Tess Clarkson shares tips and tools to help others yearning for connection and purpose to embrace change, trust themself and discover meaning in a chaotic world. She’ll help you to stop outsourcing your power and live more authentically with greater peace, joy, and purpose. 

As a professional Irish dancer (Broadway’s Riverdance and Michael Flately’s productions) turned financial regulation lawyer in New York, Tess’ worlds were consumed by the physical and control, logic and reason. When her best friend’s plane plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, Tess’ world crashed. A spiritual quest around New York City and to India resulted, which shifted her life into one embracing the spiritual, service, and flow. She trained as an end-of-life doula, served as a hospice volunteer, and studied astrology, Reiki, meditation, yoga, and mediation.  She also found love amidst the unexpected and now lives in Missouri with her husband and three dogs.  

As a writer, Tess focuses on death, grief, loss, and life in the middle. She’s been published in The Washington Post, HuffPost, AARP’s publications, Chicken Soup of the Soul, and more. 

As a death doula, Tess leads Grief & Creativity workshops and launched the “Your Best Goodbye” lecture, for encouraging end-of-life discussions and planning as well as the creation of legacy projects.

As a teacher of yoga, meditation, and astrology, Tess shares tools for living with more connection to the body, mind, and spirit and Universal flow.  

Through her forthcoming Substack, “Tess Clarkson’s Newsletter” offers ways to connect with Tess’ tips and tools online. Through her active event calendar, find her in the community.

When Tess isn’t writing or serving her community, you can find her with her husband exploring a national park or on her deck with her dogs. 

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