"The most dangerous risk of all -
the risk of spending your life not doing
what you want on the bet you can
buy yourself the freedom to do it later."

About Susan...

Reaching the bereaved through literature, art, conversation, and counseling sums up my life’s work. Prior to becoming a writer of grief-related fiction and non-fiction, I was a therapist in El Dorado County, California, working with a number of agencies and specialties. Grief-work became my passion after my family and I experienced a number of deaths in a short amount of time.

For me, talking about death, dying, and how grief affects us, has never been morbid or distressing. Death is a passage we will all experience, and “de-stigmatizing” conversations about grief allows each of us to bring not only our losses to the forefront, but our relationships with those who deeply touched us. We have continued bonds with loved ones, friends, and pets well after their death, and I strive to communicate this with my readers in GriefINK, Out of Breath, and my blog. When we talk about death, we can talk about life.