Karen Swingle is a highly sensitive empath, a lifelong griever, and a self-healer. Karen, a native of Queens, New York, graduated from St. John’s University. She has worked in the insurance industry, the retail industry, as a companion for the elderly, and as a compassionate grief coach. Her favorite vocation and title is “Mom”. She currently lives in Virginia with her family.
Her interests include baking, reading, listening to music, and going to concerts, walking on the beach and looking for purple seashells, chasing sunsets, spending quality time with family and friends, and receiving signs from her loved ones in Heaven.
Karen is a proponent of intentional grieving and fostering continuing bonds. She was the founder and leader of The Remembrance Circle at St. Agnes Catholic Church and provided grief support at Haven of Northern Virginia. Karen is also a hospice volunteer. She actively remembers her loved ones by wearing pink fairy hair, handing out inspirational soapstone hearts, organizing fundraisers, and performing random acts of kindness in their names. She is always looking for new ways to honor her loved ones.
Karen believes that everyone deserves some tender loving care in their healing and growth journeys. She provides compassionate emotional support and guidance to those grieving the loss of a loved one. She creates a safe space where clients can freely express their emotions, explore their grief, and find coping skills that suit them. She understands that each loss and relationship is unique and works with her clients to remember and honor their loved ones in ways that highlight that unique relationship.
