Reverend Jess (or Jessica) McKimmie, (any pronoun, respectfully) is no stranger to grief, a friend and confidant to many, a Death Doula, Ordained Buddhist Chaplain, and Meditation and Mindfulness teacher.
Welcome to Peace Through Grief: individualized support and resources to help you navigate the processes of grief, death, and dying. Reverend Jess (or Jessica) McKimmie, (any pronoun, respectfully) is no stranger to grief, a friend and confidant to many, a Death Doula, Ordained Buddhist Chaplain, and Meditation and Mindfulness teacher. Other identities Jess holds are: forever student, white / white bodied with Scottish, German, English, and Scandinavian ancestry, Queer, non-binary, sister/sibling, auntie-uncle, LGBTQ2IA+ educator and advocate, friend, listener, nature-admirer, bird-observer, sunset-chaser, and lover of life and people. Formal training includes Going With Grace Death Doula certificate program (Class of ’22), Upaya Zen Center Buddhist Chaplaincy Program (Class of ’19), Pastoral Crisis Intervention (2018), and Mindful Schools Mindful Educator Training (2016). In August 2022, Jess was Ordained in the White Plum Asanga lineage as a Buddhist Chaplain under the care and oversight of Upaya Zen Center. White Plum Asanga follows 82 generations from the historic Shakyamuni Buddha, through Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931-1995), who studied in the Soto, Sanbo Kyodun, and Rinzai traditions and was the abbot of the Los Angeles Zen Center.
