A Journal for the Newly Bereaved
The days after a death don't come with instructions. Your body is in survival mode. Your routines have collapsed. The people around you don't always know what to say. And no one tells you where to start.
A Journal for the Newly Bereaved gives you a place to start.
Developed through the GRIEF Ladies framework, this journal moves through five areas — Grounding your nervous system, Rebuilding daily structure, Interacting with the people in your life, Evolving through your emotions, and Finding what still exists alongside the loss. Each section builds on the one before it, so you're never left wondering what to do next.
There are no right answers here. No timeline. No test. This is a support — not a prescription.
Available as a fillable digital PDF, so you can work through it however and wherever you need to.
GRIEF: After the Early Days Journal
At some point, the world moves on — even when you haven't.
The calls taper off. Routines return. And grief, which was once loud and undeniable, starts showing up in quieter, more unexpected ways. That doesn't mean it's over. It means it's changed shape.
GRIEF: After the Early Days was created for this season — the one nobody talks about. Using the same GRIEF framework, this journal helps you examine how grief is still living in your body, how your routines and relationships have shifted, what emotions still catch you off guard, and how you continue to carry the person who died with you as you move through your life.
This is not about finishing grief. It's about learning how to live alongside it.
Available as a fillable digital PDF.
When Your Safe Person Dies Journal
Your safe person was the one who made everything feel okay. When they die, that safety goes with them — and grief can feel completely destabilizing.
When Your Safe Person Dies is a grief-informed journal exploring attachment, the nervous system, and continuing bonds after loss. Whether you're newly bereaved or still finding your footing, this workbook meets you where you are and offers real tools for rebuilding emotional safety.
GRIEF: A Journal for Kids
Kids grieve too — and sometimes they need a way to show it without words.
GRIEF: A Journal for Kids gives children ages 5–9 a safe, gentle place to draw, color, circle, and make sense of their feelings after someone important to them has died. Built around the same GRIEF framework — Grounding, Rebuilding, Interacting, Evolving, and Finding — every activity is adapted for the way kids actually process grief: in bursts, through play, through their bodies, and through repetition.
Instead of writing prompts, kids will find body check-ins with faces to circle, balloon-breathing activities to color, people maps to draw, feelings-weather pages, and memory activities that invite them to show — not just tell — what they're carrying. Repeatable check-in pages let kids come back again and again as grief shifts over time.
Also includes a For Grown-Ups section with guidance on how kids grieve differently, how to use the journal together, and when to seek additional support.
Suggested ages: 5–9, flexible with adult support.
GRIEF: A Journal for Kids — School Counselor Edition is a grief-informed draw-and-color journal designed for school counselors working with grieving students ages 5–9. Grounded in the GRIEF framework, it fits sessions as short as 10–15 minutes and works across individual counseling, small groups, and crisis response. Includes Counselor Prompt boxes throughout, school-specific guidance, and activities that reduce pressure to talk while supporting regulation and connection.
GRIEF: A Journal for Kids- School Counselor Edition
GRIEF: A Journal for Teens
Grief is hard to talk about. Sometimes it's easier to write it down, draw it out, or just circle the word that feels true today.
GRIEF: A Journal for Teens is a private space designed specifically for teenagers who are navigating life after someone important to them has died. No rules. No right answers. No pressure to process grief in a way that makes adults more comfortable.
Built around the GRIEF framework — Grounding, Rebuilding, Interacting, Evolving, and Finding — this journal meets teens where they actually are: in their body, in their changing relationships, in the big and confusing feelings, and in their ongoing connection to the person who died.
Inside, teens will find prompts to write, space to draw, words to circle, and room to just exist in their grief without performing it for anyone.
Also includes a Parent/Guardian Guidance section with practical, grief-informed guidance for the adults supporting them.