Meghan Riordan Jarvis


Meghan supports people in navigating life’s most disorienting losses – not through talk therapy alone, but by helping them listen to the body and build grief practices rooted in care, regulation, and self-trust.
For over 25 years, she’s guided clients through the complex terrain of grief and trauma using an integrated approach grounded in neuroscience, psychotherapy, and somatic education. Her Grief M.E.N.T.O.R. Method™ is a six-part framework designed to help people process loss in ways that are deeply personal, embodied, and sustainable.
A two-time TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and host of the podcast Grief Is My Side Hustle, Meghan teaches regularly at Kripalu, Omega, and the Cape Cod Institute – and is known for her candor, warmth, and humor in the face of life’s hardest truths.
➥ Science-Based Trauma Guide: Expert on how loss affects people – and how to process it through simple daily practices.

➥ Grief Practice Architect: Creator of a flexible framework that meets people wherever they are in their process.

➥ Irreverently Wise: Brings depth, directness, and compassion to a subject most people avoid.

Listen to Chip and Meghan Riordan Jarvis on the Midlife Chrysalis podcast:

Episode 35

Meghan Jarvis on Grief, Growth, and Finding Purpose in Midlife

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Meghan supports people in navigating life’s most disorienting losses – not through talk therapy alone, but by helping them listen to the body and build grief practices rooted in care, regulation, and self-trust.

For over 25 years, she’s guided clients through the complex terrain of grief and trauma using an integrated approach grounded in neuroscience, psychotherapy, and somatic education. Her Grief M.E.N.T.O.R. Method™ is a six-part framework designed to help people process loss in ways that are deeply personal, embodied, and sustainable.

A two-time TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and host of the podcast Grief Is My Side Hustle, Meghan teaches regularly at Kripalu, Omega, and the Cape Cod Institute – and is known for her candor, warmth, and humor in the face of life’s hardest truths.

Science-Based Trauma Guide: Expert on how loss affects people – and how to process it through simple daily practices.

Grief Practice Architect: Creator of a flexible framework that meets people wherever they are in their process.

➥ Irreverently Wise: Brings depth, directness, and compassion to a subject most people avoid.