Dr. Katie Eastman, Master Grief & Transition Coach — guiding individuals, leaders, and organizations through life’s hardest changes with compassion, clarity, and peace.
"Katie helped me envision, clarify, and have confidence in a new direction I set for my life after losing my husband. She pushed me to challenge myself while helping me with new ideas. Her empathetic and warm coaching style plus years of experience was just what I needed to make hard decisions about a fresh start after loss. I couldn’t have done it on my own." – Lisbeth Court, Santa Fe
THE PEACE GUIDEBOOK How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
and Katie Eastman
As an extension of the global movement The Percolate Peace Project, The Peace Guidebook offers a practical, transformative roadmap for individuals, leaders, and organizations seeking to cultivate personal and collective peace, while also creating positive change in the world. PRE-ORDER NOW!
In a world that often feels divided, noisy, and uncertain, The Peace Guidebook is a soul-stirring invitation to return to what truly matters: a quieted soul, a love that reaches outward, and a life guided by collective compassion. This is more than a book—it’s a call to action. A blueprint for change. A spark for a global peace movement.
Rooted in authors Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino’s and Dr. Katie Eastman’s decades of work helping people through grief, change, and transition, and inspired by the Percolate Peace Project, the book delivers Ten Principles of Peace that will help you:
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Heal what’s unresolved within you
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Navigate conflict with courage and grace
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Create partnerships rooted in values and vision
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Lead from love, even when the world forgets how
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Build real, resilient, peace-filled communities
With practical tools for real transformation—including reflective prompts, authentic stories, and accessible daily practices—The Peace Guidebook becomes more than just a read. It’s your steady companion, a well of wisdom you’ll return to again and again as you uncover your most peaceful, purpose-driven self.
Dr. Katie Eastman is a nationally respected expert in grief and change with over 30 years of experience helping people turn heartbreak into healing and trauma into transformation.
A psychotherapist, master grief coach, and co-founder of Recreate Coaching and Counseling, she brings deep emotional insight, spiritual awareness, and practical tools to life’s most profound challenges.
Trained in the integration of psychology and spirituality, Dr. Katie infuses her work with compassion, presence, and purpose. As co-author of The Peace Guidebook and Percolate: Let Your Best Self Filter Through, and author of Uplifting: Inspiring Stories of Loss, Change, and Growth, she helps people find peace and meaning even in times of great loss. Her work empowers individuals and organizations to grow through change and find purpose in adversity, offering a path forward grounded in both heart and wisdom.
Dr. Katie’s coaching helps a person develop solutions to real world, real life challenging situations. Her coaching can help people develop plan A, B and C to take your career to the next level, and you realize you really do deserve the best life has to offer and not settle for less!
– Dr. Angela Lewis
“For over 3 decades, I have walked beside people in their most difficult moments—supporting individuals, leaders, and organizations as they face change and loss. Recognizing and understanding grief is what empowers the process of navigating change to optimize personal and or professional growth. Where grief can become a catalyst for growth, and change can open pathways to deeper clarity, resilience, and meaning.”
— Dr. Katie Eastman
KEY AREAS OF WORK AND EXPERTISE
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My clinical practice is based in Anacortes, WA., I specialize in grief, trauma, serious illness, and major life transitions.
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Coaching & Consulting: As co-founder of Recreate Coaching and Counseling, I provide executive and personal coaching to help people navigate uncertainty.
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Author & Speaker: My books include Uplifting: Inspiring Stories of Loss, Change, and Growth and The Peace Guidebook, co-authored with renowned grief expert, Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
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My background includes training in pastoral psychology.
Speaking: Keynotes, Workshops, and Organizational Consulting
Dr. Eastman provides workshops and coaching to inspire healing, growth, and clarity during life transitions:
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Coursework: Coaching programs and leadership trainings
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Speaking: Keynotes, workshops, and organizational consulting
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Podcast: Real Life, co-hosted with Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
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Blog and newsletter
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Websites: Dr Katie Eastman, Best Ever You, Percolate Peace
“We genuinely love partnering with Dr. Eastman and have complete confidence in her ability to deliver meaningful, high‑quality content to our clients every time. She brings energy, passion, and deep expertise to each presentation, and her sharing is both heartfelt and authentic. Her content is easy to follow, grounded in real‑life experiences, and thoughtfully connected to the personal challenges participants face.”
— Hospital Administrator, Phoenix AZ
“Dr. Katie Eastman is an exceptional speaker who is truly a pleasure to work with. Since 2017, she has delivered nearly 260 seminars, earning an outstanding reputation for her warmth, professionalism, and reliability. She is a sought‑after presenter, and attendees consistently enthuse about their experience with her.”
— EAP program Director, St Louis Missouri
*NOTE: To honor client privacy and organizational confidentiality, identifying details have been omitted.
Clinical Practice & Services
I offer both virtual and in-person support. Contact me for an appointment.
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INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT: Psychotherapy for issues like serious illness, divorce, bereavement, and career shifts.
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ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING: Teaching "grief-informed leadership" to help companies maintain productivity and compassion during systemic changes.
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Providing mental health mentorship, notably supporting Ukrainian therapists during the ongoing conflict.
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LIFE COACHING + COUNSELING FOR INDIVIDUALS
Feel Good, Find Purpose, Embrace Growth
Books by Dr. Katie Eastman
Uplifting: Inspiring stories of loss, change and growth
Dr. Katie’s new book UPLIFTING: Inspiring stories of loss, change and growth is published and available now. It’s part of a growing body of powerful holistic health books that offer real stories and actionable insights to support mind, body, and soul during difficult transitions.
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What makes us get up when we are literally or figuratively at our lowest point?
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Where does the voice that speaks to us reminding us we are worthy of rising up come from?
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Can we harness our own resilience to speed up the process?
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Do we have to wait to hit rock bottom or experience utter despair to harness our power to make positive change?
UPLIFTING is different than many personal growth books in that it gives us the tools and offers examples of how to lift ourselves up—from everyday losses to the most challenging changes that bring us to our knees. It’s a compassionate, empowering guide for anyone committed to healing, growing, and ultimately living in peace.
THE PEACE GUIDEBOOK; How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman
As an extension of the global movement The Percolate Peace Project, The Peace Guidebook offers a practical, transformative roadmap for individuals, leaders, and organizations seeking to cultivate personal and collective peace, while also creating positive change in the world.
In a world that often feels divided, noisy, and uncertain, The Peace Guidebook is a soul-stirring invitation to return to what truly matters: a quieted soul, a love that reaches outward, and a life guided by collective compassion. This is more than a book—it’s a call to action. A blueprint for change. A spark for a global peace movement.
Rooted in authors Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino’s and Dr. Katie Eastman’s decades of work helping people through grief, change, and transition, and inspired by the Percolate Peace Project, the book delivers Ten Principles of Peace that will help you:
• Heal what’s unresolved within you
• Navigate conflict with courage and grace
• Create partnerships rooted in values and vision
• Lead from love, even when the world forgets how
• Build real, resilient, peace-filled communities
With practical tools for real transformation—including reflective prompts, authentic stories, and accessible daily practices—The Peace Guidebook becomes more than just a read. It’s your steady companion, a well of wisdom you’ll return to again and again as you uncover your most peaceful, purpose-driven self.
A Transforming Change With Compassion, Purpose, and Peace
Change is inevitable. With it comes loss—but also opportunity: the chance to learn, grow, and create something new. My work bridges compassion and strategy, offering both emotional support and practical tools to help you move forward with peace.
I draw upon two proven frameworks:
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The Re-Create Model — Retreat, Evaluate, Clarify, Respond, Explore, Accept, Turn, Evolve — a step-by-step process that helps people and organizations process grief and rebuild with strength and clarity.
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The Kübler-Ross Change Curve — a trusted guide to understanding how people emotionally adapt to loss and transition.
Together, these models help individuals and organizations transform grief, loss, related to change into resilience, purpose, and peace.
Life Coaching + Counseling
for Individuals
Navigate life’s transitions, process grief, and rediscover peace through personal coaching.
“Rising to the
Challenge of Change”
Workshops
Develop cultures of resilience, growth and peace that thrive through transition with consulting.
Executive Coach and Business Consultant: Workplace Change
and Loss
Utilizing my unique leadership intelligence approach, I will strengthen your leadership, restore peace within your team, and make values-based decisions that inspire trust through executive coaching.
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