Megan Malick

03/31/2026

Grief isn't just about loss. It's about becoming.

I joined Dr. Cherie Lindberg on Elevated Life Academy to talk about losing both parents in the same winter — and how sitting in the sacred unknown led me to the work I was always meant to do.

If you're in the messy middle of a transition, this one's for you.

Episode 64: The Sacred Unknown: Grief, Play, and Becoming Who’s Next
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/37df32c3-4d2f-4ee7-840b-b5d083442f3c

03/30/2026

You've survived 100% of your days. There is resource in your past. 💡
What if looking back isn't about regret? What if it's about recognizing the resilience you've already built.

03/27/2026

"The decision I made without knowing I was making it? I'm now a sober person."
Some of the most powerful choices don't feel like big decisions in the moment. They only make sense in the rearview mirror.
Catch the full conversation — https://youtu.be/KSRJOP_5YZI

03/09/2026

A New Path didn’t start as a book.

It started as a grieving daughter trying to figure out the avalanche of logistics that comes after both parents die.

Today a conversation I recorded with Esther Angell on the Unexpected Advice podcast was released. I’m grateful for the way she listened — and the questions she asked — because they helped me remember the real origin story of this work.

When my parents died, I understood grief. I had spent years supporting people through loss.

What I didn’t understand were the logistics.

Required Minimum Distributions.
Safe deposit box rules.
The “real will.”
All the systems that appear after the funeral.

My learning curve was steep.

So I grabbed a giant planner from Staples and started organizing everything — paperwork, tasks, self-care, permission slips, and the people I could reach out to.

In many ways, I became my own client.

Later, when friends began losing parents too, I started writing everything I was learning in a Google Doc to share with them.

The document grew.
It got passed around.

Eventually… a manuscript existed.

Listen to the conversation with here: https://youtu.be/KSRJOP_5YZI

And if you’re curious about the resource that grew from that experience, A New Path is available now, and the ebook is $0.99 on Bookshop.org this month in celebration of its first birthday. Purchases there support independent bookstores and the communities they nourish. https://bookshop.org/a/104301/9798991811118

03/04/2026

I recently had the honor of being a guest on the Awakening Soul Divinity Podcast with Caroline Rena — Spiritual Alchemist and US Army Veteran.

The episode is titled:

“Losing Both Parents — AND Managing Their Entire Estate.”

In 2022, I lost both of my parents.
Overnight, I became not only a grieving daughter — but the administrator of their entire estate.

Paperwork.
Phone calls.
Accounts.
Logistics.
Decisions.

And heartbreak.

In this conversation, we explore something most people don’t talk about:

Grief is sacred.
And grief is practical.

It lives in tears —
and in spreadsheets.

We talk about:
• What happens when responsibility arrives with loss
• Why paperwork activates overwhelm
• How anger and sadness coexist
• Why your most broken places may hold your liberation
• How grief can become a portal

If you are walking through loss — or supporting someone who is — I hope this conversation meets you gently.

🎧 Listen here:
https://youtu.be/mNjyoZGUZeE

This conversation is explores the soil from which my book A New Path grew. This month marks its first birthday, and I remain deeply grateful for how this work continues to support heart-led humans navigating loss and logistics.

If it serves you, I’m honored.

This episode explores what happens when grief arrives with responsibility you never asked for.In 2022, Megan Malik lost both of her parents and suddenly beca...

02/24/2026

This Thursday, there are still a few spaces available for Make Space for Grief: Paperwork, Presence & Peace.

Grief doesn’t only live in our hearts — it often shows up when we try to organize paperwork, make plans, or prepare for emergencies.

If you’ve been meaning to get your crucial information documented — for yourself or your business — but keep feeling stuck or overwhelmed, this is a gentle place to begin.

In our 90 minutes together, we’ll regulate first. Then begin.

You’ll leave with:

• A Crucial Information Sheet started (personal and/or business)
• A simple Self-Brainspotting practice to steady your nervous system
• A felt experience of approaching paperwork with less overwhelm
• Language for why this work can feel emotional
• Clear next steps for yourself and your loved ones
• Permission to move slowly and gently

This is not about finishing everything.
It’s about starting differently.

If this has been sitting quietly in the back of your mind — consider this your loving nudge.
https://link.msgsndr.com/sp/9ba804ec7ff

02/16/2026

I’ve talked to three people today about fear.

Parents aging.
Paperwork not done.
Voting ID requirements.
“What if?” conversations.

There’s a lot in the air.

And while action helps anxiety, frantic action does not.

We don’t need more spinning.
We need steadiness.

Regulate first.
Then take one small, embodied step.

Document your crucial information — what someone would need in the first hours after a crisis.

And if you run a business?
Document what someone would need to keep it steady if you couldn’t.

That’s not dramatic.
That’s powerful.

Preparedness is not fear-based.
It’s love in structural form.

That’s the posture behind Make Space for Grief on Feb 26.

We ground first.
Then we begin.

Because empowerment lives on the other side of embodied action.
https://grief.a-new-path.com/untitled-page

12/20/2025

We sit on the cusp of the Winter Solstice—
the shortest day of the year.

This morning I spent my time preparing for a wedding ceremony I will officiate tomorrow.
A wedding of hope.

We will gather outdoors, nestled in the mountains of Schuylkill County, on the shortest day of the year—
with the ancient promise of light returning.

This is the marriage of a dear friend and her beloved.
Two adults who have walked long and winding roads.
They are no strangers to sorrow.

And yet, when I sit with them, what I hear is seasoned joy—
a deep, lived-in gratitude that only comes from having loved, lost, and chosen again.

As I look at the altar I created for them, I’m holding this truth close:
joy and sorrow, grief and gratitude are not opposites.
They mix.

And if we are open to it,
the rich flavor that emerges becomes a gift—
to our own lives
and to all those who walk beside us.

If this season finds you holding both…
if you’re standing at your own threshold as the year turns…
you’re not alone.

On Monday, December 22, I’m offering a gentle Make Space for Grief gathering—
a place to pause, breathe, and tend what’s tender as the light slowly returns.

An invitation, if and when it feels right. Details in the comments.

12/15/2025

The holidays can stir up grief in all its colors.

Sometimes it’s the grief we expect.
Sometimes it’s old grief, quiet grief, ambiguous grief, or the kind that shows up in our bodies when life feels unresolved.

If you’re longing for a gentle place to pause, I’m offering a Make Space for Grief Pop-Up Virtual Gathering this season.

Make Space for Grief (Virtual Gathering)

Monday, December 22, 2025
7:30–8:30 PM EST
Zoom
Practice gentle grounding and reflection, you can carry into the holidays.s

This is not about fixing grief or making it go away.

It’s about creating a held space where we:
Honor the many colors of grief
Explore a Five-Sense First Aid Kit for support (sight, sound, scent, touch, taste)
Practice some grounding and reflecting together to take with us into the holidays

To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/yvfDQrU1R6u4VYWsxCc5UA
To donate: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/AGJCJNYDWF8LQ

Why this gathering is donation-based:
Half of all donations will be shared with The Pennsylvania Immigration Advocacy Clinic, a cause Joe and I care deeply about.

12/09/2025

If you’ve ever stared at a stack of papers and thought,
“I don’t even know what to do first…”
please know: that’s grief talking.
Not your worth. Not your capacity.

A New Path was created to gently guide you through what matters now, what can wait, and what you don’t have to hold alone.

A companion for the season you never asked for.

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-new-path/20919704

12/01/2025

Holiday grief hits differently.
It’s not just the loss.
It’s the grief + the endless tasks + the holidays stacked on top of each other.

More people are on vacation. Offices close. Responses slow down.
But your pain and your paperwork don’t.

If this is your reality right now, you’re not alone.
This is exactly why I wrote A New Path . It's a companion for the emotional and logistical overwhelm of early grief.

If this season feels heavy, this book can help you breathe.

Our Website: https://a-new-path.com/a-new-path-the-book/
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-new-path/20919704