KUMARI PATRICIA, 38 years coach, mentor, educator, yogi, artist
Kumari Patricia was raised in Ohio, studied art at The Art Students League and the Rhode Island School of Design. After graduating she began teaching but found her way to social work completing an MSW at the University of Michigan and began working at the University Center for the Education of Women (CEW) as a counselor. She found her way to teaching again as a faculty member for nearly 20 years at Goddard College in Vermont, where she settled with her five children after her divorce. Her work in coaching emerged as she neared the end of her teaching and found a way to blend her counseling work and teaching in a career that supports women as they experience a life transition after a loss in a relationship, through death or divorce.
Kumari integrates her 38 years of studying and practicing yoga and breathwork and meditation with her coaching and supporting clients. The expressive art of narrative writing in her work is a big part of her signature program and her courses. She believes that the first important step in healing is to be seen in your story of loss and supported in your grief journey
Kumari’s method is unique and there are several ways to get help through her monthly membership of videos and writings, her courses, her signature Healing Blueprint 5-month program and her 1:1 support.
What some of her clients have said
I found Kumari when she showed up on my Facebook feed. Impulsively I clicked, and collaborating with her changed my life. My husband’s sudden death left me in shock, sitting all day in a chair, unable to get myself functioning, mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted.
Kumari’s ten-step program was EXACTLY what I needed to jump-start my life again. Completing the modules gave a framework to my days, since I knew I needed to complete my “assignments.” I would read/watch all the information, process the module, write out the engagement piece and email it to her. The very next day she would email me back with her thoughtful musings and helpful suggestions and questions. The back-and-forth correspondence at first was the only reason I got up and got myself dressed in the morning. Each week I found myself studying, writing, and responding to Kumari, then anticipating her response back to me. Periodically we would meet on Zoom to further share my grief, my questions, my ranting, my uncertainty.
She is so insightful, so empathetic, so engaged in getting her clients unstuck from their grief and on track to assume their new identity. With her help, I began to forgive myself, make decisions, and move forward into my new life. She encouraged me every step of the way to take small risks, take the next step, and recreate myself. She is a great cheerleader, always positive that I could survive and finally thrive, and she was right.
-BP
I’ve been working with Kumari for a little bit over a year and she has helped me deal with my grief in ways that other people just haven’t even come close to. Before connecting with Kumari I had gone to multiple counselors, psychiatrists, etc. and just didn’t really find a place that helped me deal with my compound grief. When I started with Kumari, my expectations were limited because of my previous experiences, but she proceeded to give me the time, advice, and attention that seemed to be just what I needed to get past that point.
The writing prompts that she provided, and her invaluable feedback have been the one glimmer of Hope that I had had in this grief journey. In the past five years, I have lost my daughter, my husband, and my three younger brothers, so I’m not surprised that I have struggled, but I needed to see a way forward and she has helped provide that. She has provided the light at the end of the tunnel when so many other people were so incredibly disappointing to work with. I can certainly recommend her and her methods wholeheartedly and with pleasure.
-KC
I found Kumari’s 10-step program to be a life-transforming approach to healing from grief and loss – and so much more than that. I was overcome with grief from the loss of a loved one. I was frozen and could not move forward. I became more depressed and unable to function in everyday life.
Those modules involved much writing in structured homework that enabled me to learn much more about myself and how my earlier life had shaped my ability to cope with loss. We looked at issues such as forgiveness and how this also impacted our grief and ability to heal.
The modules involved looking at the “now” and what coping skills were not working and things I could reframe and look at in a different way. Eventually, the modules included looking at the future and what I could picture that looking like. This in itself was also very healing as before I could not see that I had a future, much less one that could be productive or satisfying. When we drew vision maps to enable our imaginative plans for the future, it seemed more possible.
I do feel like a much better version of myself now. Doing the work in the modules kept me focused rather than just talking about it, although sharing in our group was very helpful too. Kumari’s supportive and reassuring approach as well as gently giving a kind nudge when I was putting off addressing a difficult issue was just what I needed.
I am forever grateful to her and her program.
-LL
I was given Kumari’s name and information about her program. Shortly after my husband passed away by a friend who is also a member of her online Facebook support group. I joined that group and then shortly after signed up for her grief-specific support, which was called Wise Woman Warriors at the time. I knew after talking to her that that was the type of program that was going to help me because it wasn’t just talk therapy. It was me working through and writing, responding to the different modules she had in the program. The modules had specific topics that I would also have to respond and write my own story. It helped tremendously because I reflected and put the work in too but there was also the support and the way she had written resources and had book recommendations, and also her one-on-one support. I highly recommend Kumari. She has helped me to learn to live with the grief, and to understand different aspects of my life, and to continue living and learning with the grief that is also the love with Hope.
I have come very far with her help and support and I feel so many others could benefit from her expertise and programs.
-SZ
Kumari has had a huge impact on my life and changed it for the better! Before coaching sessions with Kumari, I felt confused, stuck in making some difficult decisions and not as in tune with my truest desires in life and my highest self. After my sessions with Kumari, I am living a more peaceful existence! Kumari has the most caring demeanor and I have been amazed with her intuition and genius questions that invited me to contemplate deeply various aspects of life and myself. I think it’s rare in life to find such a good fit and connection but Kumari has a profound ability to connect with those she helps! She is a true gem! I appreciate her thoughtful responses during the sessions and via email communication. I go through life now more present, lighter, more fulfilled and with less mental clutter and I highly recommend it Kumari!
CS