Meet Our Team
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Ayako is an ICF accredited Pregnancy and Infant Loss Grief Coach. She is also a professional group facilitator for those enduring pregnancy loss and those navigating pregnancy after loss. Ayako is a baby loss advocate and has been invited onto numerous podcasts and news outlets to give a voice to other bereaved parents. You can find her grief related gifts on her Etsy store, Emi + Company. If Ayako’s not on her IG account, she’ll be making a mess at the pottery studio or walking along the river by her house. Ayako and her supportive husband, Paddy, have two living children, Takeo - Emi’s older brother, and Keiko - Emi’s younger sister.
Our Team
Meet our founder and all the facilitators and professionals that will be running the L2L Club
Ayako (i-ya-ko) Gallagher
Emi’s Mum | Founder + CEO
Ali Hiebert
Paris’ mama | L2L Content Creator + Facilitator
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Ali is a certified birth, bereavement, end of life and chronic illness doula, a body grief coach, embodiment practitioner and yoga instructor. She’s also a TFMR mama, with her only pregnancy resulting in maternal health complications that ultimately led to her need for a life saving organ transplant. The loss of her son, Paris, and the medical trauma that surrounded her pregnancy and transplant process instilled a desire to come alongside others as they process their own embodied stories of grief. Ali is a lover of coffee, adventures and poetry, and she lives with her husband and rescue puppy in Alberta, Canada.
Holly Ann Abel
Magnolia’s Mom | Content Creator + Facilitator
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Holly Ann is a mother, writer, photographer, former teacher, pregnancy and infant loss awareness advocate, and author of the children’s book, Some Babies. She started the Bloom Like Magnolia Foundation to honor her first daughter, Magnolia, who was stillborn due to unknown causes. She is a stay-at-home mama to her rainbow baby, Marigold, who brings light and color to her world. After losing her own mother unexpectedly and experiencing the miscarriage of Baby Seedling shortly after, Holly Ann continues to use her story of loss and love to help others know they are not alone in their grief journey.
Instagram: @bloomlikemagnolia
Website: bloomlikemagnolia.com
Some Babies Book: Amazon Link
Bloom Like Magnolia Shirt: Shirt Link
Mama In Bloom Shirt: Shirt Link
Alishia “Ali” Anderson
DJ’s Mom | BIPOC Support Group Facilitator
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Alishia Anderson is a baby loss support mentor, grief companion, and hope dealer that helps angel moms deconstruct their grief, and honor their angel babies, while accepting their own unique motherhood journeys.
She has helped hundreds of baby loss moms grieve and heal through her online advocacy, facilitation of [BIPOC] support groups, and book Still Here: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph After Stillbirth, which chronicles her journey after her firstborn son DJ was born stillborn at 28-weeks’ gestation. Her main mission is to help eradicate what she coins the 3S’s of baby loss: silence, secrecy, and shame while fostering honest, open, and transparent dialogue about the grieving and healing process.
When she is not advocating for the baby loss community, she can be found spending time with her husband Derrek and her two living children: Grayson and Gavin in Southern California.
https://www.instagram.com/aliandeenterprise/
Georgia Schindler
Bali’s Mom | Professional Facilitator: “Taboo Topics: AMA with a therapist”
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Georgia is a trauma Counsellor with a Masters in Counselling Psychology.
She has experience facilitating groups for various populations and is passionate about healing in community. Georgia specializes in trauma counselling and has personal experience with the trauma that comes with being a bereaved parent. Georgia has a thriving private practice as well as working at one of the top addiction treatment centres in BC.
Jessica Correnti
Maggie’s Mom | Professional Facilitator: “Kids Grief Support”
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Jessica Correnti is a Certified Child Life Specialist with 16 years’ experience and a bereaved Mom. Jessica is the author of Forever Connected, a children’s book for bereaved siblings, and The ABCs of Grief, which is set to publish in February 2024. The first 14 years of her career were spent in the hospital setting in Pediatric ICUs, the Emergency Department, Inpatient Units, and Surgical Centers.
Jessica has a BA in Education of Young Children, a minor in Psychology, and a MS in Healthcare Administration and Community Health. She is the founder and owner of Kids Grief Support, a private practice that provides virtual and in-person sessions to grieving children and families across the globe through therapeutic activities and support.
www.kidsgriefsupport.com
Laura Parkinson
Professional Facilitator: “EFT Tapping”
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I'm Laura, a former Social Worker turned Trauma Specialist, Anxiety Coach & Highly-Advanced EFT/Tapping Practitioner.
Previously, I was a painfully deep-feeling empath, now I understand that empathy is a super-power and every human has the power to thrive in life, regardless of the grief, pain or trauma they have been dealt. I am passionate about merging science and spirituality to help deeply-feeling women holistically alleviate what pains them, heal from trauma and gain crystal-clarity around their most desired life experiences. The folks I work with are hungry to love their lives, perhaps for the first time. They are willing to go on a journey of mining their experiences and emotions for the gold held within to create permanent healing, transform their self-belief and make confident, heart-aligned moves in all areas of their lives. Thank you for being here. Big blessings to you and please come say hi at selfloverebel.com
Krista Wilson
Harrison’s Mom | Support Group Facilitator (Pregnancy After Loss + Parenting After Loss)
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Krista Wilson is a compassionate, intuitive and well-informed life coach with an infinitely caring heart for helping others. She is a happily married mother of three (one in Heaven) as well as a foster parent to four others. Krista’s greatest loss in life – the death of her new born son Harrison – has evolved to become her greatest source of strength and inspiration. The frailty of life has encouraged her to live life to its fullest every single day. Krista has an uncanny ability to focus on the light and not the darkness and nothing ignites her passion more than helping other who are grieving or struggling to find their way post-loss. Krista has bolstered her vast and worldly lived experiences with formal training and is a recent graduate of the “Seeds of Growth Pregnancy and Infant Loss Coaching Program”. Along with 25 years of experience working with at-risk youth and families in conjunction with the Ministry for Children and Families, Krista has dedicated her life to making a positive impact on the lives of everyone fortunate enough to cross her path.
“I believe that by sharing my own journey and offering heartfelt support, I can help others find strength, healing and hope. Let's embark on this journey together!"
Avi
Bali's Dad | Partners in Grief Support Group
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Hi Everyone, my name is Avinaash Kapil and my wife and I experienced the loss of our son through TFMR in March of 2022. We have 2 living beautiful girls now, but there is always the question of what if. We're fortunate to live in beautiful Vancouver. I am in sales for a technology hardware provider and head up a sales division. In my spare time when I'm not chauffeuring between our daughter's activities I'm an avid golfer and working on my pickleball career. Being a part of the loss community, I really enjoy being able to be there for other loss parents, especially the dads. Often resources are not as available for us, so I am trying to advocate with getting some of those out there.
Alysha Dawn
Ellie Rose's Mom | 2nd/3rd Trimester Loss + Parenting After Loss Support Group Facilitator
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Alysha Angus lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband, mini goldendoodle, and two living sons. She is a bereaved mom to her daughter Ellie Rose, who was stillborn on March 15, 2021. Alysha is also expecting another son this coming February 2024.
She worked for several years as a mental health counsellor, focusing primarily on anxiety and depression in youth. However, her tragic loss has shifted her purpose and led her down a path of supporting others on their grief journeys. She has devoted the last two years to learning more about grief and loss and became certified as a Grief Educator, Grief Movement Guide, and Pregnancy and Infant Loss Coach. She is passionate about bringing awareness to pregnancy and infant loss, an often disenfranchised type of grief.
Follow Alysha on Instagram
To book a coaching session with Alysha, you can find her bio in the Pregnancy Loss Healing directory athttps://pregnancylosshealing.com/coaches/alysha-angus/ as well as email her at healing@newdawngriefsupport.com
Sabrina
TFMR Support Group Facilitator
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Helping bereaved parents in the aftermath of a poor prenatal/maternal/perinatal diagnosis and the heartbreaking decision to terminate a wanted pregnancy (TFMR). Bereavement doula and TFMR loss mom supporting you as you learn to honor your baby and your grief and move in the world from the love you have for your child.
Follow Sabrina on Instagram
theTFMRdoula.com
Linda
BIPOC Loss Parents Support Group Facilitator
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Linda Jones resides in Parksville, BC, on the traditional lands of the Pentlatch speaking people of the Qualicum First Nation with her two children, her husband and their dog. She was raised in the remote community of Alert Bay, BC, located just off the Northern tip of Vancouver Island. Linda is Kwakwaka’wakw and is a registered ‘Namgis First Nation band member. Linda holds a Diploma in Exercise and Wellness from Camosun College, she is a Certified Pre & Postnatal Exercise Specialist and Personal Trainer through the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology, and she holds both a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology and a Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Public Health from the University of British Columbia.
Linda is a trained Birthkeeper and a Postpartum Doula through Cornerstone Birthwork Training, and a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Coach through the Seeds of Growth Academy. Linda brings trauma awareness and cultural safety into her work as well as the teachings of the medicine wheel that has taught her that there needs to be balance in all four aspects of a person’s being - the spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental aspects. Through Linda’s years of learning she practices through the principles of Two-Eyed seeing which views the world through both the Western and Indigenous ways of Knowing and understands that both are beneficial and can work together in a cohesive and complimentary way.
Linda has spent a lifetime learning and all of the knowledge and experience Linda hasgained helps her to provide the most optimal support for Indigenous Families.
Follow Linda on Instagram and Facebook
Jenny Jimeno
Womb Healing Circle
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For as long as I can recall, I have felt a deep resonance with the power of human connection. On my road from maiden to mother, my exploration of connecting within my own body was activated in a way I had never experienced before.
As my curiosity grew, so too did my learnings from wise teachers. Some of my areas of experience include energy work, writing, dharma coaching, intuitive guidance, and meaningful dialogue in my 15 years of hairstyling and through podcasting. Perhaps my most favourite area of interest currently, is womb work and the embodied awareness of our whole lived human experience.
As an intuitive facilitator, I support others as they explore the inner workings of the mind, body and spirit. I guide others as they anchor into the present moment and meet a point of entry within of heart centered alignment and the power of their intuition.
As I interweave the wisdom through the continuum of my own life’s lessons, it is my living prayer to be able to co steward others on their paths as well.
There is something so powerful about tapping into our innate wisdom; a thread through which we can co-create with life and all our humanness.
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Suzanne Brooking-Bond
Grandmother to Asuna | Early Loss, Abortion and Friends + Family Support Group Facilitator
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Suzanne Brooking Bond (she/her) is a certified trauma aware grief and loss coach.She provides compassionate space for you to navigate your experiences and emotions.Following the death of her granddaughter, Asuna (at 37 weeks gestation), Suzanne found herself trying to navigate her own grief, feeling like “a stranger in a stranger land”. It's her hope that her experiences will help support others on their grief journey.
At her core, Suzanne is a strong believer in the power of compassion and kindness. She intentionally finds ways to foster happiness and bring about positive change.
Book with Suzanne here
Andrea
Autumn's Mom | Early Loss Support Group Facilitator
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Andrea is the founder of Autumn Winds Coaching and is a Certified Grief Educator and Trauma and Resilience Life Coach. After experiencing a miscarriage during her first pregnancy, she set out to become the grief support provider that she and her husband needed at that difficult time. After the tragic loss of her grandfather and other life-altering losses over the years, she was guided further down the path of grief work to help normalize the grief process, and lessen the stigma around topics that are considered taboo. She guides anyone who has been impacted by pregnancy loss, loss of a loved one, or life-altering loss through their unique grief journeys.
Instagram
Website
Brooke Eberly
Fertility Challenges + TTC and Pregnancy After Loss Support Group Facilitator
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Brooke Eberly is a professional doula in Wisconsin. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends! Her hobbies include crafting, shopping, photography, and reading. Brooke is a mother to energetic twins, Sadie and Silas! Brooke has been working as a doula professionally for over 4 years. Becoming a doula has been the most rewarding experience for her! She continues to grow as a doula with continuous learning. Most importantly, Brooke has special training working with families who have experienced pregnancy loss or infant death. She has devoted much of her practice to improving experiences for loss families and continuously learning anything and everything about perinatal bereavement. Her goal is to make sure families feel well supported during one of the toughest times of their life and aren't left with regrets or worries. One of her biggest devotions in bereavement care is offering remembrance photography, so families feel like every memory is captured and they can have them for a lifetime.
Brooke Upton
The Bonus Years | Content Creator
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Brooke (she/her) is dedicated to holistic healing and transformation, infusing every aspect of her life and the lives she touches with this ethos. Grounded in empathy, she integrates diverse experiences and expertise into her roles as a grief worker, transformational coach, and trauma-conscious trainer. As a late-in-life queer, chronically ill individual, and liver transplant recipient, Brooke intimately understands the intersectionality of identity, health, and grief. These experiences have deepened her commitment to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone feels seen, valued, and supported on their healing journey. With a profound spirit of compassion, authenticity, and resilience, Brooke inspires others to embrace their paths with courage and grace.
The Bonus Years Instagram
Rob
Lila's Dad | Partners Hang Out
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Rob Reider (he/him) is a former professional musician, turned higher education professional, turned non-profit executive director/founder. He lives in Maine with his wife and 4-year-old son, Dallas. His daughter, Lila, was stillborn on December 13, 2017.
Rob conceptualized SAD DADS CLUB (SDC) in 2019 and brought it to fruition alongside two other loss dads in March 2022. SDC helps fellow bereaved fathers navigate life after loss by nurturing a supportive community and providing access to mental health services. SDC was recently given 501c3 status and has started its journey as an official non-profit. Rob has since taken the role of executive director of SDC and made the organization his full-time job.
Outside of SDC, Rob is passionate about music and family. In his recreational time, he's organizing his record collection, playing drums, reading rock 'n roll documentaries along with books on autism – his son was diagnosed as being on the spectrum at the age of 2. He couldn't be more proud of his two children.
@sad.dads.club |saddadsclub.com
Megan Sheldon
Becoming Ceremonial | Rituals for Love, Loss & Legacy
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is the co-founder of Be Ceremonial, a guided ritual and ceremony app. She is a Cultural Mythologist, a Humanist Celebrant, and an End-of-Life Doula living and working in North Vancouver, BC. Along her fertility journey, Megan experienced three recurrent miscarriages and felt the lack of ritual to acknowledge her losses. She started to explore how to be more ceremonial across the lifecycle, especially as it relates to grief and loss. She created Be Ceremonial with her husband to inspire and empower people to bring ritual and ceremony into their lives.
https://www.beceremonial.com/
Kimiko Schwab
Astrology + Numerology Workshops
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Kimi Nomura Schwab is a wife and mother from Steveston, British Columbia. She awakened to her intuitive abilities after experiencing burnout and adrenal fatigue in 2020. She now helps others reconnect with their true selves using her intuitive abilities, evolutionary astrology and numerology.
Website: awakeningyou.ca
IG: @_awakeningyou
Stefanie Wolf, M.Ed
Iris's Mom | Infant + Child Loss Support Group Facilitator
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Stefanie experienced 2 first trimester miscarriages before having her first living child. Her second child and only daughter, Iris, was born with complex congenital heart defects and a rare genetic syndrome (Kabuki Syndrome). Iris died at home on hospice just short of 4 months old in April 2020, after a series of surgeries and medical complications. Iris’s younger brother was born a year later. Stefanie and her husband have established a grant through the nonprofit All Things Kabuki in Iris’s memory. The Iris Wolf Memorial Grant helps provide medical equipment and support services for people with Kabuki Syndrome.
Stefanie’s professional background is as an early childhood special educator and infant-family mental health specialist. She lives outside Seattle, WA with her husband and their two living sons. She enjoys hiking, kayaking, and traveling with her family in her spare time.
@irisesandrainbows