Personalized Private Collapse Companioning™ with Maya Frost

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Collapse Companioning™ is the unique and proven 30-day process created by Maya Frost that shifts perspective, transforms habits, rewilds imagination, and inspires adaptive engagement.

It is based on the latest research related to generalized anxiety and human behavior, and applies what is recognized as the most effective method for reducing anxiety and turning grief into creative energy. 

But it is also inspired by my own lived experience of dealing with loss, grief, fear, helplessness, and hopelessness. 

Why Collapse Companioning™ Is So Effective For Those Who Are Aware of Our Metacrisis

Collapse Companioning™ is informed by recent research showing that anxiety often functions as a habit that can be changed through awareness, curiosity, and small daily shifts.

Inspired by the work of Dr. Judson Brewer, James Clear, and Dr. BJ Fogg, I combine mindfulness, behavioral science, and tiny habit practices into a 30-day process focused on meaningful change.

But it's not just habit change and mindfulness. It's a space for honest reflection about the accelerating changes that are creating new and unpredictable challenges.

We address what is happening, how you're feeling, and your most natural ways to build personal resilience.  

Client Testimonials: 

For me, resilience and adaptation were a means of survival.

A difficult childhood and, later, surviving a car accident at 15 that killed four other teens, profoundly shaped me.

In the aftermath, someone introduced me to meditation. The meditation did not stick at the time, but mindfulness did.

I created a simple awareness practice to reconnect with life around me, and it changed everything.

Maya Frost as a teen and sole survivor of a tragic car accident, before turning her pain into a process to help others struggling with grief and anxiety.

Smiling through the pain in 1977.

I earned a degree in psychology and Asian Studies, and spent my senior year studying in nine Asian countries, focusing on Buddhist philosophy.

Over the past 50 years, I’ve explored many forms of mindfulness. 

I have learned that traditional meditation is rarely the best fit for people who are overwhelmed, grieving, or exhausted.

Maya Frost, sitting in meditation in Sri Lanka, in 1982 as a young student of Buddhist philosophy

Meditating in Sri Lanka in 1982.

Early Inspiration From Joanna Macy That Influenced the Development of Collapse Companioning™

My work has been influenced by Joanna Macy and her early “despair work" in the 90s, which evolved into The Work That Reconnects, blending deep ecology, systems thinking, and mindful awareness.

While Collapse Companioning™ is distinct from The Work That Reconnects, it shares a focus on mindful awareness, emotional honesty, and transforming eco-anxiety into meaningful action and connection.

Joanna Macy, eco-philosopher and systems thinker, quote: ¨The other face of our pain for the world is our love for the world.¨

As I was processing the deaths of three of my brothers (one of AIDS, two by suicide), I remembered my little mindfulness game that had helped me cope after the accident when I was 15.

I turned it into an eyes-wide-open, real-world mindfulness training program and game that inspired thousands of people in more than 100 countries

graphic with multiple logos for media outlets that published articles about Maya Frost´ś mindfulness technique in the early 2000s.

The First Collapse Companioning™ Clients As the COVID Pandemic Hit

I began offering Collapse Companioning™ in early 2020 as COVID spread across the world. Living under strict lockdown in Buenos Aires, I witnessed profound grief, isolation, and the struggle many faced in processing loss.

Through my nonprofit networks, I started supporting people overwhelmed by grief and their recognition of our failed systems. 

By listening deeply and showing up consistently with care and presence, I developed the companioning process I use today. 

While my work shares some common ground with Dr. Alan Wolfelt's companioning approach to grief, it focuses specifically on the grief, uncertainty, and disorientation that arise from awareness of the metacrisis.

I chose the marigold, a companion plant known for its protective qualities, as the symbol of this work.

Maya Frost´s client testimonial from Katrin, quote: ¨Expanding my ability to imagine new futures has opened big new doors..¨ former journalist

30 Days of Daily Support, Encouragement, and Inspiration That Turn Despair Into Action

Clients often describe Collapse Companioning™ as feeling natural and deeply human, rooted in presence, trust, and honest connection.

We interact daily for 30 consecutive days via:

🔸video sessions/messages

🔸audio-only calls or voice notes

🔸texts

Maya Frost, founder of Collapse  Forward and creator of Collapse Companioning, smiling in a park in Amsterdam in spring, 2026. She works with clients around the world who are struggling in this time of our polycrisis, metacrisis, collapse..

It is mostly asynchronous, giving you time to consider each question or prompt before responding.

It is this space before responding that leads to insights daily, and we continue in an easy flow that naturally builds momentum and consistency. 


Collapse Companioning™ Pricing and Availability

30-Day Collapse Companioning™ Experience 

Includes a personalized combination of:

  • live conversations
  • voice-note support
  • written reflection
  • strategic guidance
  • weekly private companioning for the following month to maintain momentum

Price: US$3000

photo of a blooming orange marigold against dark background with green foliage and buds

Providing daily companioning is highly individualized, emotionally demanding, and intellectually immersive. I maintain a deliberately limited practice so I can work with care, depth, and integrity.

Maya Frost´s client testimonial from Darin, quote: ¨I was deep in the darkneww. Maya lit the way forward with love.¨ CEO of a marketing company

Is Collapse Companioning Right For You?

I work with a range of individuals who recognize our reality, including: 

  • Leaders carrying concerns they cannot easily discuss with colleagues.
  • Professionals questioning whether their current work still aligns with their values.
  • Creatives whose imagination has been crowded out by fear and uncertainty.
  • Individuals facing a major decision, transition, or life reinvention.

 

This work tends to resonate with people who:

  • value flexibility over formulas
  • appreciate emotionally intelligent conversation
  • are longing to respond and act rather than simply process
  • seek meaningful transformation 
  • want support that is nuanced and deeply personalized

Let's explore what's calling to you, and how paying attention to it might transform your perspective and your possibilities.

Maya Frost´s client testimonial from Maryam, quote:: ¨Maya showed me how to use my longing as a secret superpower.¨ coach for healthcare professionals

Getting Started With Collapse Companioning

It´s easy to get started.

Simply fill out the short form to start a conversation with me directly, and we'll go from there.