What grief actually is
And the myths that quietly make it harder to move through.
Grief & Loss Workbook · Fillable PDF
A gentle workbook for grieving someone you love, at the pace grief actually takes
If you are here for yourself, someone you loved has died. There is nothing a workbook can write that makes that smaller, and this one does not try. What it offers is a place to put it, one page at a time, with no deadline attached.
$24 · 32 pages · Digital fillable PDF, sent by email
32 pages, no deadline
Type on screen or print and write by hand
The Practice
A place to put grief, not a plan to move past it
Grief wants somewhere to go, and when it has no outlet it tends to settle into the body and the 3am thoughts. These pages give it a door. Nothing here asks you to move on or find a silver lining, and nothing sets a deadline.
Grief is the other side of love, and it takes the time it takes. The Grief & Loss Workbook was written to sit with that truth rather than rush past it, one page and one wave at a time.
We first wrote these pages after a death in our family, so we would have something steady to give the people we love. Later we shared them with friends who were grieving. One family member who worked through it told us it was very helpful.
What’s Inside
What’s inside the Grief & Loss Workbook
Six parts, and you can move through them slowly or skip freely, depending on where the wave has you today.
The waves of grief
Why a tall wave years later is not going backward.
The two tracks of grieving
Why the swing between them is the work itself, not a detour from it.
A trigger map for hard dates
What sets off a wave, and a plan for the difficult days ahead.
Ways to steady a wave
Simple practices for when a wave hits, and a list to keep where you can find it at 3am.
How grief talks in absolutes
Gentle ways to question the harshest thoughts without arguing yourself out of grief.
A support map & the unsent letter
Who to lean on for what, and a letter for the things you did not get to say.
Twelve journal prompts
Open pages for the long middle, whenever you are ready for them.
Who It’s For
Who the Grief & Loss Workbook is written for
Written for anyone grieving someone who has died, whether that is a parent, a partner, a child, a friend, or someone the world may not think to ask you about. The first half also speaks to other losses, like divorce or estrangement. The later pages, including the remembering exercises and the unsent letter, are written for grieving a person who has died.
This is a self-help workbook, and not therapy. If your grief feels unsafe, or you are having thoughts of harming yourself, please reach for real support rather than these pages. The workbook lists where to start, including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and the general resources the National Institute of Mental Health outlines for caring for your mental health.
32 pages. Type into the fields on your screen, or print it and write by hand. Go slowly. One page a week is plenty, and any page that is too much today can wait until you come back to it.
Your Investment
Get the Grief & Loss Workbook
$24. No countdown, and no timer pushing you to decide faster than a loss like this deserves. This is simply what it costs.
Buying for someone who is grieving? The PDF comes to your inbox, so you can pass it on to them with a note of your own, whenever the time feels right.
Grief & Loss Workbook
$24
- 32 pages, fillable PDF
- Type on screen or print by hand
- Twelve journal prompts
- No deadline, no countdown
- Digital PDF sent by email, nothing ships
- Questions: [email protected] · Refund policy
A Note on Working With Us
If you would rather not carry this alone
When you are ready, a conversation is a good place to start, at whatever pace is yours. There is no pitch in it. Reach us at (775) 618-5531 or through our contact form.
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