Hey team
I am Avery Collura—a grief coach and teacher who helps people learn how to live with grief in their bodies, their stories, and their relationships with more honesty, patience and choice.
Grief has been my companion for a long time now. It introduced itself quietly through smaller losses, and then all at once in 2023, when my husband, Dan, died suddenly. The life I had with him and my stepdaughters in Australia collapsed in a single moment. I moved countries. I became alcohol free. I sat with parts of myself I did not know how to meet before.
My work was born in that space. Not in the moment of impact, but in the long, slow, crushing, hopeful, ordinary days that followed. The days when everyone else went back to their lives and my body still expected him to walk around that corner.
What I do now
Today I work with people who are learning how to live with grief. Not get over it. Not move on. Live with it.
I support clients who are navigating:
Death of a partner, family member, or close friend
Breakups, divorce, or shifts in attachment
Identity collapse and major life transitions
The quieter, less visible losses that do not always receive a name
At the core, my work is less about fixing anything and more about building a real relationship with grief, in real time, inside a real body.
How I work
My approach sits at the intersection of:
Grief
Treating grief as a lifelong relationship that continues to evolve, rather than a problem to solve or a set of stages to move through.
Attachment
Exploring how your attachment patterns shape the way you bond, protect, pull away, and reach out, especially when you are hurting.
The body
Staying close to sensation, breath, posture and impulse. Many of the answers you are looking for are already present in your nervous system, long before your mind catches up.
Honest conversation
Naming the thoughts you are afraid to say, the appreciation or anger to find congruence, the change that can come with a loss, the parts of you that feel unlovable. All of you is welcome in the room, with an equal seat at the table.
I also bring a psychedelic informed lens to this work. In some cases I support people who are working with low dose or expanded states, always with respect for legal frameworks, personal use laws, and nervous system safety. However, medicine is never required to work with me. The core of my work is relational, somatic, and grief focused.
Jellyfish Journeywork
Before I began leading with my own name, I built a body of work called Jellyfish Journeywork. Jellyfish is still very much alive in how I work.
Jellyfish Journeywork is the method I use when we are ready to go deeper. It is a somatic and psychedelic informed approach that helps people learn how to live with grief in their bodies, their stories, and their relationships with more honesty, patience and choice.
You might see Jellyfish referenced in my 1:1 containers, in longer healing journeys, or in occasional group offerings. Think of it as the shape my coaching takes when we are swimming underneath the surface together.
Who I work with
People who are drawn to this work often say things like:
“I feel like I should be over this by now, but I am not.”
“I look functional on the outside, but something inside me has not caught up.”
“I want a space that can hold the full complexity of what I feel, without trying to tidy it up.”
“I want to stay in my life, in my relationships, and in my body, without abandoning my grief.”
You might be very resourced and self aware, and still feel stuck. You might have tried therapy, groups, and self study, and feel ready for a different kind of conversation. You might not even call it grief yet, but you know that something in you is asking to be met.
I am also loving the ongoing conversation happening on Patreon. It is where I share longer stories, community grief pieces, and behind-the-scenes reflections from my own life and practice. If you would like to sit a little closer to this work, you are welcome there.
Beyond 1:1 work
Alongside 1:1 coaching, I:
Co teach workshops on grief and attachment in collaboration with Heidi Priebe
Lead retreats on grief, attachment, honesty, and psychedelics, individually and in collaboration, weaving these tools together when it makes sense
Co lead practitioner trainings for psychedelic informed, somatic practice
Write about grief, love, sobriety, and what it means to rebuild a life after loss
All of this lives under my name because my presence is the through line. The form changes. The work does not.
If you would like to walk together
If something in you recognises yourself in these words, you are welcome to reach out and see if it feels right to join the team.
You can:
Explore ways to work with me one to one
Join the team through my mailing list to receive reflections and updates
Attend a workshop or retreat where we bring grief, attachment, and the body into shared space
Join me on Patreon for ongoing essays, community grief shares, and early invitations to future cohorts
You do not need to be at a specific “stage” of grief to begin. You only need a willingness to tell the truth about where you are, and a curiosity about what might be possible if you did not have to hold it alone.
You were never meant to grieve alone.
If we can do this we can do anything.
Say hello
Whether you are reaching out to collaborate, curious about my work, or simply wanting to share a story, this is a place to begin. Every conversation that begins here matters to me — we are just getting started.