Grief Work: What is it?
Cheryl follows the Coaching at End-of-Life model of grief work, an internationally recognized, evidence-based process for navigating grief. A grief coach is a safe person who offers deep listening to help individuals release painful emotions when they have lost loved ones. A coach partners with clients as they process their grief and discover healthy ways to live with their losses. Grieving individuals are not broken and do not require fixing; they need compassionate care and safety to feel, express, or act without judgment, shame, self-editing, or masking.
We Process Grief by
Refining Beliefs
We start the coaching by exploring your beliefs about grief and mourning, avoiding grief myths, and discovering what is normal in grief. If you have false ideas about grief and mourning, you will likely get stuck in the common pitfalls of the mourning process. Once you know what to expect, you can move forward in your grief journey, avoid pitfalls, and learn to live alongside loss in healthy ways.
Safely Mourn
Next, we will discover safe people and places where you can mourn your losses. Without safety, we cannot be vulnerable enough to release the grief emotions and tell our story. Safe spaces let you regularly practice acts of mourning, allowing you to ride the waves of grief rather than fight them.
Your Process
Design a personal grieving plan. Grief processing is unique in both the time it takes and the way each person experiences it. By recognizing your grieving process, you can partner with yourself to grieve well.
New Identity
Explore any obstacles to moving forward and reclaiming your life. After the grief journey, you must rediscover your new identity because grief changes everyone. Rediscover your new self and your life with joy and confidence.
Move forward into a life that you can celebrate.