No matter what our medical model or general culture believes, grief is healthy.

-- Franz Schubert --

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow --

The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society.

-- Franz Schubert --

You didn't need to learn something that only disaster could teach.

-- Megan Devine --

The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.

-- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross --

Encouragement to look towards the future only ignores the pain you are in right now.

-- Megan Devine--

Grief is not an obstacle. Never let anyone convince you there's something wrong with your grief.

-- Tim Lawrence --

Grief is a sane response to the physical loss of someone, or something you love.

-- Megan Devine --

Perhaps one day we'll be more shocked when a heartbroken soul isn't expressing their grief than when they are.

-- Tim Lawrence --

“Grieving people want and need to be heard, not fixed”

-- Grief Recovery Method --

“When people say that time heals all wounds, they forget that all wounds are meant to be healed. Some wounds are merely held, caressed, acknowledged and wept for. There is nothing wrong with this”

-- Tim Lawrence--

“You want me to get over my loss? Actually it would make more sense for you to get over your need for me to get over my loss”

-- Tim Lawrence --

“We must grieve our unmet hopes, dreams and expectations"

-- Grief Recovery Method --

“We want them to stand beside us, not trying to fix what cannot be fixed, not trying to rush us out of our grief. We want them to stand there, without flinching, and acknowledge what is true: this hurts. This hurts. I’m here”

-- Megan Devine --

“Always defend your right to heal at your own pace. You are taking your time. You are allowed to take your time”

-- Rebecca Baldwin --

Healing the Loss Grief Support

Navigating your way through loss

Welcome to Healing the Loss


Welcome to Healing the Loss

If you are here, you may be carrying grief, loss, or trauma. Healing the Loss offers compassionate grief support for individuals navigating the many forms loss can take. This is a safe and understanding space where your experience will be met with care, respect, and compassion.


What is grief?

Grief is the normal and natural response to significant emotional loss of any kind. It can appear after the death of a loved one, divorce, illness, family struggles, financial change, trauma, the impact of COVID-19, pet loss, or other life transitions. Grief also includes the quieter losses that are harder to name but still deeply felt. Whatever your story, your grief matters.


Compassionate Grief Support

Healing the Loss provides confidential grief support for individuals navigating loss and life transitions. I offer a compassionate and confidential space where you can share your experience with someone who has lived through many forms of loss and understands the complexity of grief.

There are no timelines, rules, or expectations for how grief should unfold. Instead, our work focuses on presence, understanding, and support as you begin to carry what may feel unbearable. Over time, many people find that when grief is acknowledged and witnessed, space slowly opens for healing and renewed hope.


Tools for Navigating Grief

Alongside one-to-one grief support, we may choose to use the Grief Recovery Method®. This evidence-based program has been used internationally for more than 35 years to help people address unresolved grief.

While the program uses the word “recovery,” I often prefer the word “discovery.” Grief does not disappear, nor should it. Instead, we discover ways to acknowledge loss, integrate our experiences, and release the emotional weight that can accumulate over time.

This approach can help people address both recent losses and those that may have remained unspoken or unrecognized for many years.



Additional Ways to Learn About Grief

Healing the Loss also offers educational workshops and online courses designed to help individuals and organizations better understand grief and how to support those experiencing loss.

These programs explore the basics of grief, the language of loss, and compassionate ways of responding to people who are grieving in both personal and professional settings.

Workshops and courses are available for individuals, community groups, and organizations seeking practical education about grief and loss.


You Do Not Have to Do This Alone

Support is available by phone, video, email, or in person when possible. Distance is not a barrier to receiving grief support.

Healing the Loss is based in Nova Scotia and works with individuals across Canada and internationally who are seeking compassionate guidance through grief and loss.


Together, we can find the language, tools, and understanding to help you navigate the path of grief.



I am so very sorry for your loss. I am glad that you found your way here, to a safe, understanding, and compassionate place.