How to Cope With Grief

The Understanding Grief Program

Grief has a way of rearranging everything. Maybe you lost someone you love. Maybe it was a marriage, a friendship, your health, a job, or a future you were counting on. If you’ve been searching for how to cope with grief, you’re not alone — and you’re not doing it wrong.

Most of us were never taught what grief actually is. So we try to rush it, hide it, or wait for it to finish. And we wonder why it doesn’t.

There is another way to carry it. And I’m going to show you how.

The Understanding Grief Program is a six-session framework built around one simple truth: grief isn’t a problem to be solved. It is love with nowhere to go. You don’t get over it — you learn to live alongside it, in a way that honors what you lost and still leaves room for your life.

Each session is 30 minutes. Every one of them builds on the last.

This Course Is For You If...

You are carrying a loss — recent or long past — and you are looking for a gentler, clearer way to hold it. You want to understand how to cope with grief instead of just waiting for it to pass. You are grieving something others do not seem to recognize, and you need to know it matters.

For $199 a year, you receive every course I teach — with a new one added each month.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Understanding Grief program?

Understanding Grief is a six-session online course that helps you understand how grief works — emotionally and physically — and gives you practical, compassionate tools for coping with grief and learning to live alongside loss.

Who is this course designed for?

This course is for anyone carrying a loss, whether it is the death of a loved one or another kind of loss, such as divorce, estrangement, illness, or a major life change.

Do I have to have lost someone to death to take this course?

No. Grief follows any significant loss. The course specifically addresses losses that often go unrecognized, including ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief.

What topics are covered in the program?

Topics include what grief is and how it differs from mourning, the many forms grief can take, how grief affects the body, Worden’s four tasks of mourning, meaning-making and continuing bonds, and self-compassion for living alongside loss.

How long are the sessions?

Each session is approximately 30 minutes long, with a companion worksheet you can work through at your own pace.

Is this program based on psychology?

Yes. The program draws on established grief research and frameworks.

Is this course a substitute for grief counseling or therapy?

No. This course is educational and reflective. If your grief feels overwhelming, please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.

The Six Sessions

What Is Grief?

Learn to identify the many forms of loss in your life.

The Many Faces of Grief

Explore unrecognized losses like ambiguous grief and disenfranchised loss.

Grief in the Body

Discover how grief physically affects you and learn body-first coping tools.

The Tasks of Mourning

Follow a compassionate map for processing pain and adjusting to a changed world.

Meaning-Making

Find ways to build a lasting connection with what you have lost.

Living Alongside Loss

Learn to meet your grief with kindness and self-compassion.

Ready to Begin?

Grief does not have to be carried alone, or carried blindly. If you are ready to learn how to cope with grief in a way that honors your loss and your life, the right moment is now.

FULL ACCESS FOR A FULL YEAR

$199

every course · every month