Hi, I’m Megan Malick. I’m a griever, an administratrix for both my parents’ estates, and a Gen-X matriarch. I know the wilderness of loss and living in the liminal space intimately. I know the solitary and sometimes lonely journey of living in the messy middle between what was and not quite yet. Before the deaths of my parents, the grief I carried remained largely invisible. The world gives a little permission to the bereaved. It gives slim to none for losses like divorce, binuclear families, and infertility.
In my quest to better understand life, relationships, the Divine, and myself, I pursued and earned degrees and certifications. (I also have parts--the three P’s--Perfectionism, People-Pleasing, and Performance) These protective parts help me navigate the world and thought degrees and certifications might help me avoid more grief.
Professionally, I have a license in relational (AAMFT) therapy with additional training and certifications in grief counseling, trauma therapy, and Brainspotting. The United Church of Christ recognized my spiritual gifts and ordained me in 2011. I walked in covenant with that faith tradition until the fall of 2020. Maintaining professional authorized commitments with two institutional systems felt too much during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although those credentials and education support me, they are not who I am. They help me fill different roles. Those titles and letters are less important than the wisdom that journeying with grief (mine and others) taught/teaches me. I blogged my way through the liminal spaces of life and deep listening for the Divine at Malick’s Musings.
You can expect monthly stories, reflections, poetry, prayers, and questions about grief and how to walk through the liminal spaces of loss. You will also receive practical wisdom and practices for what it means to be a bereaved person tasked with the doctoral-level work of settling your person’s affairs. You will witness me listening for the still small voice and seeking the Sacred in the midst of it all. As this substack is new and a work in progress like me, this space will evolve and grow, and you will be a part of that.
Would you like to join the journey?
Why create this substack?
Because I agree with and want to embody what Francis Weller (soul activist, soul mentor, and author) writes about grief:
“Grief is a solitary journey we cannot do alone.”
This substack exists to create a sacred space for tending and befriending grief. We will explore ways to be with and support ourselves in grief. We look at the practical tasks of settling the affairs of your person’s life. We will seek the Sacred in the midst of the mundane. Most importantly, we will grieve aloud and be together.
You don’t have to journey alone.
You may invest in this journey and support my work by becoming a paid subscriber
As a paid subscriber
You will receive something additional to support you each month. These could be
Additional practices and resources for your body, mind, heart, and soul
Guided meditations
Worksheets, guides, and glossaries
Book and Podcast Suggestions
Q&A and/or webinars
What we dream up together
I Have Not Journeyed Alone
I offer this substack first and foremost to the Divine who has held me, guided me, challenged me, surprised me, and delighted me. My relationship with Something Larger —the Holy, the Sacred, Love, the Universe has been the golden thread through my life.
I offer this substack in gratitude to my parents, Guy and Rebecca Malick, and my ancestors. My essence is a unique blend of my father’s creative entrepreneurial spirit and my mother’s midwestern practicality and wisdom. The compassion, creativity, courage, and commitment that united my parents and our extended families is a legacy I hope to honor.
Thank you for reading.
With you on the journey,
Megan
