Jillene Gallatin
Jillene Fritch-Gallatin is the founder of Grounded Love for Grief and Loss, a transformative resource that integrates movement and reflection as people embrace healing and wholeness on their grief journey. Her passion to cultivate compassionate spaces began at age fourteen after the death of her mother by suicide—a loss that instilled a lifelong understanding of the power of connection and support in grief. A Lutheran (ELCA) pastor since 2001, and trained as both a grief-and-loss coach and a yoga teacher, Jillene creates sacred spaces where people can move forward in their healing with authenticity and care.
Chapter Seven: Your Grief Will Wait For You
Jillene Fritch-Gallatin recounts losing her mother to suicide at fourteen, absorbing guilt and abandonment while trying to keep life together. Decades of striving—school, ministry, even running through injury—end in collapse, where community care and permission to rage, weep, and rest loosen grief’s grip. On the mat and in faith spaces she hears the truth: it wasn’t her fault, and grief waits. Certified in Grief Yoga and grief coaching, she founds Grounded Love for Grief and Loss, guiding others with tools, presence, and belonging.
Listen To Jillene’s Podcast Here:
Episode 50: Anger, Grief, and Awakening:
A Journey Back to Spirit with Jillene Gallatin
Read Jillene’s Story In The
Empowered Grief Journey
Discover Jillene’s story and 22 others inside The Empowered Grief Journey. A collection of voices who have faced the depths of loss and emerged transformed.
Through raw, heart-centered storytelling and deep reflection, each author shares how grief became their greatest teacher guiding them toward acceptance, resilience, and empowerment.
These stories remind us that grief is not something to escape, but a journey that awakens us to deeper wisdom, presence, and personal truth. Within these pages, you’ll find hope, reassurance, and the quiet strength that comes from choosing to live fully, even after loss.
Whether you are grieving a loved one or rediscovering yourself after change, this book will meet you where you are and invite you to rise, rebuild, and reconnect with your own inner power.
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Your story matters. Your healing matters.
You don’t have to walk this road alone.
The Empowered Grief Journey Podcast
This podcast is your dedicated space for healing and transformation.
Each episode brings real conversations with people around the
world who have navigated grief and discovered the strength
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You’ll discover how to walk from loss to empowerment through
powerful storytelling and actionable insights that will
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