Hey there,
I’m Kendra
I’ve been forever changed by loss, and by the quiet clarity that came after it.
For a long time, I built the life I was supposed to want. Then loss pulled it apart, and in the chaos, I found my center and started building a life that's actually mine.
Now I help other women do the same. The ones who've carried loss and come out the other side sensing their life no longer fits. And I’m so glad you’re here.
Before I knew better
I grew up in the South US, where little girls were taught to be sweet. Agreeable. Don't talk back, don't question authority, just follow the lead of someone who knows better.
I absorbed it so completely that by adulthood, I didn't even know how to ask myself what I wanted. I followed other people's blueprints, their suggestions, their definitions of success, and I called it living.
On the outside, everything looked fine. Inside, I was exhausted in a way I couldn't explain.
When Everything Changed
At 34, my daughter Adeline was stillborn. I don't have words for what that does to a person.
The sorrow that comes from so deep in your body, and you feel it in your soul. The way the world keeps spinning, while yours has completely stopped. Looking at your own reflection and not recognizing the woman staring back.
Six weeks later, my father died suddenly of a heart attack.
Grief shattered me. But it also did something I didn't expect. It gave me permission to stop. For the first time in my life, the world wasn't asking me to perform. I could say no. I could pull back. And no one questioned it.
In that space, I started hearing something I'd been drowning out my whole life. My own voice.
The Truth Grief Showed Me
The years that followed weren't easy. More loss. More survival. But Adeline's death opened me in a way that couldn't be undone. I couldn't go back to living someone else's version of happiness.
Here's what I learned the hard way. The exhaustion I was feeling wasn’t a flaw. It was a signal. It was my soul saying, "This way of life isn’t for you anymore”. There’s a more aligned life waiting for you.
Grief doesn't only take. It gives you gifts. It strips away the noise and shows you exactly what matters and what never did.
That truth is worth listening to.
You are allowed to grieve and live your fullest life.
One built on your truth, not the life you were told to want. The one you choose.
That's why I created Truth After Loss.
Grief isn't something most of us want to talk about. We're taught to tuck it away so we don't make others uncomfortable, and so we carry it alone, in the quiet, with nowhere to set it down.
When we can't express it, shame bubbles up. We start questioning why we feel the way we do, instead of turning toward the grief to understand what it's trying to show us. Instead of letting it be what it is, a normal human experience. Because that's what it is.
When we're vulnerable enough to speak it, the shame lifts. And from there, we can feel the truths grief is trying to show us, and build lives from those truths. I wanted to create somewhere you're allowed to do that.
I also know our emotions live in the body, so it mattered to me that this work brings the body in too. The truth isn't only in your head. So often it lives in what your body already knows.
A lifetime spent supporting people as they move through change.
Experience:
Rooted in psychology, organizational behavior, and women's empowerment, I create safe, spacious places where women can reconnect with their truth and build lives that feel like home.
20+ years helping people move through change, transitions, and identity shifts with clarity, compassion, and grounded support.
Deep background in Human-Centered Design, helping women work through resistance, overwhelm, and uncertainty toward action that's truly theirs.
Designed and facilitated hundreds of workshops, conversations, and reflective experiences.
Known for turning big, foggy challenges into clear, meaningful paths forward, blending emotional insight with practical tools.
Education:
Women Empowerment Coach Training (currently enrolled), anticipated certifications International Coaching (ICF), late 2026
Eckhart Tolle’s School of Awakening, Becoming a Teacher of Presence
Master's in Organizational Leadership and Ethics, St. Edwards University, Austin. Tx
Bachelors in Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos Tx.
None of Us Grieve the Same Way
There's no one right way to do this, but if something shifted while you were reading, trust that. You found this page for a reason, and I'd love to support you.