The Guidebook
Feeling overwhelmed by the crashing waves of grief after losing a significant person in your life?
In this easy to follow guide, you will be given a safe space to write (and draw) about your grief experience through prompts that explore:
Common grief reactions
Leaning into unpleasant emotions
Telling your story in new ways
Managing special events and holidays
Coping with unexpected waves of grief
Your connection with the person who died
After eight simple chapters (designed with an understanding of the impact of grief on your attention span and ability to process information), you will have moved toward a new understanding of your loss and gained tools/resources to help you continue moving forward in your grief journey.
Are you ready to tell your story?
Write it.
Studies have shown health benefits to expressive writing when done consistently over time. Writing about our experiences may allow a release of painful emotions and help to organize our thoughts about difficult situations in our lives. The key is to write without regard for spelling or grammar, to express yourself honestly with the knowledge that no one else will see what you’ve written.
Draw it.
This guidebook offers several writing prompts, but also includes opportunities for creative expression through drawing, creating a mandala, and other artistic outlets. In grief it is common to find oneself repeating the same thought patterns and using our creative mind can help to pause this cycle. Grab some colored pencils or crayons and give yourself permission to play.
Share it.
Grief is often a lonely place to be. Using the prompts in the guidebook as a way to connect with others, you can begin to share your story with others and help them to understand your unique experience of grief. Although much of the workbook is meant to be private only to you, there are specific opportunities to write a letter to someone, invite someone on an outing, or plan a special event.