Hello & Welcome

Grief education & training for individual and collective loss.

I’m Meghan — a trauma-trained clinical psychotherapist, author, podcast host, two-time Tedx Speaker, educator, corporate consultant and sought after keynote speaker specializing in trauma and grief and loss. I work with Fortune 500 companies, secondary schools and universities, and a wide variety of helping professions. I serve on the board of The William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing, and as an advisor to the Endwell Symposium.

Services

How can I help?

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.

The Griever

An ongoing catalogue of comprehensive support specifically designed to for individuals learning to navigate loss.

  • Workshops and Collaborative Retreats

  • The Grief Mentor Method Training course

  • Online 8-Week CAN ANYONE TELL ME course

  • 1:1 Sessions—Limited Availability

The Helper

A wide variety of training for anyone in a “helper” role. The core grief education everyone deserves but never received.

  • Critical Incident support

  • Grief Mentor Method Clinical Training (with certification) including online Deep-Dive Course (with CEUs)

  • School-Based Training and Support

  • Friends & Family: Small Group Education

The Leader

Professional development and wellness offerings to support both death and non-death loss in the innovative workplace.

  • Critical incident response

  • Keynotes, Fireside Chats & Book Talks

  • 1:1 Navigating Leading Through Loss Coaching

  • Corporate Grief Week

Writing

Meghan’s Books

Books to help grievers and the people who care about them (Look out for new titles coming 2026, 2027)

Can Anyone Tell Me?
Essential Questions about Grief and Loss

Grievers & 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. Published by Sounds True.

End of the Hour
A Therapist’s Memoir

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. “End of the Hour” is a touching story of how unresolved trauma can threaten the security of all that is held dear. Published by Zibby Books.

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

    Tembi Locke
    Author, Producer, Actress
    Reviewing “End of the Hour”

  • "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”
    Reviewing “Can Anyone Tell Me?”

  • “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”
    Reviewing “Can Anyone Tell Me?”

  • “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”
    Reviewing “Can Anyone Tell Me?”

  • “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
    Reviewing “End of the Hour”

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

    Kirkus Book Reviews
    Reviewing “End of the Hour”

  • “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”
    Reviewing “End of the Hour”

  • “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” 
    Reviewing “End of the Hour”

  • “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”
    Reviewing “End of the Hour”

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.

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 around the question she hears most often from grieving clients: “What does it mean to grieve?”
Guests include journalist & advocate Tamsen Fadal, actress Alysia Reiner, journalist Simon Kuper, renowned author/neuroscientist Dr. Mary Frances O’Connor, and grief expert Hope Edelman.

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify

Writing

Writing Classes & Workshops

Grief Mates is a completely FREE writing group (currently available exclusively on Facebook). Here, members are provided with therapeutic writing prompts to get to know themselves 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.