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Kimberly A. Harms, DDS (she/her/hers)

Retired Dentist, former National Spokesperson for ADA, Grief Counselor
The Dental Mediator
Bloomington, Minnesota

Dr. Kimberly Harms has been around the block in life—several times. She has served as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service, a dental school professor, Peer Review Coordinator for the Minnesota Dental Association, a clinical dentist and practice owner with her late husband Jim in Farmington MN, a school board Chair, President of an international women’s organization, the first woman President of the Minnesota Dental Association, and a National Spokesperson for the American Dental Association (21 years).

After 30 years in clinical practice, she lost her ability to practice dentistry due to nerve damage in her “drilling fingers”.

This event prompted an unexpected career pivot. She recalibrated. Then she became a grief counselor, a civil mediator, a death doula, a life coach, a builder of libraries in Rwanda, an award-winning, best-selling author, and an international speaker on grief, conflict, and legacy planning. 
Having experienced devastating personal losses (including the suicides of both her beautiful mother and brilliant son, and the death of her beloved husband from a broken heart), Kim now devotes her life to walking alongside others in pain, especially widows. Her passion is helping them overcome heartache and change and build a life of laughter, legacy, and love.

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