About Me

Rev. Dr. Jamie Eaddy is a Grief Scholar, Womanist Pastoral Theologian, and thanatologist whose work sits at the intersection of grief, liberation, and care. She is a nationally sought-after trainer, educator, and consultant supporting individuals, organizations, and communities in navigating grief, loss, transition, and reimagination.

Her work extends beyond accompanying people through grief, she supports organizations as well. It is rooted in naming and disrupting death-dealing systems, cultivating liberatory practices of care, and creating space for collective healing, particularly for those whose grief is routinely overlooked, minimized, or misunderstood.

Dr. Eaddy’s practice draws from grief scholarship, trauma-informed care, womanist theology, and embodied spiritual practice. She integrates somatic work, ritual, storytelling, sound, and sensory practices to support reflection, regulation, and reconnection. As a clinically trained chaplain and Fellow in Thanatology (FT), she approaches grief as a spiritual companion—one that, when honored, can open pathways to re-membering, imagination, and new ways of being.

She is the founder of Thoughtful Transitions and the creative force behind The Ratchet Grief Project®, platforms through which she offers training, writing, and community-centered resources. Her work with churches, nonprofits, schools, and institutions focuses on grief-informed organizational change, leadership reimagination, and the cultivation of trauma-conscious, anti-racist cultures rooted in collective care and accountability. As a consultant, she supports organizations in navigating transition, cultural disruption, and change fatigue by attending to the human, historical, and systemic dimensions that shape how change is resisted, embodied, and sustained.

Before the titles, Dr. Eaddy is Alberta’s granddaughter, Pauline’s cousin, and Salam’s niece. She loves pink lipstick, 90s hip-hop, and 80s gospel. She is a poet, a body butter maker, and someone who believes joy and grief are not opposites.

Her ethic is clear:
“If your fight for liberation stops once you get free, it wasn’t liberation you were after—it was privilege.”Her work is an invitation to reimagine grief, resist erasure, and choose life again and again.