Colleen Coleman, Psychic Medium & Grief Advocate

Support disappears in about three weeks. The impairment lasts twelve to eighteen months.

And somewhere inside that gap, you get handed a job. Researcher Cassidie Carmen Bates named it exactly right: grief hands you a job. Accounts to close, an estate to settle, forms nobody prepared you for, all of it due while you can barely form a sentence.

Meanwhile the casseroles stop. The cards stop. The texts that say let me know if you need anything stop. The world goes back to normal, and that's usually right about when the grieving actually starts.

I built Celebration of Life Seattle for the part nobody brings food for.

A full day at Pier 70 for anyone death has touched. A vendor floor of people who serve loss with dignity, estate attorneys included. A room where hospice workers and widows and daughters and people who don't yet have words for what they've lost sit side by side. Speakers who lived it. And an evening that closes the day in a way nothing else can.

Consider this the modern woman's casserole.

📍 October 10, 2026 | Pier 70, Seattle

What do you call the grief that comes from losing a relationship, a career, your health, a dream, or the version of life you thought you’d have?

Join me for Losses We Don’t Name, an intimate evening exploring the losses that deeply affect us but rarely get acknowledged.

We’ll talk about loss, intuition, the hard conversations we tend to avoid, and what it means to live well through change.

🪽Conversation + Q&A
🪽Light bites + drinks
🪽Free + open to the public

Come curious. RSVP at the link in bio.

What happens in our brains and bodies when we grieve, and how does that shape the way we move through the world?

On October 10, we’re welcoming Cassidie Carmen Bates, MPP, to the Celebration of Life stage for our featured keynote, The Grief Gap: Bridging What Grief Requires and What the World Expects. Cassidie is a TED Talks speaker, grief and bereavement policy researcher, and founder of Soul Executor, LLC. Her work explores grief and bereavement through a policy lens, including how grief affects the brain and body and what that means for the way workplaces support people after a loss. Cassidie’s research is especially focused on creating bereavement leave structures that work for both employees and employers, including the realities faced by those suddenly responsible for managing a loved one’s estate.

In this keynote, Cassidie Carmen Bates, MPP , MPP, brings together research and lived expertise to explore the realities of grief, why there is no one-size-fits-all way to grieve, and how our death-avoidant culture shapes the ways we are supported after loss.

At 1:00 PM, Cassidie is bringing that conversation into the room. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of your own grief, practical ways to advocate for what you need, and tangible tools for creating more grief-informed workplaces, relationships, and communities.

Comment “CELEBRATION” to reserve your tickets, and use code “Cassidie” for 50% off.

Where to find me this month 🪽

🌑 Fri 9/11: New Moon Circle at CoSA, Edmonds, 6:30 PM. Special guest on “Grief as a Portal to Unity.” Just a few spots left.
✨ Tue 9/15: Vantage at The Shop, S**o, 5:30 PM. Come mix and mingle.
🕯️ Wed 9/16: The Losses We Don’t Name at ArtLove Salon, 6 PM. Free and open to the public.
🤍 Thu 9/17: FREE webinar, The Five Stages of Grief Were Never About You, 5 PM PT.
🪽 Sat 10/10: Celebration of Life Seattle at Pier 70.

Plus two big things coming soon: one for practitioners in the death space, one a brand new space for grievers.

All links in the comments.