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soft place to land and creative tools to THRIVE through grief.
Want a free taste of how to harness your creativity to move through grief?
Get instant access to the Creative Cocoon Mini-Course and start releasing heaviness and embracing joy.
Would you like to step into a bolder, braver, more alive version of yourself?
Life brings us to these really uncomfortable transition points.
• Loss of loved ones
• Divorce
• Health challenges
• Becoming an empty nester
• Losing a job or your community
• The grief of mid-life
Life breaks us open at these points and offers us an opportunity to expand and transform who are. What if you could bring more consciousness to this process so you could hold the largest possible space for your own transformation to unfold?
IMAGINE IF YOU COULD FIND YOURSELF VIBRANT, ALIVE, AND THRIVING AGAIN?
The Creative Cocoon Course
Have you experienced a loss that fundamentally changed you and your world and you don’t know how to find your way back to yourself again?
Explore my bite-sized, self-paced 4-part online course if you’re ready to befriend your grief through creative practices.
In this somatic approach to transforming your grief, we’ll play with art-making, simple movement, creative writing, plant medicine, meditation and supportive grief coaching.
Three ways to thrive through grief
Membership
The Creative Cocoon
Online membership community for women like you ready to transform your grief after losing a significant person in your life.
1:1 Support
Private Coaching
Would you like personal support while going through a period of grief? Jen is available for private coaching sessions.
Resources
Creative Healing Tools
Explore creative healing tools to release sadness, regret and guilt in the lightest, most joyful way!
Hi, I’m Jen Ripa
I’m a grief guide, expressive arts coach, and artist. I beleive that we can transform grief through unconditional love, self-compassion, storytelling, somatic practices, and creativity. I also believe that grief can be a doorway to transcendence. Grief needs to be witnessed in order to heal, and it would be my honor to be part of your healing journey.
The truth is:
Time does not heal all wounds. Grief requires some loving attention and community in order to heal.
Your grief and grief healing journey deserve kindness, love, and support.
The life-changing creative healing tools we use
Grief Yoga
Art Making
Gong/Meditation
Creative Writing
Essential Oils & Flower Essences
Grief & Health Coaching
Meet Jen
I’m an expressive arts life coach, somatic grief guide, and artist based in Connecticut.
After losing one of my four sons to cancer and my husband of 25 years, I’ve learned that with the right intention, guidance and tools, we can navigate these crossroad moments with so much power and grace. I’ve also learned that who we become as we consciously transform may amaze us.
After helping hundreds of clients rediscover their passion for life and sense of aliveness, I know one thing for certain.
You are not alone.
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