Laurel O'Sullivan, J.D. Writer, Speaker & Curator of Conversations
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What Happens When the Life We Expected No Longer Fits?

How Do We Navigate the Grief of Becoming Someone New?

Every significant loss changes us.

The challenge is not simply learning to live with what is gone, but understanding who we are becoming in its wake.

Who am I now? What matters most? How do I move forward when the life I expected no longer exists?

These questions rarely have simple answers. But through conversation, reflection, and shared stories, we can begin to make meaning of life's deepest transitions and discover what they are asking of us.

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Individual conversations for those exploring life's deepest questions of loss, identity, and becoming.

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Speaking, facilitation, and conversations for organizations and communities navigating change and transformation.

Laurel O’Sullivan is a writer, speaker and facilitator of conversations on loss, identity, and transformation.

Drawing on more than 25 years of experience as a lawyer, advocate, nonprofit leader, and grief educator, she works with individuals, organizations, and communities exploring the questions that emerge during times of change.

Through writing, speaking, podcast conversations, and facilitated dialogue, Laurel creates spaces for reflection, meaning-making, and the journey of becoming.


 

Every transition invites new questions.

If you're exploring questions of loss, identity, change, or becoming—for yourself, your organization, or your community—I invite you to reach out.

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