Adrienne Petrino is a certified Transformational Life and Grief Coach, and a certified Grief Movement Guide based in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY with roots in the Bronx, NY and Cranford, NJ. Adrienne began her coaching journey in 2017 during the same time she became certified as a peer-to-peer grief support facilitator. This is when Adrienne realized how there was a need for coaching perspectives, strategies and tools in the grief space. “I didn’t have these tools or even know about these coping strategies when I lost my dad at the age of 20. It wasn’t until my mom died 18 years later that I was introduced to them.” Adrienne is a lifelong learner and continues to immerse herself in the lens of grief and trauma. 

Through grief coaching and grief movement, Adrienne empowers her clients and community to transform their pain and struggle into peace and purpose using movement, breath and sound. Often, our emotions of grief get stuck in the body, and our bodies remember it, all of it. Sometimes talk is not enough. Adrienne focuses on the wisdom of the body and how listening and giving space to this wisdom can truly deepen the healing process and create lasting transformation. “Before working with Adrienne, I felt trapped in my grief. Now, I understand how to honor my body’s signals and move forward with clarity.”

Adrienne currently resides in Brooklyn, NY with her wife, teenage son, and 2 year old female chihuahua mix named Nocci. In July of 2024, inspired by her own journey of healing from grief and trauma, Adrienne self-published a collection of 20 poems titled, Let All Of It In. Grounded in values of curiosity, connection, and kindness, Adrienne's writing serves as a glimmer of light, offering comfort and insight to those navigating their own grief journeys.

What started as a conversation between two grief facilitators, Holly and Adrienne emerged into the creation of Taming Our Grief Ghosts. As the Co-Creator and Co-Facilitator of Taming Our Grief Ghosts, Adrienne co-creates safe spaces to hold our grief more gently through recognition, curiosity, and kindness. 

Certifications, education, and development:

• Professional Coaching Certification, International Coaching Federation

• Cognitive Behavioral Techniques Coaching - AbleTo/UnitedHealthcare

• Trauma Informed Leadership Fundamentals Certification - Rev. Heather Lynn Wagner

• Grief Movement Guide & Grief Yoga Chair Training Certification - Paul Denniston

• Transforming Trauma and Grief Certification - David Kessler and Alex Howard

• Trauma Informed Change Management, LinkedIn

• The In-Between: Supporting Grieving Young Adults - Penn State University, Public Media for Central Pennsylvania

• Dare To Lead Trained - Brene Brown

• Positive Intelligence - Shirzad Chamine

• Permission To Feel (Emotional Intelligence Certificate) - Marc Brackett, PhD

• Grief Peer to Peer Facilitator - Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss