Bernadette Thompson
TELL ME OUR STORY, ANCESTRAL HEALING
Open the Window ... just a little
The grieving. The seekers. The curious.
The awakening. The ones who sense more

Why you are here
You know your grief. You know your pain. You have carried it a long time, and you know its weight.
If it has sent you looking, for answers, for comfort, for a thread back to the ones you've lost, you're in the right place.
Or maybe it isn't grief at all, but a pull you can't quite explain. Toward a story you sense but don't yet know.
Either way, you're welcome here.
What you'll experience
This is a place to follow that pull. To find your way to your ancestors: to the stories they carried, what they lived through and survived, and what may have been passed down to you
and never healed.
Sometimes what we carry was never ours to begin with. And sometimes, in their stories, we find a resilience we didn't know we had, one that came from them.
This is where the grief begins to lift, and the path opens.
And often there is more ...
Many people arrive carrying questions they've never said aloud.
A sense of connection with those who have passed, with ancestors, guides, or angels. A near-death experience, a visitation, a moment that changed them and never quite fit into words.
If that's you, you're not imagining it, and understanding them is part of the same journey. Because learning to trust what you've already sensed is part of answering the deepest question of all:
Who am I?
How this all began
I didn't come to this work from the outside. I came to it through my own grief, after losing my husband, David. For a time, it was more than I could carry alone.
It sent me looking for comfort in the stories of my ancestors, and what I found there changed me. I discovered what I had been carrying that was never mine, and a resilience I didn't know was in me, one that came from them. The grief began to lift.
The path opened.
That's the path I now walk with you.
In their words
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Bernadette is one of the most compassionate, deeply present individuals I have ever worked with. She is amazing at holding space for the things that matter.
RUSCHELLE K. , LCSW
Bernadette is able to get to the emotion and the experience that those relatives have had, and help guide me to a deeper understanding and wisdom that I use daily
JULI U.
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These Are Mine ...
We Will Find Yours
Open the Window Just a little
You do not have to open it wide. A crack is enough. You do not have to understand everything at once. And when you open it a little, more will be shown to you.
Your ancestors are already with you. They have been waiting.
And whenever you are ready, we will listen for them together.
When you’re ready, it’s just us, listening for where your story begins.
Bernadette Thompson
Tell Me Our Story · Ancestral Healing
Co-Founder of the Ancestral Healing Center





