Holly Makimaa has been facilitating writing and spirituality classes and workshops for over 25 years and maintains a private practice offering: spiritual companioning, holistic journaling, transformational coaching, embodied spiritual practices, rituals, and retreats.

Holly is a storyteller at heart, seeking to uplift a shared sacred story of humanity while affirming all our unique identities and intersectionality.

Holly tailors all her services to fit people’s specific life circumstances and needs. The tools she offers empower individuals to:

Move through life challenges with greater insight and ease.

Find meaning and healing during transitions such as retirement, divorce and illness.

Experience nurturance and support through grief and loss.

Uncover their wholeness despite past or current hurts.

Find their own path to sacred activism.

Discern their life purposes and passions and much more.

Holly is an ordained interfaith/interspiritual minister and honors the spiritual expression of all. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Michigan State University, a graduate certificate in theological studies from Washington Theological Union and has taken graduate courses in pastoral studies and pastoral counseling. She is a spiritual companion, public speaker, life coach, consultant, and RYT200 yoga teacher. Holly specializes in embodied spirituality and loves sharing practical holistic tools with clients, students and organizations. She has served as faculty for the Therapeutic Writing Institute teaching Journaling and Meditation and regularly offers continuing education workshops to universities and businesses interested in mindfulness, journaling, and storytelling across differences. In addition to her private practice, Holly is working on a journaling book that integrates journaling and embodied practices for awakening the Divine. Passionate about people’s ability to experience transformation in their lives, Holly travels throughout the US offering writing and spirituality workshops by request. She also offers retreats and ceremonies uniquely crafted to meet the needs of the individuals and communities she serves. She is the founder of BE-LOVE-ED, a spiritual community for learning to be love, to love others and to form a beloved community where all have an equitable place at the table.