Helping you find peace after losing a child…It is possible…

Grief Recovery Coaching

Life can be messy. And challenging. And hard. And then you lose a child and you realize nothing prepared you for this…

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I imagine you’re here because you want relief from the gaping hole left in your heart by the death of your child. You’d like once again to be able to sleep, focus, find peace, laugh, stop hurting and even look forward to waking up each day.

I get it. I’ve been where you are. I’ve lost 2 of my own children. And I’ve healed from those losses. I have found peace. I now want to help you find peace and create a life that honors your child that is gone.

Grief is overwhelming and can also be isolating.  Because most of us are never taught how to grieve, or how to console those grieving, it is difficult to find emotional support at a time when we need it most.  Most people will offer logical reasons, but grief is emotional not logical.  It is your heart that is broken, not your head! 

Whether you’ve tried other things or are starting out for the very first time, I’m so glad you’ve landed here. It would be my honor to walk this parents’ grief journey with you. My practice is limited to moms who have lost a child. If you’re a hurting Mama, you’ve come to the right place.

You being on this page right here, right now, is NOT a sign that you are broken and need fixing, it’s a sign that you are strong and ready to heal.  NOW is the time to get started!

 Grief Recovery Coaching is…

  • We’ve got documented PROOF that this program works!  If you’re a research geek and want to read all about it – click here.  The Grief Recovery Method is a scientifically tested Evidence Based Program that provides grievers with a tried and true method that has been continuously refined and used time and time again over the last 40+ years, across multiple countries, and in multiple languages, to help them heal from loss(es).

  • Our culture doesn’t teach us about death, dying or grieving.  You’ll understand grief and be able to not only help yourself, but know what to say and how to help others too.

  • You’ll learn the simple and right actions to take to resolve your grief. If you’ve tried other programs and they didn’t work, don’t despair.  This program focuses on the simple and right actions, that have been proven to work (see above for that evidence!)

  • This program is dialed in and a step-by-step process which has a starting point and a completion point.  You will not be in therapy trying to figure this out for years…or even months.

The tools I will teach you are the same tools I used to deal with the heartbreak of losing my son.  I don’t need all the evidence they are able to provide that this program works.  I know it works because I experienced it first hand in my own life. 

I want to be your “heart with ears” to listen and support you throughout the Grief Recovery Method, with no judgment, criticism, or comparing losses.  I want to help you take your grief to completion and then begin reaching for more….

Here's what I believe about grief…

I believe that Grief is universal, and yet we all experience it differently. 

I believe there is no ‘right’ way to grieve or specified timeline for grief, but that prolonged and unresolved grief can lead to a variety of distressing physical and emotional issues like anxiety, difficulty sleeping, and the inability to concentrate, to name just a few. 

I believe grief is complicated and is rarely linear. 

I believe to heal we need to go beyond simply sharing our pain with others and telling our story….over and over and over…. 

I believe we need to be educated on what grief is and the small and correct actions we can take to complete our grief and deal with any unresolved emotions. 

And I believe, especially if you’ve lost a child to suicide or overdose, it gets even more complicated and more convoluted, and we need to deal with all that too!

Here's what I believe about you…

How you are feeling right now is normal and it’s the natural reaction to an overwhelming loss.  You’re not going crazy.  You’re grieving.

You are not broken and you do not need to be ‘fixed.’  You simply need to know the actions to take to heal.

I believe you can heal from your child’s death, and doing so is an honoring of your child, not a denial of how much you loved them, how much they are missed and how much they mattered.

Your grief won’t go away with time, in fact it may get worse.  Your grief will go away when you deal with it.

Regardless of how your child died, their death is not your fault, you haven’t failed as a parent, and there is nothing you could have done to change it.

If you feel resentment towards parents with happy, healthy children – that doesn’t make you a bad person, it makes you a normal grieving parent.

 

 

Here’s what I can tell you about Grief Recovery Coaching with me

 

In the time we spend together, you will have 100% of me - my heart, my time, my attention and my love - to help you heal. 

I cannot change the magnitude of your loss, but together, we can find healing and create meaning out of that tremendous loss.

I know I can help you. I have coached hundreds of people, from all walks of life and I know my years of experience as a happiness speaker/researcher, combined with the proven and right actions for processing grief, can help you heal your heart and reach for more…

 Are you a detail person and want ALL the nitty gritty?

Here you go!

The Grief Recovery Method has been around for 40+ years & helped over 1 million people. It provides proven & right actions to help you heal your heart and can be completed in 7 weeks. It is educational, evidence-based and step-by-step and can be done online via zoom or telephone.

Join me and in 7 weeks and you will receive…

(7) Seven one-on-one 60 minute sessions with me as your guide.

Access to me between sessions through email, phone and zoom.

Weekly work outside our sessions (not more than an hour)

The Grief Recovery Handbook + all materials provided

The Investment

The investment for the 7-session Grief Recovery Coaching

$1147 if paid in full

or you can pay $175 per session

This program is for you if you’ve ever felt like

  • You’re in a bad dream and can’t wake up.

  • You’re struggling to make it through the day.

  • You don’t even know who you are anymore.

  • You’re afraid you will never enjoy the things you used to because everything reminds you of your child.

  • You don’t know what to do. It’s been so long, but still seems like yesterday. Others have already moved on

  • You wonder if you will ever stop missing your child?

  • You feel guilty anytime you laugh or even smile.

  • You’ve tried everything and nothing works.

 In the program you will

Learn the 5 myths of grief and how they do not help you heal.  In fact, they delay the healing, but nonetheless, most of us have been taught these myths as truth. 

Learn Tools that will help you process all losses for the rest of your life.  You read that right.  Not only will it help with the loss that brought you here, it will help you also heal past losses and any that arise in the future.

Explore a new definition of grief that will help you understand that what you’re feeling is normal.  Nothing is wrong with how you’re feeling right now.  It’s just that it probably doesn’t feel good and so you just don’t want to stay there forever….  

Discover how bedevilment or enshrinement can occur, and what to do about it.  Neither is a good option. We’ll look realistically at the good and the challenging in our relationship with our gone child.

Understand how to come to peace with the things you wish had been better, different or more.  We all have regrets, unfilled dreams and desires for our child, should haves, would haves and could haves that we’ll process and let go of.

Your life is about to get better…

Maybe you've never done therapy/counseling/coaching before and you're wondering what this is all about. Maybe you've tried other things but are wondering, "What's grief coaching like with you, Kim?" Below are some of the questions I’m most commonly asked, but if there is something I haven't addressed or you need me to elaborate, please don't hesitate to contact me or sign up for a FREE 30-minute Heart-to-Heart Session.

  • Traditional support groups encourage grievers to talk about their pain but don’t always offer a path to recovery. You will use the official Grief Recovery format to guide you to take clear actions that will lead you to find peace and ultimately, a happier life.

  • Yes. Everything we talk about stays between you and me. Any release of your information will be done only with your permission.

  • The Grief Recovery Method is the only system that has been proven to be evidence-based thanks to research at Kent State. That means it’s proven (over 40 years with 1M + humans) to work for anyone willing to show up and take action, so there’s no reason it shouldn’t work for you too!

  • Well, I’m pretty hard not to like, but if for some reason we don’t gel, you’ve always got the option to leave.

    I look forward to working with you and believe the only way to do business is to have a fair and equitable exchange of energy. So I offer a solid money back guarantee, which is explained here. I will do my part, and all I ask is that you show up and do your part as well! Again, fair and equitable. :)

  • No it’s not, and that’s intentional. We want this powerful program accessible to all people, regardless of faith or religion. If you have a strong faith, that will be honored and integrated as we work together.

  • Each week you’ll have ‘heart work’ to do (sounds so much better than ‘homework’ - even though I was a school teacher for many years!). We’ll check in each week , go through the heart work, cover some new material, get your assignment for the coming week and confirm out next appointment.

Let grief be a part of your story, not your whole story

 
 

  Still got questions?  Book a Heart-to-Heart Session here.

If you know you’re not ready yet, please check out these resources. When you are ready, I’ll be here.