T.J. Marchitelli

Award Winning Author, Therese Marchitelli, is a mother, entrepreneur, caregiver, tea addict, eternal optimist, orchid wizard, natural protector, dog mom, meditator, mediator, grief coach, author, and widow. Her experience includes tenure in the private, nonprofit, finance, and real estate sectors.

Therese’s world abruptly changed when her husband died from a traumatic brain injury after a car accident in 1995, leaving behind Therese and their young son and daughter. Grave mistakes were made as she struggled through her own grief journey — processing, learning, understanding, then rising to help others move forward with their lives while grieving. Therese has been a student, and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for 48 years. She is a meditation instructor in this tradition and brings a lifetime of working with meditation to tame and train the mind into her work with people experiencing loss and grief. She combines a unique perspective on grief by entwining her knowledge of working with the mind through meditation and her understanding of how the brain functions as a certified NeuroGrief Coach and Trainer.