Ep. 66: Listening for Your Own Wisdom in Grief with Sundari Malcolm
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A TIME SENSITIVE NOTE FROM SUNDARI:
A Healing Doula Academy Winter Scholarship In honor of Anandi Malcolm, A Healing Doula Academy is offering one Full and one Partial Scholarship for its Winter Cohort. Founded by her daughter, Grief & Death Doula and Author Sundari Malcolm, this spiritually rooted training prepares Grief and Death Doulas to hold space through ancient ritual, modern grief care, and soul-centered guidance. Recipients will receive lifetime access to the Academy's online, and self-paced, certification program and a personal mentorship session with Sundari.- Apply by November 15th
- Recipients announced November 17th
- Learn more & apply
In this week's episode, I sit down with the luminous Sundari Malcolm - grief expert, author of Grief Gems, and founder of A Healing Doula Academy - to explore what it really means to quiet our lives and listen for our own wisdom, especially in seasons of grief.
Sundari shares how grief can untether us from who we thought we were—and how simple, ancestral practices can anchor us back to ourselves. Together, we talk about why stillness isn't avoidance, but an act of deep care, and how tending to grief can become a portal to transformation, freedom, and truth.
If you've ever wondered how to hold yourself through loss - or how to begin again - this conversation will meet you where you are.
MORE ABOUT SUNDARI:
Sundari Malcolm is the founder of A Healing Doula Academy, an online training program for Grief and Death Doulas rooted in ancient ritual, spiritual wisdom, and intuitive care. She is the author of Grief Gems and a recognized Grief Expert with the For Grief Speakers Bureau.
A lifelong practitioner of spiritual care, ancestral healing, and ritual, Sundari's work is informed by both personal loss and deep spiritual lineage. At 27, after nearly a decade as her mother's caregiver, she lost her to breast cancer. Four years later, she lost her father to brain cancer. These profound experiences transformed her path and ignited her devotion to guiding others through death, grief, and the rebirth that follows.
Today, Sundari has trained and mentored grief and death doulas around the world, offering a lineage-based approach that honors cross-cultural traditions, sacred ceremony, and intuitive energy care. Her teachings blend reverence for the ancestors with practical tools for navigating life's thresholds.
A Healing Doula Academy, an online training program for Grief and Death Doulas rooted in ancient ritual, spiritual wisdom, and intuitive care
Author of the book Grief Gems and a Grief expert with the For Grief Speakers Bureau.
BIPOC Grief Educator for The Dinner Party.
MORE ABOUT ME:
I'm a mental health therapist, speaker, author and educator who helps organizations bridge the gap between knowing and doing the things that foster well-being, resilience and success. With expertise in school counseling, trauma-informed practices, and social-emotional intelligence (SEI), I help teams address the root causes of issues such as burnout, communication breakdowns, and resistance to change—rather than just treating surface-level symptoms. My engaging, evidence-based approach equips audiences with the skills to navigate discomfort, build trust and create healthier, more adaptive workplaces.
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