learned how navigate this territory, finding wild trails, music, poetry and community to be steady guides. She completed the Grief Ritual Training with Francis Weller, and has spent several years in soulful community in weekly meetings with he and a community of people with hearts open to being with grief. She has found that the darkness of grief creates fertile soil for dreams, love and joy and loves to provide a space to be with the fullness of it all.
Micheline Worth, MFT, (LMFT83974) brings 20 years of experience supporting clients through combinations of somatic, expressive arts and eco-therapy. Firmly rooted in the earth, Micheline reminds others of the power and resource available in reawakening the body’s inherent awareness of our primal connection to nature. She has completed Grief Ritual training and has studied with Francis Weller for the past 4 years mining the depths of soul through ritual, community and welcoming the transformative potential of allowing grief to move through one’s being. She is additionally trained in the use of rhythmic drumming to facilitate contact with liminal wisdom and is a certified yoga teacher (RYT200).
Infant Loss
Infant loss is a unique loss. This child has been a part of you in every way; physical, emotional, and at a soul level, on a daily, hourly basis. They are a part of you. Even if you were not carrying this child, parents’ bodies change as we expect to care for and hold this baby and watch them as they grow. When our children leave, we are left with bodies that are geared to providing and receiving this love, care and sweetness; bodies that long for this child in our arms.
Parents are often left with an ache that can’t be comforted, and very few people who understand the depth of their suffering. We are so honored to offer this community space for you to be held, understood and welcomed whole-heartedly in your grief, and in your love for this child. A space to express your sorrow and love without fear or shame, and in the ritual space, to experience the alchemy of grieving in community. Your child’s life is exquisitely important, and will always be a golden thread woven into your life.
We all need help learning how to live with this deep sorrow, this intense love, when our child has passed. We are honored to create a space for this.
