Oh, hello.

I’m Meghan — a trauma-trained clinical psychotherapist, author, podcast host, two-time TEDx speaker and consultant. I have two master’s degrees in Child Study and Social Work, and have spent the last two decades training in EMDR, Internal Family Systems, PACT, IMAGO, Integrative Nutrition, Reiki, & Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, to name a few. Through my clinical practice and consulting work, I have helped countless individuals address the complexity that comes with loss, learn to navigate the grieving process, and intentionally embrace what is ahead.

I, too, have learned how to personally navigate profound grief and loss. Education and structured grief support has become my soapbox. Every human on the globe will one day grieve — but general attitudes about death and all loss (like divorce, changes in health, estrangements, work layoffs, and the loss of a dream) remain persistently avoidant. I am driven by the wild ambition to change grief norms through education. To that end, I created a comprehensive blueprint designed to for grievers to create a personalized grief practice called the Grief Mentor Method™.

Testimonials

“Meghan is one of the newest and brightest lights in today’s bereavement field.”

Hope Edelman
Motherless Daughters

“Meghan offers the unique and critical combination of her lived trauma experience after the sudden death of her mother, and years of professional expertise as a grief and loss expert. Her work is so important in threading the needle between compassion and practicality.”

Marisa Renee Lee,
Grief is Love

“Meghan is one of the most trustworthy and relatable voices in the grief and loss space.”

Barri Liener Grant
The Memory Circle

“Even after 35 years of caring for the dying and their grieving loved ones, I learn something new and helpful every time I speak with Meghan. She is wise…”

Rabbi Steve Leder
For You When I’m Gone and The Beauty of What Remains

“Meghan is an intuitive, smart, caring, and funny professional who has the most innate way of coaxing conversations that may be initially fraught but are ultimately fulfilling and warm. It’s like talking to a friend you didn’t know you had, but are sure glad to find out you do.”

Leslie Gray Streeter
Black Widow

“Meghan is one of those professionals who knows the work on a deep, personal level. Grief and trauma are phenomena that exist beyond the margins of language, but Meghan can articulate both in a way that is accessible to all.”

Jana DeCristofaro
LCSW, “Grief Out Loud,” Dougy Center

 
 

Books

The End of the Hour

Meghan’s memoir follows her experience of deteriorating mental health after her father's and mother's deaths in short succession, eventually receiving the same therapeutic support she offers her clients. The End of the Hour is a touching story of how unresolved trauma can threaten the security of all that is held dear. .

  • “Her life shattered by the sudden loss of her beloved mother, Meghan Riordan Jarvis walks us barefoot through her grief, across sacred shards of loss, guilt, and hopelessness. From End of the Hour we emerge with the fierce tenderness that love and loss require of us. What a gift.

    Glennon Doyle
    Author of “Untamed”, founder of Together Rising

  • "The author’s forthright memoir will resonate with readers in emotional pain. A frank chronicle of healing."

    Kirkus Book Reviews

  • “A glorious depiction of what it means to be human in this world. Meghan Riordan Jarvis expertly expands the conversation about trauma, both for the patient and the clinician. This smart, warm, and relatable book challenged my assumptions about what it means to care for ourselves and others. I know it will do the same for everyone who reads these pages.”

    Claire Bidwell Smith
    Author of “Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief”

  • “End of the Hour is the rare feat of a book that is at once wise and humble, hilarious and heartbreaking, entertaining and educational. Jarvis’s story, a behind-the scenes look at what happens when a therapist’s personal losses bring her to her knees, demystifies trauma and offers readers a radiant dash of hope… A page-turner that will help readers find the shore of their own lives and the will to paddle forward.”

    Christie Tate
    Author of “Group” 

  • “In the same way, grief can settle in your bones and blanket your life with prickling heaviness, Meghan Riordan Jarvis has written a memoir that you will also feel in your bones. End of the Hour is honest about the deep, dark waters of grief, but you will be grateful for how its vulnerability, warmth, and expertise offer a sense of hope, a life raft to hold onto tightly.”

    Marisa Renee Lee
    Author of “Grief is Love”

Books

Can Anyone Tell Me?

Essential Questions about Grief and Loss

Grievers and those trying to support them ask the same questions over and over because fundamental grief education has yet to permeate mainstream culture. CAN ANYONE TELL ME? offers hopeful lessons on loss informed by rigorous neuroscience and biophysical science, but communicated to readers in manageable, understandable bites and profound real-world stories. Along the way, Meghan also provides readers with concrete tools and exercises that she uses with her patients and have been adapted from an array of treatment modalities to help grievers understand and manage their trauma. Available everywhere on October 29, 2024, and available for pre-order now.

 

  • "Grief is a wildly individual experience. Meghan Jarvis knows this firsthand. In Can Anyone Tell Me? her wealth of knowledge and gentle guidance shine through on every page. It's one of the most comprehensive and accessible books about loss I've ever read. I'll be recommending it to clients, and those who support them, for years to come."

    Hope Edelman
    Grief coach and author of “Motherless Daughters”

  • “In Can Anyone Tell Me? Meghan Riordan Jarvis provides invaluable information and insights towards understanding the multitude of layers that make up grief. While everyone's grief journey is unique and complex, Meghan's lessons are useful for all grievers and will help people to feel whole again.”

    Luke Russert
    Emmy Award winning journalist and bestselling author of ‘Look For Me There’

  • “An essential tool for anyone searching for a way forward. This book will illuminate and inspire.”

    Tembi Locke
    Author, Producer, Actress

  • “In this wonderful, practical guidebook, grief therapist Meghan Riordan Jarvis anticipates and answers all the questions grievers (and the people who support them) might have – about what’s happening to them, why it’s happening, and what actions they can take to move forward through their grief. She pairs scientific explanations with personal stories from herself and her clients, and offers up a clear and compassionate guide to help the griever build their own personal grief practice. This book is an invaluable tool for grievers and the people who support them.”

    Colin Campbell
    Author of “Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss With Hope and Purpose”

 

Speaking

TEDx Speaker

At home on any stage, Meghan is a sought-after keynote speaker and lecturer.  Known for her conversational style, Meghan loves to bring in-depth learning and provocative discussion on topics such as increasing emotional fluency, addressing and managing loss in the workplace, and the way the brain and the body process grief and loss to offices and Zoom rooms around the world.

 
 

Consulting

Work With Me

Meghan and her team provide grief education and support to companies, small groups, individuals, and clinical service providers. All of her offerings, including keynotes,  leadership meetings, online or on-site experiential workshops, clinical certification trainings, and critical support after a loss in the workplace are grounded in the wisdom of Meghan’s decades working in the field.

Podcast

Grief Is My
Side Hustle

Calling on her personal experience from the deaths of her parents within two years of each other as well as years as a therapist, Meghan engages grief experts, grievers, authors, and creatives in discussion in the hopes of answering the question she hears most often from grieving clients: “What does it mean to grieve?” Guests include actress Alysia Reiner, Journalist Simon Kuper, Author/Neuroscientist Mary Frances O’Connor, and grief expert Hope Edelman.

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Writing

Writing Classes
& Workshops

Grief Mates is a completely FREE writing workshop that provides the opportunity to use therapeutic writing prompts to get to know yourself in grief. Work at your own pace. Participation is encouraged, but not required. Meghan also teaches a fee-based trauma writing workshop: “Process to Product” designed to help writers develop their craft through even the most emotionally charged writing.