E69: Midwifing the Grief Heart - Love, Loss, and Life's Thresholds

In this episode of Loving Everything, I sit down with KP Parks—therapist, healer, and midwife of the heart—for a conversation about grief, transformation, and what it means to stay present in the face of life's most profound thresholds.

KP brings a deeply integrative approach to their work, shaped by over 25 years of lived experience with grief, a background in midwifery, and a commitment to walking alongside people—not as an expert or fixer, but as a guide. Together, we explore grief not as something to resolve or move past, but as something that lives with us, in the body, in the nervous system, and across the lifespan.

We talk about:

• Grief as a lifelong companion rather than a problem to solve

• How loss reshapes the nervous system, memory, and sense of safety

• Why grief can feel like a survival response—long after the loss

• The role of ritual, creativity, and embodiment in healing

• Identity shifts, queerness, and navigating life transitions

• What it means to "midwife" someone through change, rather than fix them

• Staying human, open, and connected in a world shaped by impermanence

This conversation moves beyond clinical language and into something more human—an honest exploration of love, loss, and the spaces in between.

KP works with grief, trauma, life transitions, and identity-based healing, offering care that is relational, somatic, spiritual, and deeply attuned. Their work centers those navigating complex grief, end-of-life processes, pregnancy and postpartum experiences, and major identity shifts.