Kristan (she/her) is a lead facilitator for the Good Grief Network. She offers presentations, workshops, and 10-week programs that support people who are experiencing climate distress. She has developed and run trainings for affiliate Good Grief Network facilitators. She has a certificate in both Eco-Psychology and Climate Psychology.

She sought out the Good Grief Network years ago, needing a supportive place to explore her own ecological grief and her anxiety about the future. Since then, she has worked with hundreds of people, helping them metabolize their painful feelings about the poly-crisis we face. She has seen that authentic community is essential for resilience and healing. Her passion is working with those who support others; she is honored to create nurturing spaces for parents, teachers, therapists, environmental educators, climate professionals, and frontline workers.

Kristan has also been a Hand in Hand Parenting instructor for 10 years, regularly offering classes, workshops, and ongoing support groups. She works with parents on moving away from control-based parenting and toward a connection-based approach which creates more profound resilience in children. She offers workshops for parents and teachers on navigating the climate crisis with youth.

In her work, Kristan integrates well-curated content with mindfulness, poetry, journaling, nature-connection, ritual, and open-hearted sharing. She is committed to creating courageous and tender spaces where people can come together, unguarded, and do the emotional work needed to show up more fully in their own lives, as well as for their children, their communities, and for all life on this planet. Former classroom teacher and outdoor educator, she is the mother of three young adults. She is currently in facilitation training for The Work that Reconnects and Community Grief Ritual training.

Kristan is excited to join the CERI faculty as a group and workshop facilitator focusing on growing our inner resources so that, even in the face of tremendous loss, we can live lives of courage, connection, purpose, and joy.